Enrollment Trends at Christian Brothers

The student population at Christian Brothers University is 1,772 (1,155 undergraduate and 617 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 70 (3.80%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Christian Brothers is 65.18% which is decreased by 255 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 185 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 91 male students for every 100 female students, up from 85 in 2015.
47 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 235.71% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,960 where 1,772 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 2,157 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,772 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,842 to 1,772 students, a net loss of 70 (3.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,842	1,410	659	751	432	190	242
2016-17	2,138 296	1,684 274	820 161	864 113	454 22	250 60	204 -38
2017-18	2,157 19	1,791 107	859 39	932 68	366 -88	173 -77	193 -11
2018-19	2,034 -123	1,736 -55	853 -6	883 -49	298 -68	129 -44	169 -24
2019-20	1,968 -66	1,642 -94	817 -36	825 -58	326 28	142 13	184 15
2020-21	1,918 -50	1,548 -94	691 -126	857 32	370 44	155 13	215 31
2021-22	1,794 -124	1,321 -227	588 -103	733 -124	473 103	249 94	224 9
2022-23	1,934 140	1,253 -68	565 -23	688 -45	681 208	403 154	278 54
2023-24	2,043 109	1,204 -49	511 -54	693 5	839 158	481 78	358 80
2024-25	1,772 -271	1,155 -49	496 -15	659 -34	617 -222	347 -134	270 -88
Average	1,960	1,474	686	789	486	252	234

Christian Brothers University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,474 where 1,155 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 Christian Brothers University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,410	1,300	618	682	110	41	69
2016-17	1,684	1,341	648	693	343	172	171
2017-18	1,791	1,426	686	740	365	173	192
2018-19	1,736	1,442	708	734	294	145	149
2019-20	1,642	1,384	674	710	258	143	115
2020-21	1,548	1,311	589	722	237	102	135
2021-22	1,321	1,226	538	688	95	50	45
2022-23	1,253	1,002	448	554	251	117	134
2023-24	1,204	921	419	502	283	92	191
2024-25	1,155	857	399	458	298	97	201
Average	1,474	1,474	573	648	1,474	113	140

Christian Brothers University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 486 where 617 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 Christian Brothers University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	432	188	95	93	244	95	149
2016-17	454	209	133	76	245	117	128
2017-18	366	108	51	57	258	122	136
2018-19	298	83	36	47	215	93	122
2019-20	326	122	59	63	204	83	121
2020-21	370	144	63	81	226	92	134
2021-22	473	304	188	116	169	61	108
2022-23	681	529	330	199	152	73	79
2023-24	839	641	390	251	198	91	107
2024-25	617	457	260	197	160	87	73
Average	486	486	161	118	486	91	116

Christian Brothers University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.70% and the percentage of black students is 19.58% at Christian Brothers University. 1.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.25% to 19.70%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.83% to 1.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 27.04% to 19.58%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.75% to 14.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8999 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7246 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Christian Brothers 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	89	498	106	1	815	53
2016-17	8	104	591	135	0	851	48
2017-18	8	93	600	154	0	865	54
2018-19	12	92	552	140	2	737	79
2019-20	10	90	442	125	5	686	76
2020-21	11	67	425	124	4	619	120
2021-22	17	52	362	146	1	489	139
2022-23	17	49	325	132	2	414	120
2023-24	10	34	428	221	1	427	111
2024-25	6	25	347	256	2	349	77
Average	11	70	457	154	2	625	88

Christian Brothers University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

47 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 235.71% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Christian Brothers University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,842	14	316	1,512
2016-17	2,138	21	366	1,751
2017-18	2,157	22	382	1,753
2018-19	2,034	35	322	1,677
2019-20	1,968	38	456	1,474
2020-21	1,918	246	1,317	355
2021-22	1,794	157	1,010	627
2022-23	1,934	90	868	976
2023-24	2,043	74	920	1,049
2024-25	1,772	47	953	772
Average	1,960	74	691	1,195

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Enrollment Trends at Christian Brothers

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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