Enrollment Trends at CMU CGES

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,772 where 3,802 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

91.14% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.86% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 790 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 76 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CMU CGES than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,446 where 3,465 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 Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 325 where 337 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 Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 61.31%. The percentage was 88.40% 10 years ago and CMU CGES still has a high percentage of white students. 0.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.71% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 88.40% to 61.31%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.60% to 0.50%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.47% to 7.71%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.09% to 2.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6173 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.2163 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

2,178 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 59.21% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies from 2015 to 2025.