Enrollment Trends at CUW

The student population at Concordia University-Wisconsin is 5,253 (2,401 undergraduate and 2,852 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,015 (36.47%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CUW is 45.71% which is decreased by 1,936 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,079 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 73 male students for every 100 female students, up from 48 in 2015.
1,457 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -30.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,143 where 5,253 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 8,268 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,988 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,268 to 5,253 students, a net loss of 3,015 (36.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,268	4,337	1,546	2,791	3,931	1,137	2,794
2016-17	7,721 -547	3,830 -507	1,335 -211	2,495 -296	3,891 -40	1,119 -18	2,772 -22
2017-18	7,288 -433	3,709 -121	1,259 -76	2,450 -45	3,579 -312	1,025 -94	2,554 -218
2018-19	6,374 -914	3,493 -216	1,226 -33	2,267 -183	2,881 -698	826 -199	2,055 -499
2019-20	5,777 -597	3,309 -184	1,220 -6	2,089 -178	2,468 -413	666 -160	1,802 -253
2020-21	5,492 -285	3,094 -215	1,158 -62	1,936 -153	2,398 -70	635 -31	1,763 -39
2021-22	5,204 -288	2,914 -180	1,117 -41	1,797 -139	2,290 -108	574 -61	1,716 -47
2022-23	4,988 -216	2,817 -97	1,054 -63	1,763 -34	2,171 -119	598 24	1,573 -143
2023-24	5,063 75	2,525 -292	990 -64	1,535 -228	2,538 367	1,011 413	1,527 -46
2024-25	5,253 190	2,401 -124	957 -33	1,444 -91	2,852 314	1,259 248	1,593 66
Average	6,143	3,243	1,186	2,057	2,900	885	2,015

Concordia University-Wisconsin Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,243 where 2,401 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-Wisconsin since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,337	3,004	1,133	1,871	1,333	413	920
2016-17	3,830	2,698	980	1,718	1,132	355	777
2017-18	3,709	2,616	972	1,644	1,093	287	806
2018-19	3,493	2,410	910	1,500	1,083	316	767
2019-20	3,309	2,318	903	1,415	991	317	674
2020-21	3,094	2,235	876	1,359	859	282	577
2021-22	2,914	2,192	891	1,301	722	226	496
2022-23	2,817	1,961	780	1,181	856	274	582
2023-24	2,525	1,927	799	1,128	598	191	407
2024-25	2,401	1,840	796	1,044	561	161	400
Average	3,243	3,243	904	1,416	3,243	282	641

Concordia University-Wisconsin Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,900 where 2,852 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-Wisconsin since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,931	1,837	558	1,279	2,094	579	1,515
2016-17	3,891	1,971	637	1,334	1,920	482	1,438
2017-18	3,579	1,780	594	1,186	1,799	431	1,368
2018-19	2,881	1,312	415	897	1,569	411	1,158
2019-20	2,468	1,197	345	852	1,271	321	950
2020-21	2,398	1,259	373	886	1,139	262	877
2021-22	2,290	1,210	337	873	1,080	237	843
2022-23	2,171	1,236	389	847	935	209	726
2023-24	2,538	852	304	548	1,686	707	979
2024-25	2,852	887	347	540	1,965	912	1,053
Average	2,900	2,900	430	924	2,900	455	1,091

Concordia University-Wisconsin Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.12%. The percentage was 67.99% 10 years ago and CUW still has a high percentage of white students. 2.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.99% to 50.12%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.35% to 2.55%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.65% to 7.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.98% to 5.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7399 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5226 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Concordia University-Wisconsin 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	64	194	963	164	9	5,621	215
2016-17	74	162	832	106	8	5,298	189
2017-18	58	144	764	67	11	4,905	191
2018-19	44	146	533	34	12	4,234	149
2019-20	46	125	472	28	6	4,002	135
2020-21	34	124	423	276	2	3,688	137
2021-22	24	100	421	296	3	3,520	118
2022-23	19	189	401	263	2	3,121	111
2023-24	17	117	370	266	3	2,786	98
2024-25	20	134	385	273	4	2,633	69
Average	40	144	556	177	6	3,981	141

Concordia University-Wisconsin Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,457 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -30.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Concordia University-Wisconsin from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,268	2,110	680	5,478
2016-17	7,721	1,956	625	5,140
2017-18	7,288	1,647	964	4,677
2018-19	6,374	1,442	843	4,089
2019-20	5,777	1,328	914	3,535
2020-21	5,492	1,508	1,390	2,594
2021-22	5,204	1,472	1,264	2,468
2022-23	4,988	1,747	1,098	2,143
2023-24	5,063	1,660	1,631	1,772
2024-25	5,253	1,457	1,288	2,508
Average	6,143	1,633	1,070	3,440

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Enrollment Trends at CUW

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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