Enrollment Trends at Concordia University-Nebraska

The student population at Concordia University-Nebraska is 3,479 (3,000 undergraduate and 479 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,022 (41.60%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Concordia University-Nebraska is 86.23% which is increased by 1,522 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 500 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 82 male students for every 100 female students, up from 60 in 2015.
467 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -40.13% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,902 where 3,479 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 3,479 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,424 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,457 to 3,479 students, a net gain of 1,022 (41.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,457	1,478	724	754	979	193	786
2016-17	2,757 300	1,794 316	848 124	946 192	963 -16	235 42	728 -58
2017-18	2,520 -237	1,684 -110	781 -67	903 -43	836 -127	240 5	596 -132
2018-19	2,424 -96	1,836 152	822 41	1,014 111	588 -248	167 -73	421 -175
2019-20	2,703 279	2,226 390	1,036 214	1,190 176	477 -111	120 -47	357 -64
2020-21	3,224 521	2,159 -67	991 -45	1,168 -22	1,065 588	197 77	868 511
2021-22	2,989 -235	2,550 391	1,198 207	1,352 184	439 -626	96 -101	343 -525
2022-23	3,047 58	2,668 118	1,243 45	1,425 73	379 -60	80 -16	299 -44
2023-24	3,423 376	2,934 266	1,396 153	1,538 113	489 110	108 28	381 82
2024-25	3,479 56	3,000 66	1,445 49	1,555 17	479 -10	121 13	358 -23
Average	2,902	2,233	1,048	1,185	669	156	514

Concordia University-Nebraska Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,233 where 3,000 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-Nebraska since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,478	1,215	594	621	263	130	133
2016-17	1,794	1,205	582	623	589	266	323
2017-18	1,684	1,231	586	645	453	195	258
2018-19	1,836	1,260	592	668	576	230	346
2019-20	2,226	1,203	577	626	1,023	459	564
2020-21	2,159	1,195	573	622	964	418	546
2021-22	2,550	1,177	568	609	1,373	630	743
2022-23	2,668	1,122	541	581	1,546	702	844
2023-24	2,934	1,216	596	620	1,718	800	918
2024-25	3,000	1,223	606	617	1,777	839	938
Average	2,233	2,233	582	623	2,233	467	561

Concordia University-Nebraska Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 669 where 479 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-Nebraska since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	979	872	162	710	107	31	76
2016-17	963	855	213	642	108	22	86
2017-18	836	718	201	517	118	39	79
2018-19	588	477	138	339	111	29	82
2019-20	477	378	94	284	99	26	73
2020-21	1,065	896	165	731	169	32	137
2021-22	439	318	75	243	121	21	100
2022-23	379	309	66	243	70	14	56
2023-24	489	397	88	309	92	20	72
2024-25	479	395	99	296	84	22	62
Average	669	669	130	431	669	26	82

Concordia University-Nebraska Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.58%. The percentage was 57.14% 10 years ago and Concordia University-Nebraska still has a high percentage of white students. 2.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.01% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 57.14% to 63.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.98% to 2.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.58% to 2.01%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.37% to 7.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5884 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6674 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-Nebraska 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	9	24	137	132	3	1,404	4
2016-17	9	42	191	175	8	1,849	23
2017-18	10	36	179	151	9	1,777	35
2018-19	10	21	94	102	8	1,381	23
2019-20	5	44	97	151	7	1,728	69
2020-21	8	62	165	200	10	2,058	89
2021-22	6	71	95	198	8	1,978	101
2022-23	9	95	78	224	3	2,044	106
2023-24	8	86	75	231	6	2,185	116
2024-25	5	79	70	251	5	2,212	123
Average	8	56	118	182	7	1,862	69

Concordia University-Nebraska Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

467 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -40.13% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Concordia University-Nebraska from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,457	780	293	1,384
2016-17	2,757	803	252	1,702
2017-18	2,520	738	218	1,564
2018-19	2,424	467	351	1,606
2019-20	2,703	341	396	1,966
2020-21	3,224	1,052	37	2,135
2021-22	2,989	418	414	2,157
2022-23	3,047	371	11	2,665
2023-24	3,423	490	372	2,561
2024-25	3,479	467	250	2,762
Average	2,902	593	259	2,050

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Enrollment Trends at Concordia University-Nebraska

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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