Enrollment Trends at Castleton

The student population at Castleton University is 2,363 (1,728 undergraduate and 635 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 207 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Castleton is 73.13% which is decreased by 329 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 536 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

116 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,253 where 2,363 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.13% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.87% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 329 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 536 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Castleton than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Castleton University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,156	2,057	992	1,065	99	27	72
2013-14	2,175 19	2,068 11	996 4	1,072 7	107 8	32 5	75 3
2014-15	2,183 8	1,985 -83	957 -39	1,028 -44	198 91	48 16	150 75
2015-16	2,246 63	1,950 -35	947 -10	1,003 -25	296 98	89 41	207 57
2016-17	2,342 96	1,969 19	945 -2	1,024 21	373 77	105 16	268 61
2017-18	2,141 -201	1,855 -114	872 -73	983 -41	286 -87	81 -24	205 -63
2018-19	2,196 55	1,892 37	896 24	996 13	304 18	79 -2	225 20
2019-20	2,399 203	1,988 96	917 21	1,071 75	411 107	115 36	296 71
2020-21	2,211 -188	1,744 -244	744 -173	1,000 -71	467 56	121 6	346 50
2021-22	2,369 158	1,744 0	770 26	974 -26	625 158	141 20	484 138
2022-23	2,363 -6	1,728 -16	787 17	941 -33	635 10	157 16	478 -6
Average	2,253	1,907	893	1,014	346	90	255

Castleton University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,907 where 1,728 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Castleton University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,057	1,854	935	919	203	57	146
2013-14	2,068	1,854	934	920	214	62	152
2014-15	1,985	1,719	859	860	266	98	168
2015-16	1,950	1,728	862	866	222	85	137
2016-17	1,969	1,730	868	862	239	77	162
2017-18	1,855	1,590	783	807	265	89	176
2018-19	1,892	1,668	823	845	224	73	151
2019-20	1,988	1,694	818	876	294	99	195
2020-21	1,744	1,466	644	822	278	100	178
2021-22	1,744	1,473	684	789	271	86	185
2022-23	1,728	1,461	684	777	267	103	164
Average	1,907	1,907	809	849	1,907	84	165

Castleton University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 346 where 635 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Castleton University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	99	31	15	16	68	12	56
2013-14	107	23	14	9	84	18	66
2014-15	198	17	6	11	181	42	139
2015-16	296	24	14	10	272	75	197
2016-17	373	38	13	25	335	92	243
2017-18	286	41	14	27	245	67	178
2018-19	304	35	15	20	269	64	205
2019-20	411	47	20	27	364	95	269
2020-21	467	24	13	11	443	108	335
2021-22	625	33	16	17	592	125	467
2022-23	635	38	20	18	597	137	460
Average	346	346	15	17	346	76	238

Castleton University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.14%. The percentage was 88.59% 10 years ago and Castleton still has a high percentage of white students. 1.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.60% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Castleton University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	12	18	23	48	0	1,910	18
2013-14	12	21	27	42	0	1,840	25
2014-15	12	16	35	48	0	1,786	30
2015-16	11	17	42	48	1	1,802	43
2016-17	12	24	38	55	1	1,923	56
2017-18	9	20	37	54	1	1,777	52
2018-19	7	24	70	54	3	1,766	64
2019-20	6	27	90	58	3	1,969	58
2020-21	5	29	90	63	2	1,850	42
2021-22	7	36	94	66	2	1,966	46
2022-23	12	32	85	83	0	1,941	50
Average	10	24	57	56	1	1,866	44

Castleton University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

116 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Castleton University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,183	0	0	2,183
2015-16	2,246	17	6	2,223
2016-17	2,342	57	76	2,209
2017-18	2,141	62	54	2,025
2018-19	2,196	53	40	2,103
2019-20	2,399	109	165	2,125
2020-21	2,211	354	688	1,169
2021-22	2,369	140	430	1,799
2022-23	2,363	116	396	1,851
Average	2,272	101	206	1,965

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