Enrollment Trends at Centenary

The student population at Centenary University is 1,398 (936 undergraduate and 462 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 886 (38.79%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Centenary is 66.95% which is decreased by 612 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 274 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, down from 58 in 2015.
343 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 852.78% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,749 where 1,398 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 2,284 to 1,398 students, a loss of 886 (38.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,284	1,548	605	943	736	233	503
2016-17	2,203 -81	1,518 -30	574 -31	944 1	685 -51	203 -30	482 -21
2017-18	1,990 -213	1,369 -149	507 -67	862 -82	621 -64	186 -17	435 -47
2018-19	1,802 -188	1,266 -103	456 -51	810 -52	536 -85	150 -36	386 -49
2019-20	1,681 -121	1,193 -73	408 -48	785 -25	488 -48	143 -7	345 -41
2020-21	1,629 -52	1,190 -3	435 27	755 -30	439 -49	117 -26	322 -23
2021-22	1,551 -78	1,128 -62	410 -25	718 -37	423 -16	104 -13	319 -3
2022-23	1,498 -53	1,026 -102	370 -40	656 -62	472 49	122 18	350 31
2023-24	1,453 -45	951 -75	367 -3	584 -72	502 30	116 -6	386 36
2024-25	1,398 -55	936 -15	369 2	567 -17	462 -40	109 -7	353 -33
Average	1,749	1,213	450	762	536	148	388

Centenary University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,213 where 936 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 Centenary University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,548	1,468	571	897	80	34	46
2016-17	1,518	1,237	453	784	281	121	160
2017-18	1,369	1,125	408	717	244	99	145
2018-19	1,266	1,058	376	682	208	80	128
2019-20	1,193	1,038	342	696	155	66	89
2020-21	1,190	1,032	376	656	158	59	99
2021-22	1,128	1,028	367	661	100	43	57
2022-23	1,026	961	348	613	65	22	43
2023-24	951	901	344	557	50	23	27
2024-25	936	868	338	530	68	31	37
Average	1,213	1,213	392	679	1,213	58	83

Centenary University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 536 where 462 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 Centenary University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	736	349	140	209	387	93	294
2016-17	685	120	44	76	565	159	406
2017-18	621	55	20	35	566	166	400
2018-19	536	60	25	35	476	125	351
2019-20	488	44	11	33	444	132	312
2020-21	439	41	12	29	398	105	293
2021-22	423	24	1	23	399	103	296
2022-23	472	30	0	30	442	122	320
2023-24	502	19	1	18	483	115	368
2024-25	462	16	6	10	446	103	343
Average	536	536	26	50	536	122	338

Centenary University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.44%. The percentage was 44.31% 10 years ago and Centenary still has a high percentage of white students. 2.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 44.31% to 60.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.83% to 2.72%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.97% to 7.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.01% to 16.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6011 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7908 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Centenary 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	19	182	183	0	1,012	0
2016-17	3	25	170	197	0	993	0
2017-18	1	34	165	112	0	902	19
2018-19	1	25	173	179	0	900	46
2019-20	1	20	139	214	0	990	59
2020-21	1	24	120	231	0	1,021	35
2021-22	2	32	110	230	0	1,004	0
2022-23	2	54	97	231	0	945	66
2023-24	2	29	82	227	1	901	0
2024-25	3	38	99	224	3	845	64
Average	2	30	134	203	0	951	29

Centenary University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

343 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 852.78% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Centenary University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,284	36	654	1,594
2016-17	2,203	205	274	1,724
2017-18	1,990	227	257	1,506
2018-19	1,802	201	129	1,472
2019-20	1,681	234	381	1,066
2020-21	1,629	412	1,167	50
2021-22	1,551	123	719	709
2022-23	1,498	185	494	819
2023-24	1,453	250	528	675
2024-25	1,398	343	558	497
Average	1,749	222	516	1,011

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Enrollment Trends at Centenary

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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