Enrollment Trends at Clayton State

The student population at Clayton State University is 6,163 (5,551 undergraduate and 612 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 849 (12.11%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Clayton State is 90.07% which is decreased by 1,036 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 187 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 45 male students for every 100 female students, down from 46 in 2015.
2,420 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 215.51% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,665 where 6,163 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 7,052 students in 2021 and was lowest at 5,842 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 7,012 to 6,163 students, a net loss of 849 (12.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,012	6,587	2,084	4,503	425	138	287
2016-17	6,996 -16	6,555 -32	2,045 -39	4,510 7	441 16	143 5	298 11
2017-18	7,003 7	6,555	2,028 -17	4,527 17	448 7	132 -11	316 18
2018-19	7,038 35	6,597 42	2,017 -11	4,580 53	441 -7	114 -18	327 11
2019-20	6,879 -159	6,368 -229	1,950 -67	4,418 -162	511 70	141 27	370 43
2020-21	7,052 173	6,376 8	1,868 -82	4,508 90	676 165	189 48	487 117
2021-22	6,817 -235	6,145 -231	1,807 -61	4,338 -170	672 -4	181 -8	491 4
2022-23	5,847 -970	5,283 -862	1,644 -163	3,639 -699	564 -108	162 -19	402 -89
2023-24	5,842 -5	5,301 18	1,634 -10	3,667 28	541 -23	168 6	373 -29
2024-25	6,163 321	5,551 250	1,723 89	3,828 161	612 71	186 18	426 53
Average	6,665	6,132	1,880	4,252	533	155	378

Clayton State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,132 where 5,551 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 Clayton State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,587	3,626	1,157	2,469	2,961	927	2,034
2016-17	6,555	3,636	1,136	2,500	2,919	909	2,010
2017-18	6,555	3,743	1,184	2,559	2,812	844	1,968
2018-19	6,597	3,870	1,157	2,713	2,727	860	1,867
2019-20	6,368	3,835	1,153	2,682	2,533	797	1,736
2020-21	6,376	3,680	1,035	2,645	2,696	833	1,863
2021-22	6,145	3,435	1,000	2,435	2,710	807	1,903
2022-23	5,283	3,023	938	2,085	2,260	706	1,554
2023-24	5,301	2,905	903	2,002	2,396	731	1,665
2024-25	5,551	2,820	889	1,931	2,731	834	1,897
Average	6,132	6,132	1,055	2,402	6,132	825	1,850

Clayton State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 533 where 612 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 Clayton State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	425	135	43	92	290	95	195
2016-17	441	175	72	103	266	71	195
2017-18	448	147	56	91	301	76	225
2018-19	441	143	41	102	298	73	225
2019-20	511	210	56	154	301	85	216
2020-21	676	327	95	232	349	94	255
2021-22	672	271	72	199	401	109	292
2022-23	564	255	68	187	309	94	215
2023-24	541	249	82	167	292	86	206
2024-25	612	288	82	206	324	104	220
Average	533	533	67	153	533	89	224

Clayton State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.45% and the percentage of black students is 61.76% at Clayton State University. 6.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 21.35% to 10.45%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.19% to 6.30%. Black student enrollment decreased from 62.42% to 61.76%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.34% to 11.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5889 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5603 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clayton State 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	16	364	4,377	234	8	1,497	178
2016-17	12	411	4,279	335	8	1,430	181
2017-18	14	410	4,256	404	9	1,379	228
2018-19	9	429	4,319	481	7	1,283	233
2019-20	7	440	4,287	530	6	1,141	220
2020-21	12	496	4,459	584	6	1,063	191
2021-22	16	431	4,427	581	7	923	195
2022-23	17	385	3,609	625	7	788	165
2023-24	17	372	3,576	651	4	703	201
2024-25	14	388	3,806	714	4	644	235
Average	13	413	4,140	514	7	1,085	203

Clayton State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,420 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 215.51% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Clayton State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,012	767	1,896	4,349
2016-17	6,996	896	2,286	3,814
2017-18	7,003	1,048	439	5,516
2018-19	7,038	1,212	2,589	3,237
2019-20	6,879	1,428	2,536	2,915
2020-21	7,052	3,705	3,052	295
2021-22	6,817	2,867	3,026	924
2022-23	5,847	2,073	2,376	1,398
2023-24	5,842	2,249	2,313	1,280
2024-25	6,163	2,420	2,304	1,439
Average	6,665	1,867	2,282	2,517

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Enrollment Trends at Clayton State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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