Enrollment Trends at Capital

The student population at Capital University is 2,263 (1,609 undergraduate and 654 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,202 (34.69%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Capital is 71.10% which is decreased by 1,156 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 46 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
101 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 676.92% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,976 where 2,263 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 3,465 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,263 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,465 to 2,263 students, a net loss of 1,202 (34.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,465	2,765	1,148	1,617	700	341	359
2016-17	3,367 -98	2,718 -47	1,071 -77	1,647 30	649 -51	323 -18	326 -33
2017-18	3,384 17	2,699 -19	1,050 -21	1,649 2	685 36	301 -22	384 58
2018-19	3,213 -171	2,494 -205	935 -115	1,559 -90	719 34	304 3	415 31
2019-20	3,226 13	2,504 10	937 2	1,567 8	722 3	310 6	412 -3
2020-21	3,020 -206	2,282 -222	880 -57	1,402 -165	738 16	315 5	423 11
2021-22	2,820 -200	2,090 -192	821 -59	1,269 -133	730 -8	296 -19	434 11
2022-23	2,617 -203	1,938 -152	782 -39	1,156 -113	679 -51	276 -20	403 -31
2023-24	2,388 -229	1,747 -191	740 -42	1,007 -149	641 -38	279 3	362 -41
2024-25	2,263 -125	1,609 -138	695 -45	914 -93	654 13	273 -6	381 19
Average	2,976	2,285	906	1,379	692	302	390

Capital University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,285 where 1,609 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 Capital University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,765	2,514	1,077	1,437	251	71	180
2016-17	2,718	2,511	1,007	1,504	207	64	143
2017-18	2,699	2,493	987	1,506	206	63	143
2018-19	2,494	2,316	880	1,436	178	55	123
2019-20	2,504	2,400	904	1,496	104	33	71
2020-21	2,282	2,152	825	1,327	130	55	75
2021-22	2,090	2,010	782	1,228	80	39	41
2022-23	1,938	1,882	755	1,127	56	27	29
2023-24	1,747	1,678	707	971	69	33	36
2024-25	1,609	1,569	675	894	40	20	20
Average	2,285	2,285	860	1,293	2,285	46	86

Capital University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 692 where 654 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 Capital University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	700	450	228	222	250	113	137
2016-17	649	411	224	187	238	99	139
2017-18	685	467	215	252	218	86	132
2018-19	719	483	217	266	236	87	149
2019-20	722	488	220	268	234	90	144
2020-21	738	519	233	286	219	82	137
2021-22	730	514	216	298	216	80	136
2022-23	679	478	193	285	201	83	118
2023-24	641	495	215	280	146	64	82
2024-25	654	510	209	301	144	64	80
Average	692	692	217	265	692	85	125

Capital University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.05%. The percentage was 74.37% 10 years ago and Capital still has a high percentage of white students. 2.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.86% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.37% to 68.05%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.59% to 2.52%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.53% to 12.86%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.81% to 6.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5123 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4322 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Capital 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	5	55	365	132	0	2,577	150
2016-17	7	52	346	129	2	2,513	144
2017-18	8	62	325	124	6	2,517	157
2018-19	7	65	316	129	4	2,407	148
2019-20	7	65	282	125	2	2,457	179
2020-21	7	75	271	122	2	2,274	176
2021-22	8	73	275	126	2	2,083	170
2022-23	5	68	282	135	0	1,891	159
2023-24	7	63	277	138	0	1,672	148
2024-25	3	57	291	151	0	1,540	124
Average	6	64	303	131	2	2,193	156

Capital University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

101 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 676.92% since 2018. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Capital University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,465	0	236	3,229
2016-17	3,367	0	355	3,012
2017-18	3,384	0	398	2,986
2018-19	3,213	13	464	2,736
2019-20	3,226	29	601	2,596
2020-21	3,020	307	374	2,339
2021-22	2,820	99	1,247	1,474
2022-23	2,617	80	1,017	1,520
2023-24	2,388	80	960	1,348
2024-25	2,263	101	1,022	1,140
Average	2,976	71	667	2,238

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Enrollment Trends at Capital

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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