Enrollment Trends at Canisius

The student population at Canisius University is 2,492 (1,788 undergraduate and 704 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,416 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Canisius is 71.75% which is decreased by 1,492 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 924 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

254 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -56.73% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,547 where 2,492 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.75% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.25% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,492 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 924 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Canisius than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Canisius University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,908	3,280	1,647	1,633	1,628	667	961
2013-14	4,537 -371	3,084 -196	1,533 -114	1,551 -82	1,453 -175	545 -122	908 -53
2014-15	4,181 -356	2,868 -216	1,346 -187	1,522 -29	1,313 -140	521 -24	792 -116
2015-16	3,900 -281	2,671 -197	1,242 -104	1,429 -93	1,229 -84	482 -39	747 -45
2016-17	3,734 -166	2,595 -76	1,255 13	1,340 -89	1,139 -90	439 -43	700 -47
2017-18	3,464 -270	2,398 -197	1,205 -50	1,193 -147	1,066 -73	400 -39	666 -34
2018-19	3,244 -220	2,256 -142	1,173 -32	1,083 -110	988 -78	403 3	585 -81
2019-20	3,102 -142	2,213 -43	1,147 -26	1,066 -17	889 -99	365 -38	524 -61
2020-21	2,820 -282	1,980 -233	1,006 -141	974 -92	840 -49	338 -27	502 -22
2021-22	2,630 -190	1,866 -114	912 -94	954 -20	764 -76	323 -15	441 -61
2022-23	2,492 -138	1,788 -78	900 -12	888 -66	704 -60	283 -40	421 -20
Average	3,547	2,454	1,215	1,239	1,092	433	659

Canisius University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,454 where 1,788 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 Canisius University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,280	2,954	1,383	1,571	326	264	62
2013-14	3,084	2,825	1,328	1,497	259	205	54
2014-15	2,868	2,725	1,261	1,464	143	85	58
2015-16	2,671	2,538	1,160	1,378	133	82	51
2016-17	2,595	2,474	1,180	1,294	121	75	46
2017-18	2,398	2,303	1,148	1,155	95	57	38
2018-19	2,256	2,166	1,115	1,051	90	58	32
2019-20	2,213	2,112	1,075	1,037	101	72	29
2020-21	1,980	1,915	969	946	65	37	28
2021-22	1,866	1,783	870	913	83	42	41
2022-23	1,788	1,723	860	863	65	40	25
Average	2,454	2,454	1,123	1,197	2,454	92	42

Canisius University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,092 where 704 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 Canisius University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,628	736	300	436	892	367	525
2013-14	1,453	618	229	389	835	316	519
2014-15	1,313	562	227	335	751	294	457
2015-16	1,229	500	192	308	729	290	439
2016-17	1,139	485	186	299	654	253	401
2017-18	1,066	492	184	308	574	216	358
2018-19	988	474	186	288	514	217	297
2019-20	889	394	168	226	495	197	298
2020-21	840	382	173	209	458	165	293
2021-22	764	409	176	233	355	147	208
2022-23	704	380	159	221	324	124	200
Average	1,092	1,092	198	296	1,092	235	363

Canisius University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.38%. The percentage was 71.50% 10 years ago and Canisius still has a high percentage of white students. 3.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.95% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Canisius 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	21	98	309	127	1	3,509	59
2013-14	13	88	299	137	2	3,407	62
2014-15	13	73	280	184	2	3,093	63
2015-16	9	82	281	209	3	2,801	52
2016-17	12	78	284	199	5	2,594	55
2017-18	12	69	278	179	8	2,431	56
2018-19	8	75	280	154	4	2,293	70
2019-20	8	79	269	179	4	2,177	74
2020-21	10	70	239	172	3	2,032	67
2021-22	14	80	249	168	1	1,805	68
2022-23	7	83	248	144	0	1,704	73
Average	12	80	274	168	3	2,531	64

Canisius University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

254 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -56.73% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Canisius University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,181	587	434	3,160
2015-16	3,900	531	336	3,033
2016-17	3,734	449	451	2,834
2017-18	3,464	408	529	2,527
2018-19	3,244	337	640	2,267
2019-20	3,102	291	701	2,110
2020-21	2,820	300	2,076	444
2021-22	2,630	266	1,367	997
2022-23	2,492	254	1,058	1,180
Average	3,285	380	844	2,061

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