Enrollment Trends at Charter Oak State

The student population at Charter Oak State College is 2,012 (1,927 undergraduate and 85 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 277 (15.97%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Charter Oak State is 95.78% which is increased by 192 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 85 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 26 male students for every 100 female students, down from 47 in 2015.
2,012 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 15.97% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,670 where 2,012 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 2,012 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,500 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,735 to 2,012 students, a net gain of 277 (16%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,735	1,735	557	1,178	0	0	0
2016-17	1,583 -152	1,533 -202	498 -59	1,035 -143	50 50	26 26	24 24
2017-18	1,500 -83	1,416 -117	451 -47	965 -70	84 34	34 8	50 26
2018-19	1,641 141	1,549 133	484 33	1,065 100	92 8	34	58 8
2019-20	1,611 -30	1,547 -2	460 -24	1,087 22	64 -28	16 -18	48 -10
2020-21	1,634 23	1,538 -9	418 -42	1,120 33	96 32	22 6	74 26
2021-22	1,618 -16	1,526 -12	375 -43	1,151 31	92 -4	22	70 -4
2022-23	1,602 -16	1,501 -25	359 -16	1,142 -9	101 9	19 -3	82 12
2023-24	1,766 164	1,683 182	383 24	1,300 158	83 -18	18 -1	65 -17
2024-25	2,012 246	1,927 244	400 17	1,527 227	85 2	16 -2	69 4
Average	1,670	1,596	439	1,157	75	21	54

Charter Oak State College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,596 where 1,927 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 Charter Oak State College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,735	329	101	228	1,406	456	950
2016-17	1,533	313	82	231	1,220	416	804
2017-18	1,416	290	90	200	1,126	361	765
2018-19	1,549	296	92	204	1,253	392	861
2019-20	1,547	387	111	276	1,160	349	811
2020-21	1,538	401	93	308	1,137	325	812
2021-22	1,526	377	81	296	1,149	294	855
2022-23	1,501	399	88	311	1,102	271	831
2023-24	1,683	526	128	398	1,157	255	902
2024-25	1,927	621	117	504	1,306	283	1,023
Average	1,596	1,596	98	296	1,596	340	861

Charter Oak State College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 75 where 85 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 Charter Oak State College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	50	6	3	3	44	23	21
2017-18	84	6	3	3	78	31	47
2018-19	92	7	3	4	85	31	54
2019-20	64	1	0	1	63	16	47
2020-21	96	9	3	6	87	19	68
2021-22	92	6	0	6	86	22	64
2022-23	101	8	0	8	93	19	74
2023-24	83	13	1	12	70	17	53
2024-25	85	14	1	13	71	15	56
Average	75	75	1	6	75	19	48

Charter Oak State College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.82% and the percentage of black students is 21.47% at Charter Oak State College. 3.23% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 56.14% to 46.82%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.15% to 3.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 16.48% to 21.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.08% to 22.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6837 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6399 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Charter Oak 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	5	20	286	227	2	974	39
2016-17	10	23	261	225	2	880	36
2017-18	6	29	250	222	0	820	44
2018-19	2	51	294	253	1	865	40
2019-20	5	42	269	241	0	899	40
2020-21	5	40	288	279	2	886	34
2021-22	0	38	262	299	4	890	35
2022-23	1	48	284	312	4	843	41
2023-24	2	52	362	379	4	882	43
2024-25	1	65	432	446	2	942	58
Average	4	41	299	288	2	888	41

Charter Oak State College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,012 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 15.97% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Charter Oak State College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2015-16	1,735	1,735
2016-17	1,583	1,583
2017-18	1,500	1,500
2018-19	1,641	1,641
2019-20	1,611	1,611
2020-21	1,634	1,634
2021-22	1,618	1,618
2022-23	1,602	1,602
2023-24	1,766	1,766
2024-25	2,012	2,012
Average	1,670	1,670

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Enrollment Trends at Charter Oak 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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