How many students at CDU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 168 students have enrolled in Catholic Distance University with 75 undergraduate and 93 graduate students.

By gender, 93 male and 75 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (309 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Theological seminaries, Bible college, and other faith-related institution).

CDU is a completely online college and 168 students are enrolled exclusively.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Catholic Distance University has a total of 168 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 75 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 93 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 93 male and 75 female students (the male-female ratio is 55:45) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total1687593
Men933855
Women753738
Catholic Distance University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCatholic Distance University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCatholic Distance University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 117 White, 5 Black, and 8 Asian students out of a total of 168 are attending at Catholic Distance University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian853
Black523
Hispanic261610
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White1176453
Two or more races321
Race Unknown945
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian422
Black211
Hispanic1697
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White462323
Two or more races321
Race Unknown413
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian431
Black312
Hispanic1073
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White714130
Two or more races---
Race Unknown532
Catholic Distance University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCatholic Distance University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCatholic Distance University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

There are 19 students under 25 years old, and 152 students over 25 years old out of 173 total students.

CDU has 16 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 66 students aged 25 and over.

It has 3 graduate students aged under 25 and 86 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19431
20-21404
22-241165
25-2917611
30-341459
35-391679
40-49381721
50-64542826
Over 651376
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19431
20-21404
22-24853
25-29927
30-34826
35-391046
40-491688
50-6421138
Over 65220
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
22-24312
25-29844
30-34633
35-39633
40-4922913
50-64331518
Over 651156
Catholic Distance University 2022 Student Population by Age chartCatholic Distance University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCatholic Distance University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCatholic Distance University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCatholic Distance University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCatholic Distance University 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Catholic Distance University, 168 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1 students lived in West Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 167 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students1681680
Undergraduate75750
Graduate93930
Online Student Population by Locality
West Virginia ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students115611
Undergraduate0705
Graduate1866
Catholic Distance University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 75 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 10 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.33%.3 students have transferred in as full-time status and 7 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time12
Transfer-in Full-time3
Regular Part-time53
Transfer-in Part-time7

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