Enrollment Trends at Capella

The student population at Capella University is 39,727 (13,280 undergraduate and 26,447 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,973 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Capella is 33.43% which is increased by 5,193 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,220 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 5.02 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

39,727 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 13.31% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 37,105 where 39,727 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

33.43% of total students is undergraduate students and 66.57% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,193 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,220 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 5.02 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Capella than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	35,754	8,087	2,688	5,399	27,667	6,475	21,192
2013-14	34,007 -1,747	7,947 -140	2,586 -102	5,361 -38	26,060 -1,607	5,941 -534	20,119 -1,073
2014-15	35,061 1,054	8,750 803	2,700 114	6,050 689	26,311 251	5,929 -12	20,382 263
2015-16	37,074 2,013	9,105 355	2,655 -45	6,450 400	27,969 1,658	6,054 125	21,915 1,533
2016-17	37,569 495	9,393 288	2,607 -48	6,786 336	28,176 207	5,886 -168	22,290 375
2017-18	36,284 -1,285	9,210 -183	2,426 -181	6,784 -2	27,074 -1,102	5,501 -385	21,573 -717
2018-19	37,171 887	9,815 605	2,359 -67	7,456 672	27,356 282	5,346 -155	22,010 437
2019-20	37,859 688	10,503 688	2,336 -23	8,167 711	27,356 0	5,046 -300	22,310 300
2020-21	38,930 1,071	11,781 1,278	2,445 109	9,336 1,169	27,149 -207	4,776 -270	22,373 63
2021-22	38,716 -214	12,383 602	2,382 -63	10,001 665	26,333 -816	4,471 -305	21,862 -511
2022-23	39,727 1,011	13,280 897	2,239 -143	11,041 1,040	26,447 114	4,360 -111	22,087 225
Average	37,105	10,023	2,493	7,530	27,082	5,435	21,647

Capella University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,023 where 13,280 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 Capella University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,087	1,156	467	689	6,931	2,221	4,710
2013-14	7,947	1,291	488	803	6,656	2,098	4,558
2014-15	8,750	1,624	550	1,074	7,126	2,150	4,976
2015-16	9,105	1,937	588	1,349	7,168	2,067	5,101
2016-17	9,393	1,548	522	1,026	7,845	2,085	5,760
2017-18	9,210	1,382	462	920	7,828	1,964	5,864
2018-19	9,815	1,373	330	1,043	8,442	2,029	6,413
2019-20	10,503	1,758	351	1,407	8,745	1,985	6,760
2020-21	11,781	2,159	412	1,747	9,622	2,033	7,589
2021-22	12,383	2,326	431	1,895	10,057	1,951	8,106
2022-23	13,280	3,292	477	2,815	9,988	1,762	8,226
Average	10,023	10,023	462	1,343	10,023	2,031	6,188

Capella University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 27,082 where 26,447 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 Capella University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	27,667	920	220	700	26,747	6,255	20,492
2013-14	26,060	817	195	622	25,243	5,746	19,497
2014-15	26,311	965	216	749	25,346	5,713	19,633
2015-16	27,969	1,266	258	1,008	26,703	5,796	20,907
2016-17	28,176	1,279	260	1,019	26,897	5,626	21,271
2017-18	27,074	1,278	231	1,047	25,796	5,270	20,526
2018-19	27,356	1,836	294	1,542	25,520	5,052	20,468
2019-20	27,356	5,293	1,092	4,201	22,063	3,954	18,109
2020-21	27,149	5,332	1,043	4,289	21,817	3,733	18,084
2021-22	26,333	5,457	1,074	4,383	20,876	3,397	17,479
2022-23	26,447	5,895	1,053	4,842	20,552	3,307	17,245
Average	27,082	27,082	540	2,218	27,082	4,895	19,428

Capella University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.19% and the percentage of black students is 27.64% at Capella University. 3.46% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Capella 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	216	432	12,646	1,666	108	13,522	521
2013-14	198	446	12,115	1,918	124	13,170	603
2014-15	196	507	12,301	2,228	141	13,889	713
2015-16	209	624	12,403	2,528	170	15,176	829
2016-17	197	679	11,385	2,674	167	15,333	851
2017-18	191	652	9,768	2,448	129	13,869	781
2018-19	202	745	9,925	2,797	137	15,034	892
2019-20	204	921	10,042	3,242	147	16,094	1,031
2020-21	161	1,176	10,137	3,785	172	17,661	1,107
2021-22	156	1,246	10,220	4,196	178	18,221	1,197
2022-23	181	1,376	10,981	4,604	157	18,747	1,364
Average	192	800	11,084	2,917	148	15,520	899

Capella University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

39,727 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 13.31% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Capella University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2014-15	35,061	35,061
2015-16	37,074	37,074
2016-17	37,569	37,569
2017-18	36,284	36,284
2018-19	37,171	37,171
2019-20	37,859	37,859
2020-21	38,930	38,930
2021-22	38,716	38,716
2022-23	39,727	39,727
Average	37,599	37,599

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