Enrollment Trends at CSU

The student population at Chicago State University is 2,317 (1,450 undergraduate and 867 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,790 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CSU is 62.58% which is decreased by 3,168 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 622 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

419 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 132.78% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,800 where 2,317 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

62.58% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.42% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,168 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 622 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Chicago State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,107	4,618	1,312	3,306	1,489	467	1,022
2013-14	5,701 -406	4,340 -278	1,239 -73	3,101 -205	1,361 -128	433 -34	928 -94
2014-15	5,211 -490	3,912 -428	1,129 -110	2,783 -318	1,299 -62	449 16	850 -78
2015-16	4,767 -444	3,462 -450	1,013 -116	2,449 -334	1,305 6	466 17	839 -11
2016-17	3,578 -1,189	2,352 -1,110	705 -308	1,647 -802	1,226 -79	505 39	721 -118
2017-18	3,101 -477	2,029 -323	616 -89	1,413 -234	1,072 -154	416 -89	656 -65
2018-19	2,964 -137	2,027 -2	623 7	1,404 -9	937 -135	340 -76	597 -59
2019-20	3,039 75	2,108 81	636 13	1,472 68	931 -6	298 -42	633 36
2020-21	2,644 -395	1,685 -423	470 -166	1,215 -257	959 28	294 -4	665 32
2021-22	2,366 -278	1,502 -183	461 -9	1,041 -174	864 -95	259 -35	605 -60
2022-23	2,317 -49	1,450 -52	483 22	967 -74	867 3	275 16	592 -13
Average	3,800	2,680	790	1,891	1,119	382	737

Chicago State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,680 where 1,450 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Chicago State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,618	3,012	920	2,092	1,606	392	1,214
2013-14	4,340	2,852	864	1,988	1,488	375	1,113
2014-15	3,912	2,498	744	1,754	1,414	385	1,029
2015-16	3,462	2,261	678	1,583	1,201	335	866
2016-17	2,352	1,464	449	1,015	888	256	632
2017-18	2,029	1,297	409	888	732	207	525
2018-19	2,027	1,287	433	854	740	190	550
2019-20	2,108	1,361	432	929	747	204	543
2020-21	1,685	1,086	317	769	599	153	446
2021-22	1,502	954	317	637	548	144	404
2022-23	1,450	935	331	604	515	152	363
Average	2,680	2,680	536	1,192	2,680	254	699

Chicago State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,119 where 867 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Chicago State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,489	784	258	526	705	209	496
2013-14	1,361	738	252	486	623	181	442
2014-15	1,299	736	269	467	563	180	383
2015-16	1,305	736	298	438	569	168	401
2016-17	1,226	774	357	417	452	148	304
2017-18	1,072	645	270	375	427	146	281
2018-19	937	523	206	317	414	134	280
2019-20	931	508	173	335	423	125	298
2020-21	959	498	162	336	461	132	329
2021-22	864	467	155	312	397	104	293
2022-23	867	461	159	302	406	116	290
Average	1,119	1,119	233	392	1,119	149	345

Chicago State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.35% and the percentage of black students is 68.71% at Chicago State University. 1.77% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chicago State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	13	187	4,786	387	1	378	0
2013-14	10	210	4,199	340	2	334	0
2014-15	11	124	3,585	356	2	271	0
2015-16	17	136	3,335	326	0	273	0
2016-17	8	113	2,366	238	1	222	0
2017-18	11	104	2,066	215	1	228	0
2018-19	12	89	2,042	207	2	210	0
2019-20	8	77	2,111	275	2	168	0
2020-21	10	70	1,840	181	4	145	65
2021-22	7	57	1,625	183	2	120	30
2022-23	8	41	1,592	122	1	124	41
Average	10	110	2,686	257	2	225	12

Chicago State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

419 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 132.78% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Chicago State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,211	180	2,030	3,001
2015-16	4,767	182	1,082	3,503
2016-17	3,578	13	1,883	1,682
2017-18	3,101	204	834	2,063
2018-19	2,964	225	968	1,771
2019-20	3,039	240	948	1,851
2020-21	2,644	230	985	1,429
2021-22	2,366	322	944	1,100
2022-23	2,317	419	982	916
Average	3,332	224	1,184	1,924

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