Enrollment Trends at CCSU

The student population at Central Connecticut State University is 9,468 (7,665 undergraduate and 1,803 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,623 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CCSU is 80.96% which is decreased by 2,277 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 346 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.96 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

356 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 394.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 11,317 where 9,468 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.96% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.04% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,277 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 346 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.96 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in CCSU.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,091	9,942	5,152	4,790	2,149	767	1,382
2013-14	11,865 -226	9,771 -171	5,108 -44	4,663 -127	2,094 -55	720 -47	1,374 -8
2014-15	12,037 172	9,871 100	5,245 137	4,626 -37	2,166 72	757 37	1,409 35
2015-16	12,086 49	9,799 -72	5,245 0	4,554 -72	2,287 121	808 51	1,479 70
2016-17	11,784 -302	9,538 -261	5,128 -117	4,410 -144	2,246 -41	809 1	1,437 -42
2017-18	11,880 96	9,554 16	5,076 -52	4,478 68	2,326 80	840 31	1,486 49
2018-19	11,822 -58	9,546 -8	5,084 8	4,462 -16	2,276 -50	824 -16	1,452 -34
2019-20	11,154 -668	9,045 -501	4,796 -288	4,249 -213	2,109 -167	745 -79	1,364 -88
2020-21	10,652 -502	8,593 -452	4,580 -216	4,013 -236	2,059 -50	718 -27	1,341 -23
2021-22	9,653 -999	7,748 -845	4,146 -434	3,602 -411	1,905 -154	684 -34	1,221 -120
2022-23	9,468 -185	7,665 -83	4,186 40	3,479 -123	1,803 -102	648 -36	1,155 -66
Average	11,317	9,188	4,886	4,302	2,129	756	1,373

Central Connecticut State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,188 where 7,665 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 Central Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,942	7,771	4,086	3,685	2,171	1,066	1,105
2013-14	9,771	7,624	4,003	3,621	2,147	1,105	1,042
2014-15	9,871	7,702	4,068	3,634	2,169	1,177	992
2015-16	9,799	7,702	4,111	3,591	2,097	1,134	963
2016-17	9,538	7,539	4,006	3,533	1,999	1,122	877
2017-18	9,554	7,605	3,984	3,621	1,949	1,092	857
2018-19	9,546	7,576	3,990	3,586	1,970	1,094	876
2019-20	9,045	7,253	3,783	3,470	1,792	1,013	779
2020-21	8,593	6,811	3,569	3,242	1,782	1,011	771
2021-22	7,748	6,071	3,223	2,848	1,677	923	754
2022-23	7,665	6,080	3,340	2,740	1,585	846	739
Average	9,188	9,188	3,833	3,416	9,188	1,053	887

Central Connecticut State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,129 where 1,803 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 Central Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,149	615	221	394	1,534	546	988
2013-14	2,094	584	198	386	1,510	522	988
2014-15	2,166	566	182	384	1,600	575	1,025
2015-16	2,287	565	200	365	1,722	608	1,114
2016-17	2,246	579	203	376	1,667	606	1,061
2017-18	2,326	648	241	407	1,678	599	1,079
2018-19	2,276	591	209	382	1,685	615	1,070
2019-20	2,109	503	178	325	1,606	567	1,039
2020-21	2,059	542	178	364	1,517	540	977
2021-22	1,905	484	164	320	1,421	520	901
2022-23	1,803	470	167	303	1,333	481	852
Average	2,129	2,129	195	364	2,129	562	1,009

Central Connecticut State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.24%. The percentage was 70.45% 10 years ago and CCSU still has a high percentage of white students. 5.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.40% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Connecticut State 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	23	372	1,159	1,155	12	8,518	235
2013-14	19	411	1,184	1,229	14	8,220	246
2014-15	23	429	1,225	1,359	11	8,159	290
2015-16	17	444	1,298	1,418	8	7,989	294
2016-17	11	481	1,306	1,452	9	7,639	320
2017-18	15	498	1,435	1,578	9	7,459	348
2018-19	12	515	1,391	1,735	12	7,280	359
2019-20	10	478	1,315	1,700	11	6,754	363
2020-21	11	487	1,260	1,677	10	6,413	335
2021-22	7	458	1,159	1,544	7	5,745	330
2022-23	9	491	1,174	1,602	8	5,514	319
Average	14	460	1,264	1,495	10	7,245	313

Central Connecticut State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

356 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 394.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central Connecticut State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,037	72	265	11,700
2015-16	12,086	62	440	11,584
2016-17	11,784	97	841	10,846
2017-18	11,880	116	719	11,045
2018-19	11,822	119	716	10,987
2019-20	11,154	223	826	10,105
2020-21	10,652	8,972	1,518	162
2021-22	9,653	362	2,064	7,227
2022-23	9,468	356	1,604	7,508
Average	11,171	1,153	999	9,018

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