Enrollment Trends at Clark

The student population at Clark University is 3,925 (2,266 undergraduate and 1,659 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 440 (12.63%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Clark is 57.73% which is decreased by 128 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 568 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 93 male students for every 100 female students, up from 68 in 2015.
37 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -94.14% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,513 where 3,925 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 4,124 students in 2024 and was lowest at 3,122 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,485 to 3,925 students, a net gain of 440 (12.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,485	2,394	954	1,440	1,091	459	632
2016-17	3,298 -187	2,289 -105	894 -60	1,395 -45	1,009 -82	434 -25	575 -57
2017-18	3,153 -145	2,240 -49	869 -25	1,371 -24	913 -96	385 -49	528 -47
2018-19	3,122 -31	2,304 64	901 32	1,403 32	818 -95	363 -22	455 -73
2019-20	3,498 376	2,349 45	922 21	1,427 24	1,149 331	521 158	628 173
2020-21	3,405 -93	2,233 -116	847 -75	1,386 -41	1,172 23	550 29	622 -6
2021-22	3,350 -55	2,302 69	970 123	1,332 -54	1,048 -124	517 -33	531 -91
2022-23	3,770 420	2,389 87	992 22	1,397 65	1,381 333	719 202	662 131
2023-24	4,124 354	2,369 -20	1,009 17	1,360 -37	1,755 374	936 217	819 157
2024-25	3,925 -199	2,266 -103	983 -26	1,283 -77	1,659 -96	906 -30	753 -66
Average	3,513	2,314	934	1,379	1,200	579	621

Clark University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,314 where 2,266 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 Clark University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,394	2,319	912	1,407	75	42	33
2016-17	2,289	2,223	865	1,358	66	29	37
2017-18	2,240	2,199	846	1,353	41	23	18
2018-19	2,304	2,263	879	1,384	41	22	19
2019-20	2,349	2,281	894	1,387	68	28	40
2020-21	2,233	2,185	832	1,353	48	15	33
2021-22	2,302	2,284	961	1,323	18	9	9
2022-23	2,389	2,356	978	1,378	33	14	19
2023-24	2,369	2,322	991	1,331	47	18	29
2024-25	2,266	2,203	957	1,246	63	26	37
Average	2,314	2,314	912	1,352	2,314	23	27

Clark University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,200 where 1,659 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 Clark University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,091	844	345	499	247	114	133
2016-17	1,009	777	328	449	232	106	126
2017-18	913	760	323	437	153	62	91
2018-19	818	681	314	367	137	49	88
2019-20	1,149	879	412	467	270	109	161
2020-21	1,172	970	463	507	202	87	115
2021-22	1,048	881	449	432	167	68	99
2022-23	1,381	1,178	623	555	203	96	107
2023-24	1,755	1,508	805	703	247	131	116
2024-25	1,659	1,356	738	618	303	168	135
Average	1,200	1,200	480	503	1,200	99	117

Clark University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.04% and the percentage of black students is 4.18% at Clark University. 4.69% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.38% to 42.04%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.74% to 4.69%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.96% to 4.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.74% to 9.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8098 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7477 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clark 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	6	200	138	200	3	1,721	54
2016-17	5	199	131	196	1	1,652	64
2017-18	4	204	116	215	0	1,629	65
2018-19	1	210	135	232	0	1,625	68
2019-20	2	212	130	263	1	1,739	81
2020-21	1	183	146	250	1	1,721	86
2021-22	0	176	141	261	1	1,707	90
2022-23	3	187	146	292	2	1,782	115
2023-24	1	191	161	342	3	1,759	122
2024-25	0	184	164	365	3	1,650	116
Average	2	195	141	262	2	1,699	86

Clark University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

37 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -94.14% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Clark University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,485	0	105	3,380
2016-17	3,298	0	104	3,194
2017-18	3,153	0	104	3,049
2018-19	3,122	0	112	3,010
2019-20	3,498	0	330	3,168
2020-21	3,405	631	2,746	28
2021-22	3,350	11	254	3,085
2022-23	3,770	40	546	3,184
2023-24	4,124	6	658	3,460
2024-25	3,925	37	569	3,319
Average	3,513	73	553	2,888

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Enrollment Trends at Clark

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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