Enrollment Trends at Cornerstone

The student population at Cornerstone University is 1,695 (1,354 undergraduate and 341 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 877 (34.10%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Cornerstone is 79.88% which is decreased by 671 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 206 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 71 male students for every 100 female students, up from 69 in 2015.
423 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,739.13% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,057 where 1,695 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 2,572 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,695 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,572 to 1,695 students, a net loss of 877 (34.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,572	2,025	784	1,241	547	266	281
2016-17	2,447 -125	1,856 -169	731 -53	1,125 -116	591 44	280 14	311 30
2017-18	2,361 -86	1,755 -101	671 -60	1,084 -41	606 15	273 -7	333 22
2018-19	2,131 -230	1,625 -130	624 -47	1,001 -83	506 -100	216 -57	290 -43
2019-20	1,998 -133	1,504 -121	552 -72	952 -49	494 -12	219 3	275 -15
2020-21	1,917 -81	1,461 -43	565 13	896 -56	456 -38	200 -19	256 -19
2021-22	1,930 13	1,507 46	583 18	924 28	423 -33	193 -7	230 -26
2022-23	1,781 -149	1,433 -74	548 -35	885 -39	348 -75	162 -31	186 -44
2023-24	1,735 -46	1,444 11	561 13	883 -2	291 -57	140 -22	151 -35
2024-25	1,695 -40	1,354 -90	557 -4	797 -86	341 50	146 6	195 44
Average	2,057	1,596	618	979	460	210	251

Cornerstone University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,596 where 1,354 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 Cornerstone University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,025	1,486	599	887	539	185	354
2016-17	1,856	1,363	542	821	493	189	304
2017-18	1,755	1,260	507	753	495	164	331
2018-19	1,625	1,288	502	786	337	122	215
2019-20	1,504	1,020	397	623	484	155	329
2020-21	1,461	1,024	406	618	437	159	278
2021-22	1,507	1,132	447	685	375	136	239
2022-23	1,433	1,121	441	680	312	107	205
2023-24	1,444	1,109	456	653	335	105	230
2024-25	1,354	1,024	433	591	330	124	206
Average	1,596	1,596	473	710	1,596	145	269

Cornerstone University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 460 where 341 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 Cornerstone University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	547	201	90	111	346	176	170
2016-17	591	287	143	144	304	137	167
2017-18	606	291	131	160	315	142	173
2018-19	506	261	106	155	245	110	135
2019-20	494	54	30	24	440	189	251
2020-21	456	52	27	25	404	173	231
2021-22	423	39	16	23	384	177	207
2022-23	348	34	14	20	314	148	166
2023-24	291	37	16	21	254	124	130
2024-25	341	162	58	104	179	88	91
Average	460	460	63	79	460	146	172

Cornerstone University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.26%. The percentage was 77.41% 10 years ago and Cornerstone still has a high percentage of white students. 2.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.90% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.41% to 67.26%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.05% to 2.01%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.96% to 9.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.97% to 6.90%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5336 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3795 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cornerstone 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	19	27	359	102	4	1,991	15
2016-17	13	28	346	105	5	1,873	13
2017-18	7	45	307	112	2	1,804	12
2018-19	31	44	203	92	3	1,651	24
2019-20	5	36	224	94	2	1,525	34
2020-21	8	30	218	108	2	1,413	50
2021-22	5	32	205	124	13	1,388	44
2022-23	4	34	179	108	0	1,278	45
2023-24	7	39	158	100	1	1,217	36
2024-25	7	34	155	117	3	1,140	37
Average	11	35	235	106	4	1,528	31

Cornerstone University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

423 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,739.13% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cornerstone University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,572	23	134	2,415
2016-17	2,447	587	114	1,746
2017-18	2,361	676	170	1,515
2018-19	2,131	531	198	1,402
2019-20	1,998	462	59	1,477
2020-21	1,917	532	65	1,320
2021-22	1,930	395	115	1,420
2022-23	1,781	421	453	907
2023-24	1,735	420	538	777
2024-25	1,695	423	370	902
Average	2,057	447	222	1,388

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Enrollment Trends at Cornerstone

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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