Enrollment Trends at CityU

The student population at City University of Seattle is 2,007 (1,187 undergraduate and 820 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 340 (14.49%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CityU is 59.14% which is decreased by 19 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 321 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, up from 55 in 2015.
1,490 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 9.24% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,099 where 2,007 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,347 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,960 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,347 to 2,007 students, a net loss of 340 (14.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,347	1,206	398	808	1,141	435	706
2016-17	2,246 -101	993 -213	485 87	508 -300	1,253 112	538 103	715 9
2017-18	2,199 -47	928 -65	435 -50	493 -15	1,271 18	511 -27	760 45
2018-19	2,113 -86	774 -154	354 -81	420 -73	1,339 68	509 -2	830 70
2019-20	1,960 -153	807 33	383 29	424 4	1,153 -186	444 -65	709 -121
2020-21	2,052 92	991 184	454 71	537 113	1,061 -92	402 -42	659 -50
2021-22	1,996 -56	1,145 154	472 18	673 136	851 -210	312 -90	539 -120
2022-23	2,095 99	1,274 129	517 45	757 84	821 -30	272 -40	549 10
2023-24	1,970 -125	1,180 -94	499 -18	681 -76	790 -31	291 19	499 -50
2024-25	2,007 37	1,187 7	552 53	635 -46	820 30	329 38	491 -8
Average	2,099	1,049	455	594	1,050	404	646

City University of Seattle Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,049 where 1,187 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 City University of Seattle since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,206	166	70	96	1,040	328	712
2016-17	993	236	152	84	757	333	424
2017-18	928	235	151	84	693	284	409
2018-19	774	166	106	60	608	248	360
2019-20	807	175	116	59	632	267	365
2020-21	991	117	70	47	874	384	490
2021-22	1,145	112	58	54	1,033	414	619
2022-23	1,274	151	63	88	1,123	454	669
2023-24	1,180	136	66	70	1,044	433	611
2024-25	1,187	125	72	53	1,062	480	582
Average	1,049	1,049	92	70	1,049	363	524

City University of Seattle Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,050 where 820 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 City University of Seattle since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,141	674	254	420	467	181	286
2016-17	1,253	163	76	87	1,090	462	628
2017-18	1,271	186	91	95	1,085	420	665
2018-19	1,339	197	80	117	1,142	429	713
2019-20	1,153	168	73	95	985	371	614
2020-21	1,061	151	54	97	910	348	562
2021-22	851	92	29	63	759	283	476
2022-23	821	89	30	59	732	242	490
2023-24	790	61	17	44	729	274	455
2024-25	820	61	19	42	759	310	449
Average	1,050	1,050	72	112	1,050	332	534

City University of Seattle Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.61% and the percentage of black students is 9.77% at City University of Seattle. 8.87% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 39.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 33.57% to 26.61%. Asian enrollment declined from 13.00% to 8.87%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.45% to 9.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.31% to 39.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7568 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8628 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at City University of Seattle 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	31	305	128	148	33	788	38
2016-17	11	62	112	59	8	470	31
2017-18	11	61	100	63	0	394	19
2018-19	20	148	215	147	15	1,065	70
2019-20	14	138	176	101	12	835	61
2020-21	13	155	177	134	11	770	80
2021-22	11	169	185	181	13	694	73
2022-23	9	173	170	150	14	617	77
2023-24	3	177	171	218	17	607	78
2024-25	11	178	196	788	15	534	55
Average	13	157	163	199	14	677	58

City University of Seattle Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,490 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 74% of total students. The number of online students has increased 9.24% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at City University of Seattle from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,347	1,364	983	0
2016-17	2,246	656	951	639
2017-18	2,199	606	915	678
2018-19	2,113	611	879	623
2019-20	1,960	492	1,076	392
2020-21	2,052	648	1,056	348
2021-22	1,996	874	795	327
2022-23	2,095	1,587	273	235
2023-24	1,970	1,469	280	221
2024-25	2,007	1,490	302	215
Average	2,099	980	751	368

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Enrollment Trends at CityU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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