Enrollment Trends at Champlain

The student population at Champlain College is 3,259 (2,778 undergraduate and 481 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 747 (18.65%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Champlain is 85.24% which is decreased by 622 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 125 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 146 male students for every 100 female students, up from 128 in 2015.
1,570 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -10.23% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,054 where 3,259 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 4,778 students in 2017 and was lowest at 3,259 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,006 to 3,259 students, a net loss of 747 (18.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,006	3,400	1,994	1,406	606	256	350
2016-17	4,778 772	3,912 512	2,291 297	1,621 215	866 260	366 110	500 150
2017-18	4,749 -29	3,934 22	2,321 30	1,613 -8	815 -51	351 -15	464 -36
2018-19	4,531 -218	3,800 -134	2,235 -86	1,565 -48	731 -84	334 -17	397 -67
2019-20	4,385 -146	3,748 -52	2,251 16	1,497 -68	637 -94	271 -63	366 -31
2020-21	4,137 -248	3,512 -236	2,113 -138	1,399 -98	625 -12	273 2	352 -14
2021-22	3,825 -312	3,217 -295	1,944 -169	1,273 -126	608 -17	299 26	309 -43
2022-23	3,543 -282	3,060 -157	1,890 -54	1,170 -103	483 -125	228 -71	255 -54
2023-24	3,328 -215	2,886 -174	1,786 -104	1,100 -70	442 -41	226 -2	216 -39
2024-25	3,259 -69	2,778 -108	1,693 -93	1,085 -15	481 39	239 13	242 26
Average	4,054	3,425	2,052	1,373	629	284	345

Champlain College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,425 where 2,778 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 Champlain College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,400	2,373	1,458	915	1,027	536	491
2016-17	3,912	2,600	1,570	1,030	1,312	721	591
2017-18	3,934	2,603	1,599	1,004	1,331	722	609
2018-19	3,800	2,488	1,518	970	1,312	717	595
2019-20	3,748	2,447	1,523	924	1,301	728	573
2020-21	3,512	2,325	1,435	890	1,187	678	509
2021-22	3,217	2,220	1,397	823	997	547	450
2022-23	3,060	2,256	1,400	856	804	490	314
2023-24	2,886	2,197	1,366	831	689	420	269
2024-25	2,778	2,111	1,316	795	667	377	290
Average	3,425	3,425	1,458	904	3,425	594	469

Champlain College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 629 where 481 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 Champlain College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	606	118	52	66	488	204	284
2016-17	866	141	65	76	725	301	424
2017-18	815	107	48	59	708	303	405
2018-19	731	87	42	45	644	292	352
2019-20	637	82	31	51	555	240	315
2020-21	625	65	23	42	560	250	310
2021-22	608	35	12	23	573	287	286
2022-23	483	20	6	14	463	222	241
2023-24	442	17	7	10	425	219	206
2024-25	481	37	21	16	444	218	226
Average	629	629	31	40	629	254	305

Champlain College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.97%. The percentage was 66.70% 10 years ago and Champlain still has a high percentage of white students. 4.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.73% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.70% to 65.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.72% to 4.66%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.27% to 7.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.47% to 10.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5444 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5482 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Champlain 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	14	69	211	219	6	2,672	113
2016-17	19	133	341	335	6	3,068	139
2017-18	23	151	406	373	10	3,086	144
2018-19	17	158	389	386	7	2,993	142
2019-20	14	148	314	365	7	2,988	150
2020-21	15	158	289	360	3	2,860	143
2021-22	17	142	271	315	5	2,660	137
2022-23	13	148	242	333	3	2,427	139
2023-24	12	143	237	312	3	2,272	132
2024-25	12	152	252	331	4	2,150	141
Average	16	140	295	333	5	2,718	138

Champlain College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,570 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 48% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -10.23% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Champlain College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,006	1,749	22	2,235
2016-17	4,778	2,456	36	2,286
2017-18	4,749	2,477	89	2,183
2018-19	4,531	2,376	14	2,141
2019-20	4,385	2,294	7	2,084
2020-21	4,137	2,235	6	1,896
2021-22	3,825	2,050	0	1,775
2022-23	3,543	1,767	252	1,524
2023-24	3,328	1,546	184	1,598
2024-25	3,259	1,570	259	1,430
Average	4,054	2,052	87	1,915

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Enrollment Trends at Champlain

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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