Enrollment Trends at JCU

The student population at John Carroll University is 2,864 (2,339 undergraduate and 525 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 809 (22.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at JCU is 81.67% which is decreased by 814 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 5 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 103 male students for every 100 female students, up from 92 in 2015.
204 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 20,300.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,673 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,773 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,673 to 2,864 students, a net loss of 809 (22%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,673	3,153	1,593	1,560	520	167	353
2016-17	3,523 -150	3,038 -115	1,538 -55	1,500 -60	485 -35	177 10	308 -45
2017-18	3,545 22	3,080 42	1,566 28	1,514 14	465 -20	190 13	275 -33
2018-19	3,555 10	3,076 -4	1,614 48	1,462 -52	479 14	188 -2	291 16
2019-20	3,506 -49	3,017 -59	1,615 1	1,402 -60	489 10	160 -28	329 38
2020-21	3,278 -228	2,771 -246	1,461 -154	1,310 -92	507 18	165 5	342 13
2021-22	3,171 -107	2,660 -111	1,465 4	1,195 -115	511 4	190 25	321 -21
2022-23	2,922 -249	2,417 -243	1,313 -152	1,104 -91	505 -6	195 5	310 -11
2023-24	2,773 -149	2,287 -130	1,231 -82	1,056 -48	486 -19	165 -30	321 11
2024-25	2,864 91	2,339 52	1,260 29	1,079 23	525 39	193 28	332 11
Average	3,281	2,784	1,466	1,318	497	179	318

John Carroll University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,153	2,990	1,511	1,479	163	82	81
2016-17	3,038	2,937	1,491	1,446	101	47	54
2017-18	3,080	2,987	1,518	1,469	93	48	45
2018-19	3,076	2,996	1,576	1,420	80	38	42
2019-20	3,017	2,925	1,558	1,367	92	57	35
2020-21	2,771	2,714	1,433	1,281	57	28	29
2021-22	2,660	2,591	1,417	1,174	69	48	21
2022-23	2,417	2,345	1,276	1,069	72	37	35
2023-24	2,287	2,235	1,203	1,032	52	28	24
2024-25	2,339	2,282	1,233	1,049	57	27	30
Average	2,784	2,784	1,422	1,279	2,784	44	40

John Carroll University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	520	204	58	146	316	109	207
2016-17	485	244	82	162	241	95	146
2017-18	465	211	80	131	254	110	144
2018-19	479	234	78	156	245	110	135
2019-20	489	250	75	175	239	85	154
2020-21	507	254	84	170	253	81	172
2021-22	511	267	97	170	244	93	151
2022-23	505	232	79	153	273	116	157
2023-24	486	244	69	175	242	96	146
2024-25	525	282	89	193	243	104	139
Average	497	497	79	163	497	100	155

John Carroll University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	4	57	192	108	0	3,083	77
2016-17	4	76	178	115	0	2,922	68
2017-18	2	78	183	134	0	2,895	104
2018-19	2	84	171	130	0	2,976	65
2019-20	5	89	167	128	0	2,942	61
2020-21	2	76	139	127	0	2,820	65
2021-22	3	83	154	126	0	2,667	69
2022-23	3	87	167	127	0	2,394	68
2023-24	5	78	164	131	0	2,215	78
2024-25	4	78	204	115	0	2,212	87
Average	3	79	172	124	0	2,713	74

John Carroll University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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 20,300.00% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at John Carroll University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,673	0	42	3,631
2016-17	3,523	0	94	3,429
2017-18	3,545	1	50	3,494
2018-19	3,555	1	29	3,525
2019-20	3,506	11	566	2,929
2020-21	3,278	3,278	0	0
2021-22	3,171	116	669	2,386
2022-23	2,922	141	534	2,247
2023-24	2,773	159	386	2,228
2024-25	2,864	204	444	2,216
Average	3,281	391	281	2,609

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Enrollment Trends at JCU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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