Enrollment Trends at Carlow

The student population at Carlow University is 2,416 (1,355 undergraduate and 1,061 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 144 (6.34%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Carlow is 56.08% which is decreased by 44 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 188 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 18 male students for every 100 female students, up from 15 in 2015.
822 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 123.37% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,166 where 2,416 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 2,416 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,976 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,272 to 2,416 students, a net gain of 144 (6.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,272	1,399	165	1,234	873	127	746
2016-17	2,255 -17	1,408 9	194 29	1,214 -20	847 -26	111 -16	736 -10
2017-18	2,248 -7	1,365 -43	217 23	1,148 -66	883 36	108 -3	775 39
2018-19	2,076 -172	1,333 -32	237 20	1,096 -52	743 -140	112 4	631 -144
2019-20	2,022 -54	1,298 -35	217 -20	1,081 -15	724 -19	98 -14	626 -5
2020-21	1,976 -46	1,277 -21	199 -18	1,078 -3	699 -25	90 -8	609 -17
2021-22	1,984 8	1,246 -31	191 -8	1,055 -23	738 39	82 -8	656 47
2022-23	2,104 120	1,247 1	197 6	1,050 -5	857 119	92 10	765 109
2023-24	2,310 206	1,344 97	221 24	1,123 73	966 109	127 35	839 74
2024-25	2,416 106	1,355 11	219 -2	1,136 13	1,061 95	158 31	903 64
Average	2,166	1,327	206	1,122	839	111	729

Carlow University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,327 where 1,355 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 Carlow University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,399	1,040	124	916	359	41	318
2016-17	1,408	1,100	155	945	308	39	269
2017-18	1,365	1,075	175	900	290	42	248
2018-19	1,333	1,071	187	884	262	50	212
2019-20	1,298	1,037	186	851	261	31	230
2020-21	1,277	1,009	173	836	268	26	242
2021-22	1,246	953	157	796	293	34	259
2022-23	1,247	909	151	758	338	46	292
2023-24	1,344	990	169	821	354	52	302
2024-25	1,355	1,044	176	868	311	43	268
Average	1,327	1,327	165	858	1,327	40	264

Carlow University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 839 where 1,061 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 Carlow University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	873	173	35	138	700	92	608
2016-17	847	197	36	161	650	75	575
2017-18	883	180	23	157	703	85	618
2018-19	743	175	33	142	568	79	489
2019-20	724	192	33	159	532	65	467
2020-21	699	205	29	176	494	61	433
2021-22	738	242	31	211	496	51	445
2022-23	857	324	37	287	533	55	478
2023-24	966	428	64	364	538	63	475
2024-25	1,061	295	43	252	766	115	651
Average	839	839	36	205	839	74	524

Carlow University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.65%. The percentage was 66.77% 10 years ago and Carlow still has a high percentage of white students. 3.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 66.77% to 70.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.36% to 3.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.74% to 16.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.20% to 4.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4706 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5209 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carlow 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	9	31	403	50	2	1,517	77
2016-17	9	36	365	53	4	1,538	81
2017-18	6	48	352	40	2	1,552	74
2018-19	1	52	331	42	1	1,422	69
2019-20	1	56	322	37	0	1,408	71
2020-21	4	53	299	44	1	1,433	69
2021-22	20	69	334	48	1	1,446	29
2022-23	9	57	351	67	0	1,517	75
2023-24	6	67	398	95	1	1,632	72
2024-25	7	76	390	101	1	1,707	91
Average	7	55	355	58	1	1,517	71

Carlow University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

822 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 34% of total students. The number of online students has increased 123.37% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Carlow University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,272	368	739	1,165
2016-17	2,255	379	814	1,062
2017-18	2,248	371	652	1,225
2018-19	2,076	327	632	1,117
2019-20	2,022	324	801	897
2020-21	1,976	768	1,058	150
2021-22	1,984	608	1,112	264
2022-23	2,104	729	1,052	323
2023-24	2,310	766	1,049	495
2024-25	2,416	822	989	605
Average	2,166	546	890	730

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Enrollment Trends at Carlow

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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