Enrollment Trends at JCU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,281 where 2,864 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

81.67% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.33% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 814 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 5 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.97 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in JCU.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,784 where 2,339 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 John Carroll University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 497 where 525 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 John Carroll University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 77.23%. The percentage was 83.94% 10 years ago and JCU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.12% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.94% to 77.23%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.55% to 2.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.23% to 7.12%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.94% to 4.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3951 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2912 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at John Carroll University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

204 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 957.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at John Carroll University from 2015 to 2025.