Enrollment Trends at CSU

The student population at Columbus State University is 7,479 (6,003 undergraduate and 1,476 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 760 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CSU is 80.26% which is decreased by 1,022 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 262 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,055 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 68.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,144 where 7,479 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.26% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.74% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,022 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 262 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Columbus State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,239	7,025	2,909	4,116	1,214	498	716
2013-14	8,156 -83	7,013 -12	2,846 -63	4,167 51	1,143 -71	500 2	643 -73
2014-15	8,192 36	6,880 -133	2,737 -109	4,143 -24	1,312 169	559 59	753 110
2015-16	8,440 248	6,937 57	2,760 23	4,177 34	1,503 191	640 81	863 110
2016-17	8,407 -33	6,789 -148	2,770 10	4,019 -158	1,618 115	648 8	970 107
2017-18	8,453 46	6,799 10	2,758 -12	4,041 22	1,654 36	643 -5	1,011 41
2018-19	8,076 -377	6,640 -159	2,680 -78	3,960 -81	1,436 -218	558 -85	878 -133
2019-20	7,877 -199	6,501 -139	2,565 -115	3,936 -24	1,376 -60	481 -77	895 17
2020-21	8,372 495	6,877 376	2,699 134	4,178 242	1,495 119	478 -3	1,017 122
2021-22	7,898 -474	6,403 -474	2,537 -162	3,866 -312	1,495 0	488 10	1,007 -10
2022-23	7,479 -419	6,003 -400	2,503 -34	3,500 -366	1,476 -19	469 -19	1,007 0
Average	8,144	6,715	2,706	4,009	1,429	542	887

Columbus State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,715 where 6,003 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Columbus State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,025	4,947	1,950	2,997	2,078	959	1,119
2013-14	7,013	4,979	1,940	3,039	2,034	906	1,128
2014-15	6,880	4,844	1,865	2,979	2,036	872	1,164
2015-16	6,937	4,934	1,922	3,012	2,003	838	1,165
2016-17	6,789	4,834	1,915	2,919	1,955	855	1,100
2017-18	6,799	4,693	1,890	2,803	2,106	868	1,238
2018-19	6,640	4,702	1,883	2,819	1,938	797	1,141
2019-20	6,501	4,554	1,772	2,782	1,947	793	1,154
2020-21	6,877	4,708	1,764	2,944	2,169	935	1,234
2021-22	6,403	4,274	1,613	2,661	2,129	924	1,205
2022-23	6,003	4,175	1,641	2,534	1,828	862	966
Average	6,715	6,715	1,832	2,863	6,715	874	1,147

Columbus State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,429 where 1,476 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Columbus State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,214	423	167	256	791	331	460
2013-14	1,143	403	184	219	740	316	424
2014-15	1,312	433	189	244	879	370	509
2015-16	1,503	508	221	287	995	419	576
2016-17	1,618	599	246	353	1,019	402	617
2017-18	1,654	612	243	369	1,042	400	642
2018-19	1,436	450	191	259	986	367	619
2019-20	1,376	439	165	274	937	316	621
2020-21	1,495	504	190	314	991	288	703
2021-22	1,495	463	185	278	1,032	303	729
2022-23	1,476	444	161	283	1,032	308	724
Average	1,429	1,429	195	285	1,429	347	602

Columbus State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.87% and the percentage of black students is 37.33% at Columbus State University. 2.91% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Columbus State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	40	161	2,849	374	22	4,484	192
2013-14	40	175	2,848	395	19	4,350	219
2014-15	35	176	2,921	430	20	4,310	182
2015-16	29	181	3,027	443	18	4,442	176
2016-17	33	189	3,101	465	12	4,267	154
2017-18	31	204	3,151	484	12	4,252	156
2018-19	23	188	2,962	489	14	4,101	135
2019-20	23	204	2,964	504	13	3,906	130
2020-21	26	215	3,259	559	20	3,912	216
2021-22	25	197	3,057	563	16	3,590	233
2022-23	19	218	2,792	584	15	3,281	278
Average	29	192	2,994	481	16	4,081	188

Columbus State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,055 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 68.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Columbus State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,192	1,217	1,787	5,188
2015-16	8,440	1,537	1,847	5,056
2016-17	8,407	1,535	1,741	5,131
2017-18	8,453	1,644	1,767	5,042
2018-19	8,076	1,518	2,112	4,446
2019-20	7,877	1,460	2,319	4,098
2020-21	8,372	2,516	4,566	1,290
2021-22	7,898	2,019	3,478	2,401
2022-23	7,479	2,055	3,259	2,165
Average	8,133	1,722	2,542	3,869

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