Enrollment Trends at CDU

The student population at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science is 852 (282 undergraduate and 570 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 319 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CDU is 33.10% which is increased by 193 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 126 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 2.25 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 704 where 852 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

33.10% of total students is undergraduate students and 66.90% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 193 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 126 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.25 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CDU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	533	89	48	41	444	109	335
2016-17	459 -74	92 3	40 -8	52 11	367 -77	82 -27	285 -50
2017-18	543 84	139 47	58 18	81 29	404 37	97 15	307 22
2018-19	596 53	169 30	57 -1	112 31	427 23	108 11	319 12
2019-20	748 152	198 29	65 8	133 21	550 123	165 57	385 66
2020-21	872 124	241 43	77 12	164 31	631 81	149 -16	482 97
2021-22	895 23	255 14	87 10	168 4	640 9	169 20	471 -11
2022-23	777 -118	246 -9	88 1	158 -10	531 -109	133 -36	398 -73
2023-24	763 -14	234 -12	92 4	142 -16	529 -2	165 32	364 -34
2024-25	852 89	282 48	104 12	178 36	570 41	158 -7	412 48
Average	704	195	72	123	509	134	376

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 195 where 282 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 Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	89	53	25	28	36	23	13
2016-17	92	46	18	28	46	22	24
2017-18	139	114	46	68	25	12	13
2018-19	169	127	45	82	42	12	30
2019-20	198	138	53	85	60	12	48
2020-21	241	168	62	106	73	15	58
2021-22	255	164	71	93	91	16	75
2022-23	246	185	67	118	61	21	40
2023-24	234	173	71	102	61	21	40
2024-25	282	220	86	134	62	18	44
Average	195	195	54	84	195	17	39

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 509 where 570 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 Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	444	347	87	260	97	22	75
2016-17	367	327	73	254	40	9	31
2017-18	404	379	93	286	25	4	21
2018-19	427	394	104	290	33	4	29
2019-20	550	503	153	350	47	12	35
2020-21	631	582	134	448	49	15	34
2021-22	640	574	153	421	66	16	50
2022-23	531	484	122	362	47	11	36
2023-24	529	485	156	329	44	9	35
2024-25	570	525	149	376	45	9	36
Average	509	509	122	338	509	11	38

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 7.28% and the percentage of black students is 36.15% at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science. 9.62% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 7.13% to 7.28%. Asian enrollment declined from 19.51% to 9.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 33.77% to 36.15%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.20% to 16.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7687 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7830 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science 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	0	104	180	65	1	38	113
2016-17	5	99	151	51	2	31	96
2017-18	1	127	162	151	0	38	16
2018-19	1	131	213	149	2	35	20
2019-20	0	183	275	161	4	42	26
2020-21	0	191	292	193	10	70	36
2021-22	2	185	318	225	9	83	35
2022-23	0	126	260	124	7	68	136
2023-24	3	98	254	121	4	59	166
2024-25	1	82	308	137	3	62	209
Average	1	133	241	138	4	53	85

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at CDU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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