Enrollment Trends at Central State

The student population at Central State University is 2,708 (2,665 undergraduate and 43 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 904 (50.11%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Central State is 98.41% which is increased by 873 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 31 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 56 male students for every 100 female students, down from 81 in 2015.
1,085 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 54,150.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,112 where 2,708 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 6,044 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,741 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,804 to 2,708 students, a net gain of 904 (50.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,804	1,792	806	986	12	3	9
2016-17	1,741 -63	1,729 -63	773 -33	956 -30	12	5 2	7 -2
2017-18	1,784 43	1,784 55	729 -44	1,055 99	0 -12	0 -5	0 -7
2018-19	2,099 315	2,099 315	837 108	1,262 207	0	0	0
2019-20	2,033 -66	2,033 -66	793 -44	1,240 -22	0	0	0
2020-21	4,021 1,988	4,021 1,988	1,265 472	2,756 1,516	0	0	0
2021-22	6,044 2,023	6,035 2,014	1,769 504	4,266 1,510	9 9	5 5	4 4
2022-23	5,434 -610	5,406 -629	1,613 -156	3,793 -473	28 19	10 5	18 14
2023-24	3,454 -1,980	3,429 -1,977	1,169 -444	2,260 -1,533	25 -3	11 1	14 -4
2024-25	2,708 -746	2,665 -764	960 -209	1,705 -555	43 18	15 4	28 14
Average	3,112	3,099	1,071	2,028	13	5	8

Central State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,099 where 2,665 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 State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,792	1,649	740	909	143	66	77
2016-17	1,729	1,601	713	888	128	60	68
2017-18	1,784	1,710	693	1,017	74	36	38
2018-19	2,099	2,029	807	1,222	70	30	40
2019-20	2,033	1,919	748	1,171	114	45	69
2020-21	4,021	2,142	746	1,396	1,879	519	1,360
2021-22	6,035	3,205	1,062	2,143	2,830	707	2,123
2022-23	5,406	3,115	1,015	2,100	2,291	598	1,693
2023-24	3,429	2,414	879	1,535	1,015	290	725
2024-25	2,665	2,066	805	1,261	599	155	444
Average	3,099	3,099	821	1,364	3,099	251	664

Central State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 13 where 43 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 State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12	0	0	0	12	3	9
2016-17	12	0	0	0	12	5	7
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	9	4	1	3	5	4	1
2022-23	28	14	8	6	14	2	12
2023-24	25	9	5	4	16	6	10
2024-25	43	21	9	12	22	6	16
Average	13	13	2	3	13	3	6

Central State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 9.79% and the percentage of black students is 56.91% at Central State University. 0.74% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.69% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 1.55% to 9.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.11% to 0.74%. Black student enrollment decreased from 94.79% to 56.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.72% to 4.69%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6633 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.1011 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central State 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	2	1,710	13	0	28	16
2016-17	1	3	1,620	14	0	38	18
2017-18	2	2	1,631	11	0	21	33
2018-19	2	2	1,851	11	0	17	33
2019-20	6	4	1,798	15	0	49	51
2020-21	23	94	2,082	524	0	1,069	47
2021-22	31	152	2,341	841	0	1,652	222
2022-23	29	127	1,811	649	0	1,410	251
2023-24	10	55	1,700	322	0	610	170
2024-25	10	20	1,541	127	0	265	87
Average	12	46	1,809	253	0	516	93

Central State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,085 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 40% of total students. The number of online students has increased 54,150.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,804	2	50	1,752
2016-17	1,741	3	244	1,494
2017-18	1,784	4	179	1,601
2018-19	2,099	8	458	1,633
2019-20	2,033	46	806	1,181
2020-21	4,021	2,523	1,356	142
2021-22	6,044	4,257	1,327	460
2022-23	5,434	3,990	1,189	255
2023-24	3,454	1,883	1,136	435
2024-25	2,708	1,085	1,111	512
Average	3,112	1,380	786	947

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Enrollment Trends at Central State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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