Enrollment Trends at Citadel

The student population at Citadel Military College of South Carolina is 3,721 (2,695 undergraduate and 1,026 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 222 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Citadel is 72.43% which is increased by 66 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 156 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.31 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

616 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 522.22% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,654 where 3,721 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.43% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.57% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 66 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 156 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.31 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in Citadel than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Citadel Military College of South Carolina since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,499	2,629	2,376	253	870	381	489
2013-14	3,598 99	2,735 106	2,482 106	253 0	863 -7	370 -11	493 4
2014-15	3,592 -6	2,763 28	2,489 7	274 21	829 -34	387 17	442 -51
2015-16	3,506 -86	2,671 -92	2,406 -83	265 -9	835 6	356 -31	479 37
2016-17	3,602 96	2,773 102	2,473 67	300 35	829 -6	332 -24	497 18
2017-18	3,717 115	2,837 64	2,536 63	301 1	880 51	404 72	476 -21
2018-19	3,763 46	2,911 74	2,584 48	327 26	852 -28	408 4	444 -32
2019-20	3,767 4	2,923 12	2,547 -37	376 49	844 -8	418 10	426 -18
2020-21	3,740 -27	2,858 -65	2,452 -95	406 30	882 38	440 22	442 16
2021-22	3,693 -47	2,718 -140	2,348 -104	370 -36	975 93	488 48	487 45
2022-23	3,721 28	2,695 -23	2,297 -51	398 28	1,026 51	534 46	492 5
Average	3,654	2,774	2,454	320	880	411	470

Citadel Military College of South Carolina Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,774 where 2,695 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 Citadel Military College of South Carolina since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,629	2,438	2,261	177	191	115	76
2013-14	2,735	2,517	2,353	164	218	129	89
2014-15	2,763	2,531	2,342	189	232	147	85
2015-16	2,671	2,461	2,269	192	210	137	73
2016-17	2,773	2,504	2,309	195	269	164	105
2017-18	2,837	2,559	2,316	243	278	220	58
2018-19	2,911	2,654	2,382	272	257	202	55
2019-20	2,923	2,688	2,377	311	235	170	65
2020-21	2,858	2,654	2,305	349	204	147	57
2021-22	2,718	2,512	2,209	303	206	139	67
2022-23	2,695	2,469	2,137	332	226	160	66
Average	2,774	2,774	2,296	248	2,774	157	72

Citadel Military College of South Carolina Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 880 where 1,026 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 Citadel Military College of South Carolina since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	870	149	51	98	721	330	391
2013-14	863	151	56	95	712	314	398
2014-15	829	129	53	76	700	334	366
2015-16	835	165	63	102	670	293	377
2016-17	829	174	68	106	655	264	391
2017-18	880	194	84	110	686	320	366
2018-19	852	176	79	97	676	329	347
2019-20	844	179	88	91	665	330	335
2020-21	882	199	102	97	683	338	345
2021-22	975	185	87	98	790	401	389
2022-23	1,026	183	89	94	843	445	398
Average	880	880	75	97	880	336	373

Citadel Military College of South Carolina Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.60%. The percentage was 80.31% 10 years ago and Citadel still has a high percentage of white students. 1.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.73% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Citadel Military College of South Carolina 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	39	76	316	167	6	2,810	47
2013-14	42	78	339	186	8	2,828	73
2014-15	35	74	304	205	9	2,813	99
2015-16	24	64	349	182	11	2,706	119
2016-17	16	69	382	210	11	2,735	128
2017-18	16	81	393	215	11	2,787	144
2018-19	12	59	370	254	8	2,840	142
2019-20	15	64	301	262	7	2,874	172
2020-21	15	72	289	244	5	2,840	177
2021-22	12	61	286	243	6	2,812	167
2022-23	8	70	325	257	8	2,776	177
Average	21	70	332	220	8	2,802	131

Citadel Military College of South Carolina Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

616 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 522.22% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Citadel Military College of South Carolina from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,592	99	178	3,315
2015-16	3,506	87	191	3,228
2016-17	3,602	167	298	3,137
2017-18	3,717	367	307	3,043
2018-19	3,763	381	350	3,032
2019-20	3,767	478	366	2,923
2020-21	3,740	628	1,419	1,693
2021-22	3,693	673	520	2,500
2022-23	3,721	616	610	2,495
Average	3,678	388	471	2,818

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