Enrollment Trends at Concordia University-Irvine

The student population at Concordia University-Irvine is 3,658 (1,544 undergraduate and 2,114 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 847 (18.80%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Concordia University-Irvine is 42.21% which is decreased by 395 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 452 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
1,429 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -4.16% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,979 where 3,658 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 4,505 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,481 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,505 to 3,658 students, a net loss of 847 (18.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,505	1,939	729	1,210	2,566	1,149	1,417
2016-17	4,299 -206	1,925 -14	701 -28	1,224 14	2,374 -192	1,030 -119	1,344 -73
2017-18	4,249 -50	1,853 -72	709 8	1,144 -80	2,396 22	998 -32	1,398 54
2018-19	4,162 -87	1,788 -65	680 -29	1,108 -36	2,374 -22	964 -34	1,410 12
2019-20	3,911 -251	1,738 -50	686 6	1,052 -56	2,173 -201	897 -67	1,276 -134
2020-21	4,071 160	1,704 -34	643 -43	1,061 9	2,367 194	904 7	1,463 187
2021-22	3,710 -361	1,584 -120	630 -13	954 -107	2,126 -241	745 -159	1,381 -82
2022-23	3,744 34	1,699 115	679 49	1,020 66	2,045 -81	698 -47	1,347 -34
2023-24	3,481 -263	1,465 -234	603 -76	862 -158	2,016 -29	709 11	1,307 -40
2024-25	3,658 177	1,544 79	609 6	935 73	2,114 98	719 10	1,395 88
Average	3,979	1,724	667	1,057	2,255	881	1,374

Concordia University-Irvine Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,724 where 1,544 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 Concordia University-Irvine since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,939	1,721	620	1,101	218	109	109
2016-17	1,925	1,777	653	1,124	148	48	100
2017-18	1,853	1,645	624	1,021	208	85	123
2018-19	1,788	1,661	623	1,038	127	57	70
2019-20	1,738	1,594	636	958	144	50	94
2020-21	1,704	1,538	596	942	166	47	119
2021-22	1,584	1,484	596	888	100	34	66
2022-23	1,699	1,474	583	891	225	96	129
2023-24	1,465	1,417	582	835	48	21	27
2024-25	1,544	1,511	589	922	33	20	13
Average	1,724	1,724	610	972	1,724	57	85

Concordia University-Irvine Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,255 where 2,114 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 Concordia University-Irvine since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,566	1,680	575	1,105	886	574	312
2016-17	2,374	1,534	493	1,041	840	537	303
2017-18	2,396	1,717	561	1,156	679	437	242
2018-19	2,374	1,720	568	1,152	654	396	258
2019-20	2,173	1,510	514	996	663	383	280
2020-21	2,367	1,716	550	1,166	651	354	297
2021-22	2,126	1,554	476	1,078	572	269	303
2022-23	2,045	1,550	458	1,092	495	240	255
2023-24	2,016	1,486	463	1,023	530	246	284
2024-25	2,114	1,639	509	1,130	475	210	265
Average	2,255	2,255	517	1,094	2,255	365	280

Concordia University-Irvine Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.05% and the percentage of black students is 5.52% at Concordia University-Irvine. 8.31% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 30.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 44.37% to 45.05%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.77% to 8.31%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.88% to 5.52%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.60% to 30.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6887 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7687 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Concordia University-Irvine 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	12	215	265	748	12	1,999	150
2016-17	16	263	251	848	14	2,163	194
2017-18	19	307	266	868	11	2,204	210
2018-19	18	294	265	947	14	2,065	229
2019-20	11	281	257	924	11	1,964	208
2020-21	10	327	257	1,018	18	2,062	222
2021-22	10	298	215	930	13	1,912	201
2022-23	12	301	201	965	14	1,781	199
2023-24	9	287	195	978	12	1,695	189
2024-25	14	304	202	1,127	12	1,648	215
Average	13	288	237	935	13	1,949	202

Concordia University-Irvine Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,429 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 decreased -4.16% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Concordia University-Irvine from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,505	1,491	935	2,079
2016-17	4,299	1,362	936	2,001
2017-18	4,249	1,929	690	1,630
2018-19	4,162	1,956	607	1,599
2019-20	3,911	1,956	522	1,433
2020-21	4,071	3,818	252	1
2021-22	3,710	1,909	730	1,071
2022-23	3,744	1,459	921	1,364
2023-24	3,481	1,482	920	1,079
2024-25	3,658	1,429	1,267	962
Average	3,979	1,879	778	1,322

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Enrollment Trends at Concordia University-Irvine

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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