Enrollment Trends at Chowan

The student population at Chowan University is 675 (603 undergraduate and 72 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 857 (55.94%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Chowan is 89.33% which is decreased by 919 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 62 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 135 male students for every 100 female students, up from 83 in 2015.
91 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 911.11% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,158 where 675 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 1,534 students in 2017 and was lowest at 675 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,532 to 675 students, a net loss of 857 (55.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,532	1,522	695	827	10	2	8
2016-17	1,534 2	1,525 3	703 8	822 -5	9 -1	3 1	6 -2
2017-18	1,503 -31	1,498 -27	698 -5	800 -22	5 -4	3	2 -4
2018-19	1,399 -104	1,395 -103	679 -19	716 -84	4 -1	2 -1	2
2019-20	1,259 -140	1,259 -136	670 -9	589 -127	0 -4	0 -2	0 -2
2020-21	1,100 -159	1,100 -159	601 -69	499 -90	0	0	0
2021-22	981 -119	920 -180	531 -70	389 -110	61 61	26 26	35 35
2022-23	886 -95	800 -120	478 -53	322 -67	86 25	46 20	40 5
2023-24	708 -178	638 -162	393 -85	245 -77	70 -16	38 -8	32 -8
2024-25	675 -33	603 -35	364 -29	239 -6	72 2	24 -14	48 16
Average	1,158	1,126	581	545	32	14	17

Chowan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,126 where 603 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 Chowan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,522	1,453	680	773	69	15	54
2016-17	1,525	1,468	691	777	57	12	45
2017-18	1,498	1,440	682	758	58	16	42
2018-19	1,395	1,356	668	688	39	11	28
2019-20	1,259	1,243	663	580	16	7	9
2020-21	1,100	1,081	593	488	19	8	11
2021-22	920	887	518	369	33	13	20
2022-23	800	762	465	297	38	13	25
2023-24	638	611	385	226	27	8	19
2024-25	603	576	354	222	27	10	17
Average	1,126	1,126	570	518	1,126	11	27

Chowan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 32 where 72 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 Chowan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10	0	0	0	10	2	8
2016-17	9	0	0	0	9	3	6
2017-18	5	0	0	0	5	3	2
2018-19	4	0	0	0	4	2	2
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	61	35	19	16	26	7	19
2022-23	86	38	21	17	48	25	23
2023-24	70	36	21	15	34	17	17
2024-25	72	20	10	10	52	14	38
Average	32	32	7	6	32	7	12

Chowan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.70% and the percentage of black students is 50.37% at Chowan University. 0.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 16.84% to 27.70%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.13% to 0.30%. Black student enrollment decreased from 71.21% to 50.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.72% to 8.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6610 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4611 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chowan 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	7	2	1,091	57	0	258	69
2016-17	10	3	1,075	56	4	256	40
2017-18	10	5	1,042	55	4	269	29
2018-19	14	2	915	48	2	260	31
2019-20	12	2	821	34	0	219	21
2020-21	13	3	637	30	0	203	21
2021-22	12	2	545	35	0	213	16
2022-23	11	2	456	30	1	183	17
2023-24	8	0	358	30	2	196	24
2024-25	2	2	340	54	2	187	31
Average	10	2	728	43	2	224	30

Chowan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

91 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 911.11% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Chowan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,532	0	114	1,418
2016-17	1,534	0	131	1,403
2017-18	1,503	9	38	1,456
2018-19	1,399	11	233	1,155
2019-20	1,259	0	347	912
2020-21	1,100	43	987	70
2021-22	981	81	483	417
2022-23	886	108	267	511
2023-24	708	75	366	267
2024-25	675	91	177	407
Average	1,158	42	314	802

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Enrollment Trends at Chowan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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