Enrollment Trends at Central State

The student population at Central State University is 5,434 (5,406 undergraduate and 28 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,282 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Central State is 99.48% which is increased by 3,290 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 8 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.35 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

3,990 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 22,066.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,812 where 5,434 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

99.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,290 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 8 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.35 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Central State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,152	2,116	992	1,124	36	16	20
2013-14	2,068 -84	2,036 -80	949 -43	1,087 -37	32 -4	14 -2	18 -2
2014-15	1,751 -317	1,733 -303	805 -144	928 -159	18 -14	6 -8	12 -6
2015-16	1,804 53	1,792 59	806 1	986 58	12 -6	3 -3	9 -3
2016-17	1,741 -63	1,729 -63	773 -33	956 -30	12 0	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 0	0 0
2019-20	2,033 -66	2,033 -66	793 -44	1,240 -22	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	4,021 1,988	4,021 1,988	1,265 472	2,756 1,516	0 0	0 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
Average	2,812	2,799	1,030	1,768	13	5	8

Central State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,799 where 5,406 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 State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,116	1,878	900	978	238	92	146
2013-14	2,036	1,840	875	965	196	74	122
2014-15	1,733	1,576	734	842	157	71	86
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
Average	2,799	2,799	821	1,239	2,799	209	529

Central State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 13 where 28 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 State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	36	0	0	0	36	16	20
2013-14	32	0	0	0	32	14	18
2014-15	18	0	0	0	18	6	12
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
Average	13	13	1	1	13	5	7

Central State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.95% and the percentage of black students is 33.33% at Central State University. 2.34% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central 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	4	2	2,053	15	0	41	8
2013-14	5	1	1,964	13	0	41	13
2014-15	3	1	1,669	12	0	26	15
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
Average	10	35	1,866	193	0	399	64

Central State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,990 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 74% of total students. The number of online students has increased 22,066.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,751	18	359	1,374
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
Average	2,968	1,206	663	1,099

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