Enrollment Trends at Carson-Newman

The student population at Carson-Newman University is 2,669 (1,596 undergraduate and 1,073 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 141 (5.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Carson-Newman is 59.80% which is decreased by 156 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 297 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 62 in 2015.
852 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 99.07% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,672 where 2,669 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,911 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,514 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,528 to 2,669 students, a net gain of 141 (5.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,528	1,752	741	1,011	776	230	546
2016-17	2,659 131	1,812 60	759 18	1,053 42	847 71	259 29	588 42
2017-18	2,514 -145	1,690 -122	711 -48	979 -74	824 -23	250 -9	574 -14
2018-19	2,560 46	1,774 84	724 13	1,050 71	786 -38	240 -10	546 -28
2019-20	2,725 165	1,840 66	744 20	1,096 46	885 99	243 3	642 96
2020-21	2,911 186	1,722 -118	710 -34	1,012 -84	1,189 304	298 55	891 249
2021-22	2,835 -76	1,695 -27	725 15	970 -42	1,140 -49	273 -25	867 -24
2022-23	2,586 -249	1,519 -176	668 -57	851 -119	1,067 -73	266 -7	801 -66
2023-24	2,735 149	1,669 150	814 146	855 4	1,066 -1	252 -14	814 13
2024-25	2,669 -66	1,596 -73	769 -45	827 -28	1,073 7	241 -11	832 18
Average	2,672	1,707	737	970	965	255	710

Carson-Newman University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,707 where 1,596 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 Carson-Newman University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,752	1,691	716	975	61	25	36
2016-17	1,812	1,734	724	1,010	78	35	43
2017-18	1,690	1,608	673	935	82	38	44
2018-19	1,774	1,661	683	978	113	41	72
2019-20	1,840	1,716	693	1,023	124	51	73
2020-21	1,722	1,592	659	933	130	51	79
2021-22	1,695	1,566	669	897	129	56	73
2022-23	1,519	1,408	616	792	111	52	59
2023-24	1,669	1,348	656	692	321	158	163
2024-25	1,596	1,345	667	678	251	102	149
Average	1,707	1,707	676	891	1,707	61	79

Carson-Newman University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 965 where 1,073 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 Carson-Newman University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	776	114	36	78	662	194	468
2016-17	847	221	94	127	626	165	461
2017-18	824	189	82	107	635	168	467
2018-19	786	178	81	97	608	159	449
2019-20	885	176	84	92	709	159	550
2020-21	1,189	187	83	104	1,002	215	787
2021-22	1,140	173	98	75	967	175	792
2022-23	1,067	170	95	75	897	171	726
2023-24	1,066	152	74	78	914	178	736
2024-25	1,073	175	81	94	898	160	738
Average	965	965	81	93	965	174	617

Carson-Newman University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.52%. The percentage was 78.24% 10 years ago and Carson-Newman still has a high percentage of white students. 1.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.97% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.91% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.24% to 74.52%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.44% to 1.35%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.28% to 9.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.25% to 4.91%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4318 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3817 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carson-Newman 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	8	11	184	57	0	1,978	43
2016-17	14	10	194	63	1	2,121	43
2017-18	10	14	202	69	1	1,959	63
2018-19	13	17	206	70	4	2,059	57
2019-20	15	18	219	98	2	2,175	49
2020-21	17	24	243	123	1	2,300	59
2021-22	24	37	246	137	2	2,145	77
2022-23	19	38	235	128	4	1,937	71
2023-24	16	48	277	135	6	2,031	57
2024-25	20	36	266	131	11	1,989	44
Average	16	25	227	101	3	2,069	56

Carson-Newman University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

852 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 99.07% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Carson-Newman University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,528	428	609	1,491
2016-17	2,659	540	517	1,602
2017-18	2,514	378	754	1,382
2018-19	2,560	454	718	1,388
2019-20	2,725	660	637	1,428
2020-21	2,911	879	845	1,187
2021-22	2,835	887	870	1,078
2022-23	2,586	851	831	904
2023-24	2,735	835	807	1,093
2024-25	2,669	852	787	1,030
Average	2,672	676	738	1,258

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