Enrollment Trends at Carroll

The student population at Carroll University is 3,138 (2,581 undergraduate and 557 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 370 (10.55%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Carroll is 82.25% which is decreased by 458 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 88 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
9 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -62.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,370 where 3,138 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 3,508 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,138 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,508 to 3,138 students, a net loss of 370 (10.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,508	3,039	1,071	1,968	469	161	308
2016-17	3,491 -17	3,001 -38	1,041 -30	1,960 -8	490 21	163 2	327 19
2017-18	3,452 -39	2,982 -19	1,060 19	1,922 -38	470 -20	147 -16	323 -4
2018-19	3,352 -100	2,901 -81	992 -68	1,909 -13	451 -19	142 -5	309 -14
2019-20	3,449 97	2,960 59	962 -30	1,998 89	489 38	144 2	345 36
2020-21	3,451 2	2,957 -3	906 -56	2,051 53	494 5	154 10	340 -5
2021-22	3,397 -54	2,884 -73	881 -25	2,003 -48	513 19	177 23	336 -4
2022-23	3,283 -114	2,771 -113	910 29	1,861 -142	512 -1	139 -38	373 37
2023-24	3,176 -107	2,623 -148	893 -17	1,730 -131	553 41	140 1	413 40
2024-25	3,138 -38	2,581 -42	847 -46	1,734 4	557 4	149 9	408 -5
Average	3,370	2,870	956	1,914	500	152	348

Carroll University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,870 where 2,581 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 Carroll University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,039	2,752	970	1,782	287	101	186
2016-17	3,001	2,734	948	1,786	267	93	174
2017-18	2,982	2,737	957	1,780	245	103	142
2018-19	2,901	2,690	900	1,790	211	92	119
2019-20	2,960	2,767	888	1,879	193	74	119
2020-21	2,957	2,783	835	1,948	174	71	103
2021-22	2,884	2,702	809	1,893	182	72	110
2022-23	2,771	2,604	840	1,764	167	70	97
2023-24	2,623	2,454	826	1,628	169	67	102
2024-25	2,581	2,444	795	1,649	137	52	85
Average	2,870	2,870	877	1,790	2,870	80	124

Carroll University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 500 where 557 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 Carroll University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	469	275	107	168	194	54	140
2016-17	490	299	102	197	191	61	130
2017-18	470	293	86	207	177	61	116
2018-19	451	309	84	225	142	58	84
2019-20	489	350	88	262	139	56	83
2020-21	494	339	98	241	155	56	99
2021-22	513	383	122	261	130	55	75
2022-23	512	384	100	284	128	39	89
2023-24	553	403	95	308	150	45	105
2024-25	557	402	105	297	155	44	111
Average	500	500	99	245	500	53	103

Carroll University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.96%. The percentage was 82.78% 10 years ago and Carroll still has a high percentage of white students. 2.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.86% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.78% to 68.96%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.16% to 2.64%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.23% to 3.86%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.27% to 12.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5066 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3092 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carroll 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	4	111	43	220	4	2,904	76
2016-17	4	133	54	236	4	2,805	83
2017-18	8	134	50	255	4	2,764	88
2018-19	10	137	62	263	4	2,676	86
2019-20	9	132	50	235	7	2,745	105
2020-21	11	132	63	286	5	2,696	101
2021-22	7	118	69	316	5	2,570	91
2022-23	3	115	76	324	4	2,414	100
2023-24	4	92	90	338	3	2,183	91
2024-25	4	83	121	382	3	2,164	91
Average	6	119	68	286	4	2,592	91

Carroll University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

9 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -62.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Carroll University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,508	24	182	3,302
2016-17	3,491	6	192	3,293
2017-18	3,452	5	201	3,246
2018-19	3,352	3	253	3,096
2019-20	3,449	6	331	3,112
2020-21	3,452	18	1,331	2,103
2021-22	3,397	72	822	2,503
2022-23	3,283	80	597	2,606
2023-24	3,176	48	755	2,373
2024-25	3,138	9	470	2,659
Average	3,370	27	513	2,829

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