Enrollment Trends at Caldwell

The student population at Caldwell University is 2,005 (1,617 undergraduate and 388 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 133 (6.22%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Caldwell is 80.65% which is increased by 22 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 155 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, up from 35 in 2015.
41 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -49.38% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,122 where 2,005 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,274 students in 2021 and was lowest at 1,864 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,138 to 2,005 students, a net loss of 133 (6.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Caldwell University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,138	1,595	458	1,137	543	94	449
2016-17	2,214 76	1,637 42	487 29	1,150 13	577 34	110 16	467 18
2017-18	2,206 -8	1,603 -34	515 28	1,088 -62	603 26	107 -3	496 29
2018-19	2,189 -17	1,651 48	549 34	1,102 14	538 -65	112 5	426 -70
2019-20	2,206 17	1,709 58	620 71	1,089 -13	497 -41	110 -2	387 -39
2020-21	2,274 68	1,745 36	637 17	1,108 19	529 32	103 -7	426 39
2021-22	2,098 -176	1,631 -114	624 -13	1,007 -101	467 -62	77 -26	390 -36
2022-23	2,028 -70	1,605 -26	622 -2	983 -24	423 -44	77	346 -44
2023-24	1,864 -164	1,448 -157	584 -38	864 -119	416 -7	83 6	333 -13
2024-25	2,005 141	1,617 169	668 84	949 85	388 -28	73 -10	315 -18
Average	2,122	1,624	576	1,048	498	95	404

Caldwell University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,624 where 1,617 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Caldwell University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,595	1,374	394	980	221	64	157
2016-17	1,637	1,446	430	1,016	191	57	134
2017-18	1,603	1,440	477	963	163	38	125
2018-19	1,651	1,517	518	999	134	31	103
2019-20	1,709	1,609	596	1,013	100	24	76
2020-21	1,745	1,669	616	1,053	76	21	55
2021-22	1,631	1,565	605	960	66	19	47
2022-23	1,605	1,534	594	940	71	28	43
2023-24	1,448	1,392	568	824	56	16	40
2024-25	1,617	1,544	656	888	73	12	61
Average	1,624	1,624	545	964	1,624	31	84

Caldwell University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 498 where 388 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Caldwell University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	543	158	25	133	385	69	316
2016-17	577	147	21	126	430	89	341
2017-18	603	166	26	140	437	81	356
2018-19	538	147	26	121	391	86	305
2019-20	497	104	14	90	393	96	297
2020-21	529	117	31	86	412	72	340
2021-22	467	120	17	103	347	60	287
2022-23	423	113	21	92	310	56	254
2023-24	416	157	40	117	259	43	216
2024-25	388	134	30	104	254	43	211
Average	498	498	25	111	498	70	292

Caldwell University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.23% and the percentage of black students is 15.31% at Caldwell University. 3.79% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.75% to 28.23%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.90% to 3.79%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.86% to 15.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.36% to 25.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8286 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7792 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Caldwell University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	1	62	275	307	7	914	0
2016-17	0	65	269	331	3	942	0
2017-18	2	61	249	430	1	926	0
2018-19	3	69	267	510	3	850	0
2019-20	2	68	308	581	1	832	17
2020-21	4	69	341	612	2	823	26
2021-22	3	75	332	570	1	751	30
2022-23	3	79	320	555	0	677	27
2023-24	0	73	300	506	0	584	21
2024-25	1	76	307	518	0	566	16
Average	2	70	297	492	2	787	14

Caldwell University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

41 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -49.38% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Caldwell University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,138	81	196	1,861
2016-17	2,214	112	188	1,914
2017-18	2,206	110	337	1,759
2018-19	2,189	108	283	1,798
2019-20	2,206	80	382	1,744
2020-21	2,274	85	419	1,770
2021-22	2,098	86	497	1,515
2022-23	2,028	24	516	1,488
2023-24	1,864	42	810	1,012
2024-25	2,005	41	987	977
Average	2,122	77	462	1,584

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Enrollment Trends at Caldwell

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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