Enrollment Trends at Cleveland State

The student population at Cleveland State University is 14,074 (9,482 undergraduate and 4,592 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,841 (16.80%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Cleveland State is 67.37% which is decreased by 2,619 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 222 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 83 male students for every 100 female students, down from 85 in 2015.
2,129 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 134.99% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,478 where 14,074 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 16,915 students in 2016 and was lowest at 14,074 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 16,915 to 14,074 students, a net loss of 2,841 (16.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,915	12,101	5,714	6,387	4,814	2,052	2,762
2016-17	16,864 -51	12,352 251	5,843 129	6,509 122	4,512 -302	1,900 -152	2,612 -150
2017-18	16,371 -493	12,078 -274	5,585 -258	6,493 -16	4,293 -219	1,728 -172	2,565 -47
2018-19	16,069 -302	11,999 -79	5,579 -6	6,420 -73	4,070 -223	1,570 -158	2,500 -65
2019-20	15,433 -636	11,564 -435	5,301 -278	6,263 -157	3,869 -201	1,504 -66	2,365 -135
2020-21	15,247 -186	11,166 -398	4,939 -362	6,227 -36	4,081 212	1,631 127	2,450 85
2021-22	15,308 61	10,481 -685	4,663 -276	5,818 -409	4,827 746	2,229 598	2,598 148
2022-23	14,385 -923	9,776 -705	4,453 -210	5,323 -495	4,609 -218	2,182 -47	2,427 -171
2023-24	14,117 -268	9,463 -313	4,423 -30	5,040 -283	4,654 45	2,170 -12	2,484 57
2024-25	14,074 -43	9,482 19	4,440 17	5,042 2	4,592 -62	1,925 -245	2,667 183
Average	15,478	11,046	5,094	5,952	4,432	1,889	2,543

Cleveland State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,046 where 9,482 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 Cleveland State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,101	9,124	4,370	4,754	2,977	1,344	1,633
2016-17	12,352	9,221	4,401	4,820	3,131	1,442	1,689
2017-18	12,078	9,268	4,364	4,904	2,810	1,221	1,589
2018-19	11,999	9,348	4,468	4,880	2,651	1,111	1,540
2019-20	11,564	9,097	4,272	4,825	2,467	1,029	1,438
2020-21	11,166	8,803	3,929	4,874	2,363	1,010	1,353
2021-22	10,481	8,241	3,709	4,532	2,240	954	1,286
2022-23	9,776	7,810	3,592	4,218	1,966	861	1,105
2023-24	9,463	7,537	3,563	3,974	1,926	860	1,066
2024-25	9,482	7,501	3,528	3,973	1,981	912	1,069
Average	11,046	11,046	4,020	4,575	11,046	1,074	1,377

Cleveland State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,432 where 4,592 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 Cleveland State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,814	2,269	1,032	1,237	2,545	1,020	1,525
2016-17	4,512	2,121	948	1,173	2,391	952	1,439
2017-18	4,293	2,062	822	1,240	2,231	906	1,325
2018-19	4,070	1,920	741	1,179	2,150	829	1,321
2019-20	3,869	1,836	711	1,125	2,033	793	1,240
2020-21	4,081	2,012	862	1,150	2,069	769	1,300
2021-22	4,827	2,865	1,466	1,399	1,962	763	1,199
2022-23	4,609	2,912	1,523	1,389	1,697	659	1,038
2023-24	4,654	2,857	1,470	1,387	1,797	700	1,097
2024-25	4,592	2,868	1,307	1,561	1,724	618	1,106
Average	4,432	4,432	1,088	1,284	4,432	801	1,259

Cleveland State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.90%. The percentage was 61.42% 10 years ago and Cleveland State still has a high percentage of white students. 3.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.26% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.42% to 50.90%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.12% to 3.50%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.86% to 16.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.52% to 7.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7062 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5905 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cleveland 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	38	527	2,852	765	20	10,390	456
2016-17	32	567	2,768	807	16	10,408	464
2017-18	31	561	2,546	832	15	10,387	508
2018-19	26	540	2,369	937	14	10,185	529
2019-20	28	516	2,245	986	16	9,919	553
2020-21	22	498	2,207	1,005	13	9,627	552
2021-22	29	504	2,208	941	11	8,742	518
2022-23	27	505	2,068	984	12	7,732	479
2023-24	26	492	2,024	1,003	8	7,250	545
2024-25	27	492	2,288	1,049	5	7,164	538
Average	29	520	2,358	931	13	9,180	514

Cleveland State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,129 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 134.99% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cleveland State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	16,915	906	4,088	11,921
2016-17	16,864	932	4,235	11,697
2017-18	16,371	978	4,341	11,052
2018-19	16,069	1,073	4,611	10,385
2019-20	15,433	1,107	4,567	9,759
2020-21	15,247	7,221	7,306	720
2021-22	15,308	1,518	5,187	8,603
2022-23	14,385	1,576	5,578	7,231
2023-24	14,117	1,742	5,762	6,613
2024-25	14,074	2,129	5,908	6,037
Average	15,478	1,918	5,158	8,402

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Enrollment Trends at Cleveland 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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