Enrollment Trends at CHC

The student population at Chestnut Hill College is 1,288 (868 undergraduate and 420 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 663 (33.98%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CHC is 67.39% which is decreased by 575 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 88 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, up from 42 in 2015.
142 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 992.31% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,617 where 1,288 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 1,951 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,288 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,951 to 1,288 students, a net loss of 663 (34%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,951	1,443	483	960	508	96	412
2016-17	1,838 -113	1,376 -67	485 2	891 -69	462 -46	99 3	363 -49
2017-18	1,846 8	1,364 -12	504 19	860 -31	482 20	99	383 20
2018-19	1,794 -52	1,322 -42	499 -5	823 -37	472 -10	92 -7	380 -3
2019-20	1,600 -194	1,197 -125	486 -13	711 -112	403 -69	78 -14	325 -55
2020-21	1,528 -72	1,074 -123	428 -58	646 -65	454 51	92 14	362 37
2021-22	1,505 -23	1,072 -2	432 4	640 -6	433 -21	98 6	335 -27
2022-23	1,420 -85	989 -83	424 -8	565 -75	431 -2	100 2	331 -4
2023-24	1,402 -18	972 -17	404 -20	568 3	430 -1	95 -5	335 4
2024-25	1,288 -114	868 -104	376 -28	492 -76	420 -10	91 -4	329 -6
Average	1,617	1,168	452	716	450	94	356

Chestnut Hill College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,168 where 868 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 Chestnut Hill College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,443	1,148	418	730	295	65	230
2016-17	1,376	1,104	419	685	272	66	206
2017-18	1,364	1,118	447	671	246	57	189
2018-19	1,322	1,022	443	579	300	56	244
2019-20	1,197	1,001	435	566	196	51	145
2020-21	1,074	938	393	545	136	35	101
2021-22	1,072	867	398	469	205	34	171
2022-23	989	832	392	440	157	32	125
2023-24	972	796	370	426	176	34	142
2024-25	868	704	342	362	164	34	130
Average	1,168	1,168	406	547	1,168	46	168

Chestnut Hill College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 450 where 420 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 Chestnut Hill College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	508	221	44	177	287	52	235
2016-17	462	213	48	165	249	51	198
2017-18	482	214	43	171	268	56	212
2018-19	472	226	38	188	246	54	192
2019-20	403	193	32	161	210	46	164
2020-21	454	212	36	176	242	56	186
2021-22	433	216	45	171	217	53	164
2022-23	431	209	43	166	222	57	165
2023-24	430	196	38	158	234	57	177
2024-25	420	207	44	163	213	47	166
Average	450	450	41	170	450	53	186

Chestnut Hill College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.02% and the percentage of black students is 25.85% at Chestnut Hill College. 2.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.75% to 36.02%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.95% to 2.02%. Black student enrollment decreased from 32.03% to 25.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.00% to 10.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7910 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6896 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chestnut Hill 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	3	38	625	156	4	873	55
2016-17	1	47	581	153	4	809	62
2017-18	1	42	577	156	2	799	63
2018-19	1	39	521	176	2	747	54
2019-20	2	36	465	172	1	696	58
2020-21	1	28	427	173	0	640	58
2021-22	3	31	409	165	2	614	39
2022-23	3	23	354	163	1	544	38
2023-24	1	29	349	156	0	516	34
2024-25	1	26	333	139	1	464	24
Average	2	34	464	161	2	670	49

Chestnut Hill College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

142 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 992.31% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Chestnut Hill College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,951	0	0	1,951
2016-17	1,838	13	46	1,779
2017-18	1,846	11	41	1,794
2018-19	1,794	17	60	1,717
2019-20	1,600	1	3	1,596
2020-21	1,528	28	0	1,500
2021-22	1,505	101	299	1,105
2022-23	1,420	133	36	1,251
2023-24	1,402	198	298	906
2024-25	1,288	142	199	947
Average	1,617	64	98	1,455

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