CNU Enrollment Trends

The student population at Christopher Newport University is 4,559 (4,449 undergraduate and 110 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 673 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CNU is 97.59% which is decreased by 645 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 28 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Christopher Newport University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,964 where 4,559 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.59% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.41% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 645 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 28 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in CNU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Christopher Newport University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,232	5,094	2,203	2,891	138	45	93
2014-15	5,221 -11	5,096 2	2,177 -26	2,919 28	125 -13	47 2	78 -15
2015-16	5,172 -49	5,051 -45	2,179 2	2,872 -47	121 -4	32 -15	89 11
2016-17	5,042 -130	4,930 -121	2,144 -35	2,786 -86	112 -9	38 6	74 -15
2017-18	5,081 39	4,954 24	2,166 22	2,788 2	127 15	46 8	81 7
2018-19	4,957 -124	4,857 -97	2,151 -15	2,706 -82	100 -27	31 -15	69 -12
2019-20	4,919 -38	4,837 -20	2,159 8	2,678 -28	82 -18	33 2	49 -20
2020-21	4,868 -51	4,758 -79	2,126 -33	2,632 -46	110 28	54 21	56 7
2021-22	4,584 -284	4,472 -286	2,036 -90	2,436 -196	112 2	45 -9	67 11
2022-23	4,559 -25	4,449 -23	2,067 31	2,382 -54	110 -2	46 1	64 -3
Average	4,964	4,850	2,141	2,709	114	42	72

Christopher Newport University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,850 where 4,449 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Christopher Newport University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,094	4,962	2,139	2,823	132	64	68
2014-15	5,096	4,990	2,123	2,867	106	54	52
2015-16	5,051	4,961	2,138	2,823	90	41	49
2016-17	4,930	4,856	2,100	2,756	74	44	30
2017-18	4,954	4,867	2,115	2,752	87	51	36
2018-19	4,857	4,789	2,120	2,669	68	31	37
2019-20	4,837	4,742	2,123	2,619	95	36	59
2020-21	4,758	4,653	2,072	2,581	105	54	51
2021-22	4,472	4,388	1,986	2,402	84	50	34
2022-23	4,449	4,347	2,012	2,335	102	55	47
Average	4,850	4,850	2,093	2,663	4,850	48	46

Christopher Newport University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 114 where 110 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Christopher Newport University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	138	104	28	76	34	17	17
2014-15	125	92	26	66	33	21	12
2015-16	121	87	15	72	34	17	17
2016-17	112	85	23	62	27	15	12
2017-18	127	101	27	74	26	19	7
2018-19	100	80	19	61	20	12	8
2019-20	82	63	20	43	19	13	6
2020-21	110	86	39	47	24	15	9
2021-22	112	90	32	58	22	13	9
2022-23	110	85	33	52	25	13	12
Average	114	114	26	61	114	16	11

Christopher Newport University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.90%. The percentage was 75.59% 10 years ago and CNU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Christopher Newport University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	14	123	407	264	10	3,955	245
2014-15	15	125	414	258	5	3,940	251
2015-16	18	138	408	233	3	3,844	242
2016-17	21	132	380	241	4	3,774	239
2017-18	12	134	357	262	5	3,838	252
2018-19	13	150	318	283	4	3,738	273
2019-20	13	166	300	293	6	3,779	253
2020-21	7	191	314	314	4	3,698	267
2021-22	5	180	318	322	5	3,463	237
2022-23	3	184	359	349	5	3,369	231
Average	12	152	358	282	5	3,740	249

Christopher Newport University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Christopher Newport University does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.

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