Enrollment Trends at C of Charleston

The student population at College of Charleston is 11,926 (10,880 undergraduate and 1,046 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 395 (3.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at C of Charleston is 91.23% which is increased by 412 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 17 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 55 in 2015.
826 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 234.41% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,088 where 11,926 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 11,926 students in 2025 and was lowest at 10,384 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 11,531 to 11,926 students, a net gain of 395 (3.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at College of Charleston since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,531	10,468	3,841	6,627	1,063	257	806
2016-17	11,294 -237	10,375 -93	3,795 -46	6,580 -47	919 -144	224 -33	695 -111
2017-18	10,863 -431	9,895 -480	3,629 -166	6,266 -314	968 49	249 25	719 24
2018-19	10,783 -80	9,880 -15	3,517 -112	6,363 97	903 -65	239 -10	664 -55
2019-20	10,545 -238	9,600 -280	3,435 -82	6,165 -198	945 42	238 -1	707 43
2020-21	10,384 -161	9,300 -300	3,207 -228	6,093 -72	1,084 139	273 35	811 104
2021-22	10,941 557	9,967 667	3,349 142	6,618 525	974 -110	220 -53	754 -57
2022-23	10,885 -56	9,972 5	3,281 -68	6,691 73	913 -61	217 -3	696 -58
2023-24	11,729 844	10,660 688	3,457 176	7,203 512	1,069 156	244 27	825 129
2024-25	11,926 197	10,880 220	3,518 61	7,362 159	1,046 -23	252 8	794 -31
Average	11,088	10,100	3,503	6,597	988	241	747

College of Charleston Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,100 where 10,880 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 College of Charleston since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,468	9,590	3,452	6,138	878	389	489
2016-17	10,375	9,524	3,404	6,120	851	391	460
2017-18	9,895	9,083	3,249	5,834	812	380	432
2018-19	9,880	9,103	3,148	5,955	777	369	408
2019-20	9,600	8,762	3,009	5,753	838	426	412
2020-21	9,300	8,466	2,820	5,646	834	387	447
2021-22	9,967	9,230	3,031	6,199	737	318	419
2022-23	9,972	9,185	2,956	6,229	787	325	462
2023-24	10,660	9,893	3,133	6,760	767	324	443
2024-25	10,880	10,137	3,216	6,921	743	302	441
Average	10,100	10,100	3,142	6,156	10,100	361	441

College of Charleston Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 988 where 1,046 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 College of Charleston since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,063	288	102	186	775	155	620
2016-17	919	291	89	202	628	135	493
2017-18	968	259	86	173	709	163	546
2018-19	903	255	89	166	648	150	498
2019-20	945	263	90	173	682	148	534
2020-21	1,084	288	109	179	796	164	632
2021-22	974	319	89	230	655	131	524
2022-23	913	279	85	194	634	132	502
2023-24	1,069	262	73	189	807	171	636
2024-25	1,046	244	74	170	802	178	624
Average	988	988	89	186	988	153	561

College of Charleston Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.29%. The percentage was 79.57% 10 years ago and C of Charleston still has a high percentage of white students. 1.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.92% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.57% to 78.29%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.73% to 1.90%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.82% to 5.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.58% to 7.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3766 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3571 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at College of Charleston 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	22	200	902	528	16	9,175	404
2016-17	27	227	918	561	19	8,885	404
2017-18	36	237	876	574	25	8,402	397
2018-19	46	222	850	609	19	8,339	398
2019-20	36	204	807	630	14	8,157	381
2020-21	31	201	767	693	11	8,028	385
2021-22	18	212	716	744	6	8,610	376
2022-23	12	215	657	742	4	8,536	408
2023-24	13	231	701	787	7	9,162	447
2024-25	10	226	706	862	3	9,337	447
Average	25	218	790	673	12	8,663	405

College of Charleston Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

826 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 234.41% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at College of Charleston from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	11,531	247	595	10,689
2016-17	11,294	307	1,203	9,784
2017-18	10,863	407	1,701	8,755
2018-19	10,783	425	1,821	8,537
2019-20	10,545	514	2,489	7,542
2020-21	10,384	1,347	7,971	1,066
2021-22	10,941	842	6,124	3,975
2022-23	10,885	707	5,084	5,094
2023-24	11,729	868	5,305	5,556
2024-25	11,926	826	5,057	6,043
Average	11,088	649	3,735	6,704

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Enrollment Trends at C of Charleston

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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