Enrollment Trends at Coppin

The student population at Coppin State University is 2,210 (1,907 undergraduate and 303 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 898 (28.89%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Coppin is 86.29% which is decreased by 761 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 137 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 35 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
277 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 121.60% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,517 where 2,210 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 3,108 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,006 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,108 to 2,210 students, a net loss of 898 (28.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Coppin State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,108	2,668	682	1,986	440	118	322
2016-17	2,939 -169	2,507 -161	589 -93	1,918 -68	432 -8	110 -8	322
2017-18	2,893 -46	2,507	593 4	1,914 -4	386 -46	80 -30	306 -16
2018-19	2,738 -155	2,362 -145	525 -68	1,837 -77	376 -10	62 -18	314 8
2019-20	2,724 -14	2,383 21	552 27	1,831 -6	341 -35	69 7	272 -42
2020-21	2,348 -376	2,108 -275	477 -75	1,631 -200	240 -101	48 -21	192 -80
2021-22	2,101 -247	1,845 -263	419 -58	1,426 -205	256 16	67 19	189 -3
2022-23	2,006 -95	1,757 -88	404 -15	1,353 -73	249 -7	62 -5	187 -2
2023-24	2,101 95	1,810 53	434 30	1,376 23	291 42	70 8	221 34
2024-25	2,210 109	1,907 97	494 60	1,413 37	303 12	79 9	224 3
Average	2,517	2,185	517	1,669	331	77	255

Coppin State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,185 where 1,907 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 Coppin State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,668	2,007	553	1,454	661	129	532
2016-17	2,507	1,888	489	1,399	619	100	519
2017-18	2,507	1,854	473	1,381	653	120	533
2018-19	2,362	1,765	421	1,344	597	104	493
2019-20	2,383	1,804	433	1,371	579	119	460
2020-21	2,108	1,606	371	1,235	502	106	396
2021-22	1,845	1,353	317	1,036	492	102	390
2022-23	1,757	1,335	326	1,009	422	78	344
2023-24	1,810	1,393	339	1,054	417	95	322
2024-25	1,907	1,548	422	1,126	359	72	287
Average	2,185	2,185	414	1,241	2,185	103	428

Coppin State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 331 where 303 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 Coppin State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	440	137	32	105	303	86	217
2016-17	432	133	33	100	299	77	222
2017-18	386	150	34	116	236	46	190
2018-19	376	121	19	102	255	43	212
2019-20	341	113	27	86	228	42	186
2020-21	240	74	17	57	166	31	135
2021-22	256	65	19	46	191	48	143
2022-23	249	75	16	59	174	46	128
2023-24	291	100	21	79	191	49	142
2024-25	303	121	29	92	182	50	132
Average	331	331	25	84	331	52	171

Coppin State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.76% and the percentage of black students is 82.99% at Coppin State University. 0.68% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 1.48% to 1.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.39% to 0.68%. Black student enrollment increased from 80.63% to 82.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.99% to 4.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3090 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3490 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Coppin State University 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	1	12	2,506	62	2	46	52
2016-17	3	21	2,278	56	1	44	48
2017-18	3	16	2,229	61	1	42	53
2018-19	8	10	2,162	70	0	55	52
2019-20	11	9	2,225	67	0	50	75
2020-21	6	7	1,899	75	1	40	70
2021-22	7	8	1,720	52	2	34	55
2022-23	7	10	1,607	55	2	24	33
2023-24	13	13	1,725	89	4	43	29
2024-25	11	15	1,834	94	4	39	26
Average	7	12	2,019	68	2	42	49

Coppin State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

277 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 increased 121.60% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Coppin State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,108	125	1,044	1,939
2016-17	2,939	133	1,127	1,679
2017-18	2,893	141	1,050	1,702
2018-19	2,738	123	1,055	1,560
2019-20	2,724	163	1,067	1,494
2020-21	2,348	140	1,113	1,095
2021-22	2,101	215	986	900
2022-23	2,006	260	880	866
2023-24	2,101	284	992	825
2024-25	2,210	277	1,191	742
Average	2,517	186	1,051	1,280

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Enrollment Trends at Coppin

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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