Enrollment Trends at OC

The student population at Oklahoma Christian University is 2,851 (2,098 undergraduate and 753 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 281 (10.93%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at OC is 73.59% which is increased by 111 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 170 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, down from 120 in 2015.
903 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 377.78% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,424 where 2,851 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,851 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,055 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,570 to 2,851 students, a net gain of 281 (10.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,570	1,987	1,004	983	583	398	185
2016-17	2,557 -13	1,960 -27	992 -12	968 -15	597 14	414 16	183 -2
2017-18	2,458 -99	1,972 12	998 6	974 6	486 -111	331 -83	155 -28
2018-19	2,228 -230	1,905 -67	943 -55	962 -12	323 -163	222 -109	101 -54
2019-20	2,064 -164	1,742 -163	856 -87	886 -76	322 -1	186 -36	136 35
2020-21	2,055 -9	1,755 13	851 -5	904 18	300 -22	189 3	111 -25
2021-22	2,181 126	1,862 107	852 1	1,010 106	319 19	184 -5	135 24
2022-23	2,537 356	1,950 88	840 -12	1,110 100	587 268	380 196	207 72
2023-24	2,743 206	2,012 62	849 9	1,163 53	731 144	393 13	338 131
2024-25	2,851 108	2,098 86	935 86	1,163	753 22	310 -83	443 105
Average	2,424	1,924	912	1,012	500	301	199

Oklahoma Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,924 where 2,098 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 Oklahoma Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,987	1,847	942	905	140	62	78
2016-17	1,960	1,806	908	898	154	84	70
2017-18	1,972	1,846	937	909	126	61	65
2018-19	1,905	1,753	866	887	152	77	75
2019-20	1,742	1,659	810	849	83	46	37
2020-21	1,755	1,538	750	788	217	101	116
2021-22	1,862	1,625	756	869	237	96	141
2022-23	1,950	1,747	760	987	203	80	123
2023-24	2,012	1,719	774	945	293	75	218
2024-25	2,098	1,673	795	878	425	140	285
Average	1,924	1,924	830	892	1,924	82	121

Oklahoma Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 500 where 753 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 Oklahoma Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	583	322	224	98	261	174	87
2016-17	597	343	248	95	254	166	88
2017-18	486	261	172	89	225	159	66
2018-19	323	133	88	45	190	134	56
2019-20	322	114	63	51	208	123	85
2020-21	300	131	78	53	169	111	58
2021-22	319	124	72	52	195	112	83
2022-23	587	334	231	103	253	149	104
2023-24	731	390	239	151	341	154	187
2024-25	753	412	194	218	341	116	225
Average	500	500	161	96	500	140	104

Oklahoma Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.05%. The percentage was 63.93% 10 years ago and OC still has a high percentage of white students. 9.68% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.93% to 58.05%. Asian enrollment declined from 11.87% to 9.68%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.13% to 12.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.53% to 9.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6233 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5579 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oklahoma Christian 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	39	305	286	142	0	1,643	155
2016-17	40	340	274	136	3	1,581	163
2017-18	39	254	253	148	1	1,568	158
2018-19	40	137	214	148	1	1,519	153
2019-20	36	99	212	147	2	1,405	155
2020-21	42	87	220	155	2	1,388	147
2021-22	46	121	252	189	4	1,382	177
2022-23	47	347	300	215	4	1,399	184
2023-24	59	361	334	233	1	1,541	187
2024-25	59	276	366	264	3	1,655	198
Average	45	233	271	178	2	1,508	168

Oklahoma Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

903 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 377.78% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oklahoma Christian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,570	189	415	1,966
2016-17	2,557	186	427	1,944
2017-18	2,458	160	385	1,913
2018-19	2,228	131	344	1,753
2019-20	2,064	163	458	1,443
2020-21	2,055	315	541	1,199
2021-22	2,181	454	492	1,235
2022-23	2,537	560	759	1,218
2023-24	2,743	842	559	1,342
2024-25	2,851	903	916	1,032
Average	2,424	390	530	1,505

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Enrollment Trends at OC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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