How Student Population Changes at CNU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,984 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 597 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 30 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,186	5,046	2,177	2,869	140	43	97
2013-14	5,232 46	5,094 48	2,203 26	2,891 22	138 -2	45 2	93 -4
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	4,984	4,868	2,144	2,724	116	42	74

Student Population Changes of Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,868 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 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,046	4,926	2,115	2,811	120	62	58
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	4,868	4,868	2,095	2,676	4,868	49	47

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 116 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 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	140	98	19	79	42	24	18
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	116	116	26	63	116	16	12

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.90%. The percentage was 77.09% 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 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	12	121	408	241	12	3,998	238
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	149	362	278	6	3,763	248

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Enrollment Trends at CNU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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