Enrollment Trends at Cleary

The student population at Cleary University is 1,004 (769 undergraduate and 235 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 459 (84.22%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Cleary is 76.59% which is increased by 314 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 145 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 136 male students for every 100 female students, up from 97 in 2015.
222 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -11.20% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 733 where 1,004 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 1,040 students in 2024 and was lowest at 545 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 545 to 1,004 students, a net gain of 459 (84.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	545	455	222	233	90	46	44
2016-17	592 47	473 18	230 8	243 10	119 29	56 10	63 19
2017-18	647 55	524 51	258 28	266 23	123 4	55 -1	68 5
2018-19	594 -53	474 -50	252 -6	222 -44	120 -3	62 7	58 -10
2019-20	610 16	462 -12	248 -4	214 -8	148 28	69 7	79 21
2020-21	658 48	509 47	273 25	236 22	149 1	63 -6	86 7
2021-22	751 93	612 103	373 100	239 3	139 -10	69 6	70 -16
2022-23	891 140	719 107	455 82	264 25	172 33	75 6	97 27
2023-24	1,040 149	811 92	484 29	327 63	229 57	103 28	126 29
2024-25	1,004 -36	769 -42	463 -21	306 -21	235 6	115 12	120 -6
Average	733	581	326	255	152	71	81

Cleary University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 581 where 769 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 Cleary University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	455	206	129	77	249	93	156
2016-17	473	256	148	108	217	82	135
2017-18	524	334	186	148	190	72	118
2018-19	474	353	202	151	121	50	71
2019-20	462	339	197	142	123	51	72
2020-21	509	392	227	165	117	46	71
2021-22	612	448	287	161	164	86	78
2022-23	719	553	365	188	166	90	76
2023-24	811	563	358	205	248	126	122
2024-25	769	565	356	209	204	107	97
Average	581	581	246	155	581	80	100

Cleary University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 152 where 235 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 Cleary University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	90	81	41	40	9	5	4
2016-17	119	94	45	49	25	11	14
2017-18	123	93	41	52	30	14	16
2018-19	120	103	56	47	17	6	11
2019-20	148	105	46	59	43	23	20
2020-21	149	119	51	68	30	12	18
2021-22	139	92	53	39	47	16	31
2022-23	172	160	71	89	12	4	8
2023-24	229	200	90	110	29	13	16
2024-25	235	215	107	108	20	8	12
Average	152	152	60	66	152	11	15

Cleary University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.48%. The percentage was 73.39% 10 years ago and Cleary still has a high percentage of white students. 1.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 27.59% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.39% to 55.48%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.61% to 1.79%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.24% to 27.59%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.39% to 3.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6146 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4525 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cleary 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	1	36	34	13	0	400	0
2016-17	3	13	34	10	0	423	0
2017-18	6	21	50	10	0	409	0
2018-19	5	12	62	4	0	366	0
2019-20	8	4	68	1	6	441	0
2020-21	10	8	65	5	2	451	0
2021-22	9	6	110	4	0	445	0
2022-23	2	5	37	17	0	195	0
2023-24	2	14	279	43	2	543	22
2024-25	5	18	277	33	6	557	8
Average	5	14	102	14	2	423	3

Cleary University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

222 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -11.20% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cleary University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	545	250	295	0
2016-17	592	311	280	1
2017-18	647	183	464	0
2018-19	594	165	112	317
2019-20	610	196	125	289
2020-21	658	282	376	0
2021-22	751	310	441	0
2022-23	891	278	610	3
2023-24	1,040	193	397	450
2024-25	1,004	222	411	371
Average	733	239	351	143

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Enrollment Trends at Cleary

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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