How Student Population Changes at CMU CLAS

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,125 where 1,080 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in CMU CLAS.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,173	580	593
2013-14	1,107 -66	540 -40	567 -26
2014-15	1,185 78	571 31	614 47
2015-16	1,094 -91	524 -47	570 -44
2016-17	1,094 0	529 5	565 -5
2017-18	1,060 -34	501 -28	559 -6
2018-19	1,148 88	540 39	608 49
2019-20	1,145 -3	559 19	586 -22
2020-21	1,141 -4	566 7	575 -11
2021-22	1,144 3	562 -4	582 7
2022-23	1,080 -64	523 -39	557 -25
Average	1,125	545	580

Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.87%. The percentage was 81.07% 10 years ago and CMU CLAS still has a high percentage of white students. 0.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.93% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 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	9	7	67	28	6	951	24
2013-14	2	9	72	22	3	892	27
2014-15	7	4	92	31	1	954	33
2015-16	4	4	82	32	0	857	34
2016-17	5	5	83	33	0	839	38
2017-18	5	3	86	41	1	791	44
2018-19	6	6	105	84	1	805	40
2019-20	3	11	120	106	0	772	40
2020-21	4	13	127	116	2	752	49
2021-22	8	13	130	107	0	725	65
2022-23	4	10	118	90	0	679	63
Average	5	8	98	63	1	820	42

Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 0% 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 Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,185	0	0	1,185
2015-16	1,094	0	0	1,094
2016-17	1,094	0	0	1,094
2017-18	1,060	0	0	1,060
2018-19	1,148	0	0	1,148
2019-20	1,145	0	0	1,145
2020-21	1,141	0	0	1,141
2021-22	1,144	0	0	1,144
2022-23	1,080	1	310	769
Average	1,121	0	34	1,087

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Enrollment Trends at CMU CLAS

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes