Enrollment Trends at Chadron State

The student population at Chadron State College is 2,098 (1,690 undergraduate and 408 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 895 (29.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Chadron State is 80.55% which is decreased by 672 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 223 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
1,177 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -13.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,471 where 2,098 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 2,993 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,098 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,993 to 2,098 students, a net loss of 895 (29.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,993	2,362	971	1,391	631	273	358
2016-17	2,977 -16	2,334 -28	964 -7	1,370 -21	643 12	258 -15	385 27
2017-18	2,737 -240	2,155 -179	873 -91	1,282 -88	582 -61	222 -36	360 -25
2018-19	2,448 -289	1,920 -235	809 -64	1,111 -171	528 -54	202 -20	326 -34
2019-20	2,407 -41	1,923 3	794 -15	1,129 18	484 -44	174 -28	310 -16
2020-21	2,330 -77	1,863 -60	748 -46	1,115 -14	467 -17	173 -1	294 -16
2021-22	2,250 -80	1,800 -63	719 -29	1,081 -34	450 -17	157 -16	293 -1
2022-23	2,260 10	1,815 15	663 -56	1,152 71	445 -5	138 -19	307 14
2023-24	2,205 -55	1,785 -30	650 -13	1,135 -17	420 -25	132 -6	288 -19
2024-25	2,098 -107	1,690 -95	581 -69	1,109 -26	408 -12	128 -4	280 -8
Average	2,471	1,965	777	1,188	506	186	320

Chadron State College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,965 where 1,690 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 Chadron State College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,362	1,737	743	994	625	228	397
2016-17	2,334	1,711	747	964	623	217	406
2017-18	2,155	1,616	699	917	539	174	365
2018-19	1,920	1,501	668	833	419	141	278
2019-20	1,923	1,443	658	785	480	136	344
2020-21	1,863	1,439	606	833	424	142	282
2021-22	1,800	1,444	591	853	356	128	228
2022-23	1,815	1,474	560	914	341	103	238
2023-24	1,785	1,465	538	927	320	112	208
2024-25	1,690	1,369	484	885	321	97	224
Average	1,965	1,965	629	891	1,965	148	297

Chadron State College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 506 where 408 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 Chadron State College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	631	116	62	54	515	211	304
2016-17	643	118	48	70	525	210	315
2017-18	582	106	39	67	476	183	293
2018-19	528	97	43	54	431	159	272
2019-20	484	97	34	63	387	140	247
2020-21	467	104	40	64	363	133	230
2021-22	450	106	34	72	344	123	221
2022-23	445	127	41	86	318	97	221
2023-24	420	132	48	84	288	84	204
2024-25	408	148	52	96	260	76	184
Average	506	506	44	71	506	142	249

Chadron State College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.60%. The percentage was 77.21% 10 years ago and Chadron State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.53% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 77.21% to 77.60%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.94% to 0.71%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.68% to 3.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.41% to 10.53%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3838 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3966 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chadron State College 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	37	28	140	192	13	2,311	78
2016-17	26	25	115	215	11	2,347	92
2017-18	28	20	90	233	8	2,158	95
2018-19	26	23	83	228	8	1,934	82
2019-20	27	20	81	223	7	1,914	80
2020-21	33	13	82	221	5	1,848	84
2021-22	26	13	76	217	4	1,799	74
2022-23	35	12	89	226	4	1,792	76
2023-24	33	14	81	237	4	1,711	91
2024-25	39	15	63	221	3	1,628	86
Average	31	18	90	221	7	1,944	84

Chadron State College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,177 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 56% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -13.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Chadron State College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,993	1,355	813	825
2016-17	2,977	1,408	757	812
2017-18	2,737	1,241	745	751
2018-19	2,448	1,114	701	633
2019-20	2,407	1,067	742	598
2020-21	2,330	1,061	740	529
2021-22	2,250	971	789	490
2022-23	2,260	1,098	791	371
2023-24	2,205	1,124	662	419
2024-25	2,098	1,177	643	278
Average	2,471	1,162	738	571

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Enrollment Trends at Chadron 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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