Enrollment Trends at CAU

The student population at Clark Atlanta University is 4,000 (3,427 undergraduate and 573 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 581 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CAU is 85.68% which is increased by 795 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 214 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 3.13 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

171 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,778 where 4,000 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.33% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 795 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 214 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.13 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CAU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,419	2,632	665	1,967	787	221	566
2013-14	3,458 39	2,629 -3	651 -14	1,978 11	829 42	227 6	602 36
2014-15	3,485 27	2,567 -62	635 -16	1,932 -46	918 89	277 50	641 39
2015-16	3,661 176	2,741 174	723 88	2,018 86	920 2	285 8	635 -6
2016-17	3,884 223	3,093 352	893 170	2,200 182	791 -129	262 -23	529 -106
2017-18	3,992 108	3,302 209	909 16	2,393 193	690 -101	219 -43	471 -58
2018-19	3,911 -81	3,325 23	830 -79	2,495 102	586 -104	185 -34	401 -70
2019-20	3,920 9	3,318 -7	803 -27	2,515 20	602 16	195 10	407 6
2020-21	3,776 -144	3,096 -222	739 -64	2,357 -158	680 78	190 -5	490 83
2021-22	4,055 279	3,390 294	803 64	2,587 230	665 -15	183 -7	482 -8
2022-23	4,000 -55	3,427 37	807 4	2,620 33	573 -92	162 -21	411 -71
Average	3,778	3,047	769	2,278	731	219	512

Clark Atlanta University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,047 where 3,427 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 Clark Atlanta University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,632	2,484	612	1,872	148	53	95
2013-14	2,629	2,514	611	1,903	115	40	75
2014-15	2,567	2,441	601	1,840	126	34	92
2015-16	2,741	2,629	680	1,949	112	43	69
2016-17	3,093	2,986	862	2,124	107	31	76
2017-18	3,302	3,187	865	2,322	115	44	71
2018-19	3,325	3,234	787	2,447	91	43	48
2019-20	3,318	3,255	786	2,469	63	17	46
2020-21	3,096	2,951	692	2,259	145	47	98
2021-22	3,390	3,224	762	2,462	166	41	125
2022-23	3,427	3,257	747	2,510	170	60	110
Average	3,047	3,047	728	2,196	3,047	41	82

Clark Atlanta University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 731 where 573 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 Clark Atlanta University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	787	462	122	340	325	99	226
2013-14	829	530	138	392	299	89	210
2014-15	918	645	176	469	273	101	172
2015-16	920	657	198	459	263	87	176
2016-17	791	559	177	382	232	85	147
2017-18	690	459	131	328	231	88	143
2018-19	586	385	107	278	201	78	123
2019-20	602	414	120	294	188	75	113
2020-21	680	497	124	373	183	66	117
2021-22	665	461	118	343	204	65	139
2022-23	573	392	113	279	181	49	132
Average	731	731	139	358	731	80	154

Clark Atlanta University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.43% and the percentage of black students is 60.10% at Clark Atlanta University. 0.08% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clark Atlanta 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	9	10	3,077	16	0	9	0
2013-14	12	11	3,014	18	0	10	0
2014-15	14	14	2,930	14	0	6	0
2015-16	5	17	2,960	13	0	4	0
2016-17	3	15	3,083	10	0	9	0
2017-18	5	5	3,281	7	0	5	0
2018-19	7	2	3,405	8	0	5	0
2019-20	8	4	3,580	11	0	7	0
2020-21	10	4	3,241	12	0	6	0
2021-22	11	4	3,155	13	0	4	0
2022-23	4	3	2,404	9	0	17	0
Average	8	8	3,103	12	0	7	0

Clark Atlanta University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

171 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Clark Atlanta University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,485	0	0	3,485
2015-16	3,661	0	0	3,661
2016-17	3,884	0	0	3,884
2017-18	3,992	0	0	3,992
2018-19	3,911	10	0	3,901
2019-20	3,920	31	0	3,889
2020-21	3,776	3,776	0	0
2021-22	4,055	62	1,993	2,000
2022-23	4,000	171	2,432	1,397
Average	3,854	450	492	2,912

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