Enrollment Trends at Carthage

The student population at Carthage College is 2,844 (2,675 undergraduate and 169 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 134 (4.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Carthage is 94.06% which is decreased by 212 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 78 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, down from 84 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Carthage College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,817 where 2,844 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 2,978 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,667 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,978 to 2,844 students, a net loss of 134 (4.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,978	2,887	1,329	1,558	91	32	59
2016-17	2,930 -48	2,818 -69	1,272 -57	1,546 -12	112 21	48 16	64 5
2017-18	2,860 -70	2,741 -77	1,210 -62	1,531 -15	119 7	54 6	65 1
2018-19	2,872 12	2,763 22	1,219 9	1,544 13	109 -10	50 -4	59 -6
2019-20	2,742 -130	2,638 -125	1,116 -103	1,522 -22	104 -5	39 -11	65 6
2020-21	2,763 21	2,637 -1	1,149 33	1,488 -34	126 22	52 13	74 9
2021-22	2,746 -17	2,635 -2	1,155 6	1,480 -8	111 -15	46 -6	65 -9
2022-23	2,667 -79	2,559 -76	1,132 -23	1,427 -53	108 -3	48 2	60 -5
2023-24	2,771 104	2,642 83	1,173 41	1,469 42	129 21	58 10	71 11
2024-25	2,844 73	2,675 33	1,139 -34	1,536 67	169 40	83 25	86 15
Average	2,817	2,700	1,189	1,510	118	51	67

Carthage College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,700 where 2,675 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 Carthage College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,887	2,636	1,242	1,394	251	87	164
2016-17	2,818	2,644	1,210	1,434	174	62	112
2017-18	2,741	2,596	1,158	1,438	145	52	93
2018-19	2,763	2,649	1,173	1,476	114	46	68
2019-20	2,638	2,548	1,075	1,473	90	41	49
2020-21	2,637	2,554	1,112	1,442	83	37	46
2021-22	2,635	2,563	1,120	1,443	72	35	37
2022-23	2,559	2,481	1,101	1,380	78	31	47
2023-24	2,642	2,600	1,149	1,451	42	24	18
2024-25	2,675	2,641	1,123	1,518	34	16	18
Average	2,700	2,700	1,146	1,445	2,700	43	65

Carthage College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 118 where 169 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 Carthage College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	91	29	7	22	62	25	37
2016-17	112	31	14	17	81	34	47
2017-18	119	45	24	21	74	30	44
2018-19	109	47	18	29	62	32	30
2019-20	104	41	13	28	63	26	37
2020-21	126	64	27	37	62	25	37
2021-22	111	49	21	28	62	25	37
2022-23	108	51	24	27	57	24	33
2023-24	129	88	39	49	41	19	22
2024-25	169	108	58	50	61	25	36
Average	118	118	25	31	118	27	36

Carthage College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.43%. The percentage was 73.77% 10 years ago and Carthage still has a high percentage of white students. 2.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.77% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 17.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.77% to 63.43%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.34% to 2.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.37% to 5.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.40% to 17.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5597 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4510 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carthage College 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	40	130	131	6	2,197	78
2016-17	14	52	145	162	6	2,028	88
2017-18	18	60	179	222	8	2,055	117
2018-19	13	62	170	375	6	1,950	91
2019-20	14	60	153	379	5	1,857	80
2020-21	9	53	157	393	6	1,901	105
2021-22	10	60	152	411	3	1,871	102
2022-23	9	69	151	402	1	1,801	96
2023-24	10	61	187	434	4	1,839	114
2024-25	8	74	164	498	2	1,804	162
Average	11	59	159	341	5	1,930	103

Carthage College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Carthage

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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