Enrollment Trends at Central Michigan

The student population at Central Michigan University is 14,488 (10,193 undergraduate and 4,295 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 12,337 (45.99%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Central Michigan is 70.35% which is decreased by 10,222 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2,115 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 65 male students for every 100 female students, down from 75 in 2015.
3,356 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -33.83% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,323 where 14,488 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 26,825 students in 2016 and was lowest at 14,399 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 26,825 to 14,488 students, a net loss of 12,337 (46%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	26,825	20,415	8,907	11,508	6,410	2,618	3,792
2016-17	25,986 -839	19,877 -538	8,616 -291	11,261 -247	6,109 -301	2,444 -174	3,665 -127
2017-18	23,257 -2,729	17,804 -2,073	7,671 -945	10,133 -1,128	5,453 -656	2,172 -272	3,281 -384
2018-19	21,622 -1,635	16,387 -1,417	6,941 -730	9,446 -687	5,235 -218	2,114 -58	3,121 -160
2019-20	19,362 -2,260	14,627 -1,760	5,963 -978	8,664 -782	4,735 -500	1,996 -118	2,739 -382
2020-21	17,311 -2,051	13,031 -1,596	5,175 -788	7,856 -808	4,280 -455	1,713 -283	2,567 -172
2021-22	15,424 -1,887	11,417 -1,614	4,492 -683	6,925 -931	4,007 -273	1,583 -130	2,424 -143
2022-23	14,557 -867	10,401 -1,016	4,032 -460	6,369 -556	4,156 149	1,737 154	2,419 -5
2023-24	14,399 -158	10,055 -346	3,872 -160	6,183 -186	4,344 188	1,829 92	2,515 96
2024-25	14,488 89	10,193 138	3,902 30	6,291 108	4,295 -49	1,783 -46	2,512 -3
Average	19,323	14,421	5,957	8,464	4,902	1,999	2,904

Central Michigan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,421 where 10,193 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 Michigan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	20,415	17,669	7,748	9,921	2,746	1,159	1,587
2016-17	19,877	17,190	7,451	9,739	2,687	1,165	1,522
2017-18	17,804	15,585	6,723	8,862	2,219	948	1,271
2018-19	16,387	14,264	6,073	8,191	2,123	868	1,255
2019-20	14,627	12,798	5,304	7,494	1,829	659	1,170
2020-21	13,031	11,271	4,515	6,756	1,760	660	1,100
2021-22	11,417	9,807	3,901	5,906	1,610	591	1,019
2022-23	10,401	8,937	3,554	5,383	1,464	478	986
2023-24	10,055	8,607	3,390	5,217	1,448	482	966
2024-25	10,193	8,721	3,456	5,265	1,472	446	1,026
Average	14,421	14,421	5,212	7,273	14,421	746	1,190

Central Michigan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,902 where 4,295 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 Michigan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,410	2,097	979	1,118	4,313	1,639	2,674
2016-17	6,109	2,062	895	1,167	4,047	1,549	2,498
2017-18	5,453	1,758	745	1,013	3,695	1,427	2,268
2018-19	5,235	1,702	712	990	3,533	1,402	2,131
2019-20	4,735	1,677	705	972	3,058	1,291	1,767
2020-21	4,280	1,648	675	973	2,632	1,038	1,594
2021-22	4,007	1,626	684	942	2,381	899	1,482
2022-23	4,156	2,075	977	1,098	2,081	760	1,321
2023-24	4,344	2,458	1,212	1,246	1,886	617	1,269
2024-25	4,295	2,417	1,140	1,277	1,878	643	1,235
Average	4,902	4,902	872	1,080	4,902	1,127	1,824

Central Michigan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.28%. The percentage was 72.61% 10 years ago and Central Michigan still has a high percentage of white students. 2.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.98% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.61% to 67.28%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.32% to 2.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.85% to 7.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.82% to 5.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5370 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4585 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Michigan 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	185	354	2,911	1,025	16	19,478	744
2016-17	201	373	2,868	1,117	21	18,781	818
2017-18	182	350	2,470	1,057	17	17,077	768
2018-19	172	331	2,336	1,049	11	15,828	719
2019-20	157	307	2,120	947	15	14,126	691
2020-21	135	320	1,897	854	14	12,696	647
2021-22	123	298	1,548	754	17	11,334	557
2022-23	123	285	1,358	695	16	10,087	471
2023-24	121	276	1,167	673	9	9,699	434
2024-25	128	295	1,156	726	7	9,747	466
Average	153	319	1,983	890	14	13,885	632

Central Michigan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,356 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -33.83% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central Michigan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	26,825	5,072	2,091	19,662
2016-17	25,986	5,174	2,211	18,601
2017-18	23,257	4,084	3,954	15,219
2018-19	21,622	4,102	4,010	13,510
2019-20	19,362	3,811	3,846	11,705
2020-21	17,311	3,700	3,564	10,047
2021-22	15,424	3,420	3,727	8,277
2022-23	14,557	3,086	4,538	6,933
2023-24	14,399	3,168	4,835	6,396
2024-25	14,488	3,356	5,044	6,088
Average	19,323	3,897	3,782	11,644

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Enrollment Trends at Central Michigan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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