Enrollment Trends at Chatham

The student population at Chatham University is 2,309 (1,550 undergraduate and 759 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 85 (3.82%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Chatham is 67.13% which is increased by 516 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 431 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 36 male students for every 100 female students, up from 22 in 2015.
335 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -11.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,318 where 2,309 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 2,439 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,110 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,224 to 2,309 students, a net gain of 85 (3.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,224	1,034	177	857	1,190	217	973
2016-17	2,110 -114	1,002 -32	193 16	809 -48	1,108 -82	227 10	881 -92
2017-18	2,269 159	1,208 206	288 95	920 111	1,061 -47	231 4	830 -51
2018-19	2,336 67	1,254 46	314 26	940 20	1,082 21	233 2	849 19
2019-20	2,437 101	1,408 154	384 70	1,024 84	1,029 -53	212 -21	817 -32
2020-21	2,353 -84	1,358 -50	366 -18	992 -32	995 -34	192 -20	803 -14
2021-22	2,439 86	1,456 98	383 17	1,073 81	983 -12	203 11	780 -23
2022-23	2,387 -52	1,499 43	415 32	1,084 11	888 -95	174 -29	714 -66
2023-24	2,319 -68	1,507 8	447 32	1,060 -24	812 -76	160 -14	652 -62
2024-25	2,309 -10	1,550 43	465 18	1,085 25	759 -53	141 -19	618 -34
Average	2,318	1,328	343	984	991	199	792

Chatham University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,328 where 1,550 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 Chatham University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,034	667	98	569	367	79	288
2016-17	1,002	745	151	594	257	42	215
2017-18	1,208	951	240	711	257	48	209
2018-19	1,254	1,021	296	725	233	18	215
2019-20	1,408	1,142	341	801	266	43	223
2020-21	1,358	1,071	308	763	287	58	229
2021-22	1,456	1,155	325	830	301	58	243
2022-23	1,499	1,192	353	839	307	62	245
2023-24	1,507	1,219	389	830	288	58	230
2024-25	1,550	1,147	391	756	403	74	329
Average	1,328	1,328	289	742	1,328	54	243

Chatham University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 991 where 759 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 Chatham University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,190	849	171	678	341	46	295
2016-17	1,108	780	173	607	328	54	274
2017-18	1,061	736	164	572	325	67	258
2018-19	1,082	769	178	591	313	55	258
2019-20	1,029	706	144	562	323	68	255
2020-21	995	703	141	562	292	51	241
2021-22	983	692	151	541	291	52	239
2022-23	888	661	126	535	227	48	179
2023-24	812	606	118	488	206	42	164
2024-25	759	561	113	448	198	28	170
Average	991	991	148	558	991	51	233

Chatham University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.36%. The percentage was 59.94% 10 years ago and Chatham still has a high percentage of white students. 4.07% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 59.94% to 63.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.61% to 4.07%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.00% to 8.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.15% to 5.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5877 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6324 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chatham University 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	8	58	178	70	1	1,333	35
2016-17	6	54	192	62	3	1,363	22
2017-18	6	62	190	76	2	1,517	30
2018-19	7	74	162	82	1	1,599	32
2019-20	3	81	164	115	2	1,617	48
2020-21	6	81	171	114	1	1,572	32
2021-22	2	83	177	106	0	1,694	15
2022-23	5	98	170	115	0	1,600	4
2023-24	3	98	190	128	0	1,506	0
2024-25	2	94	188	116	0	1,463	0
Average	5	78	178	98	1	1,526	22

Chatham University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

335 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -11.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Chatham University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,224	377	602	1,245
2016-17	2,110	331	567	1,212
2017-18	2,269	316	764	1,189
2018-19	2,336	338	621	1,377
2019-20	2,437	381	583	1,473
2020-21	2,353	709	1,384	260
2021-22	2,439	418	749	1,272
2022-23	2,387	389	694	1,304
2023-24	2,319	259	766	1,294
2024-25	2,309	335	716	1,258
Average	2,318	385	745	1,188

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