Enrollment Trends at Capital

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.

71.10% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.90% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,156 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 46 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Capital than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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 333.05% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Capital University from 2015 to 2025.