Enrollment Trends at Clarke

The student population at Clarke University is 962 (815 undergraduate and 147 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 113 (10.51%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Clarke is 84.72% which is decreased by 53 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 60 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 104 male students for every 100 female students, up from 44 in 2015.
57 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -43.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 976 where 962 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 1,075 students in 2016 and was lowest at 855 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,075 to 962 students, a net loss of 113 (10.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,075	868	291	577	207	40	167
2016-17	1,043 -32	801 -67	272 -19	529 -48	242 35	44 4	198 31
2017-18	1,039 -4	768 -33	275 3	493 -36	271 29	62 18	209 11
2018-19	1,004 -35	744 -24	303 28	441 -52	260 -11	62	198 -11
2019-20	904 -100	685 -59	314 11	371 -70	219 -41	43 -19	176 -22
2020-21	855 -49	659 -26	322 8	337 -34	196 -23	50 7	146 -30
2021-22	888 33	717 58	391 69	326 -11	171 -25	38 -12	133 -13
2022-23	965 77	785 68	429 38	356 30	180 9	60 22	120 -13
2023-24	1,025 60	871 86	452 23	419 63	154 -26	56 -4	98 -22
2024-25	962 -63	815 -56	428 -24	387 -32	147 -7	62 6	85 -13
Average	976	771	348	424	205	52	153

Clarke University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 771 where 815 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 Clarke University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	868	792	264	528	76	27	49
2016-17	801	732	251	481	69	21	48
2017-18	768	708	253	455	60	22	38
2018-19	744	711	294	417	33	9	24
2019-20	685	645	300	345	40	14	26
2020-21	659	634	313	321	25	9	16
2021-22	717	690	382	308	27	9	18
2022-23	785	706	394	312	79	35	44
2023-24	871	768	407	361	103	45	58
2024-25	815	725	394	331	90	34	56
Average	771	771	325	386	771	23	38

Clarke University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 205 where 147 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 Clarke University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	207	148	30	118	59	10	49
2016-17	242	175	33	142	67	11	56
2017-18	271	178	37	141	93	25	68
2018-19	260	167	42	125	93	20	73
2019-20	219	149	32	117	70	11	59
2020-21	196	152	41	111	44	9	35
2021-22	171	122	29	93	49	9	40
2022-23	180	92	25	67	88	35	53
2023-24	154	89	28	61	65	28	37
2024-25	147	134	56	78	13	6	7
Average	205	205	35	105	205	16	48

Clarke University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.81%. The percentage was 86.51% 10 years ago and Clarke still has a high percentage of white students. 1.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.23% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.51% to 52.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.84% to 1.35%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.07% to 11.23%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.77% to 9.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6973 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.2469 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clarke 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	0	9	33	62	0	930	19
2016-17	0	12	46	56	8	867	20
2017-18	4	11	53	65	6	850	19
2018-19	2	11	62	75	6	775	17
2019-20	3	8	59	81	4	661	21
2020-21	4	6	69	80	1	583	29
2021-22	1	8	97	79	1	547	36
2022-23	1	9	114	83	2	538	74
2023-24	2	13	113	102	3	586	32
2024-25	4	13	108	95	3	508	34
Average	2	10	75	78	3	685	30

Clarke University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

57 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -43.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Clarke University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,075	100	0	975
2016-17	1,043	19	90	934
2017-18	1,039	65	94	880
2018-19	1,004	75	63	866
2019-20	904	51	106	747
2020-21	855	31	539	285
2021-22	888	32	517	339
2022-23	965	80	236	649
2023-24	1,025	75	475	475
2024-25	962	57	417	488
Average	976	59	254	664

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Enrollment Trends at Clarke

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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