Enrollment Trends at Kairos

The student population at Kairos University is 1,239 (82 undergraduate and 1,157 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,038 (516.42%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Kairos is 6.62% which is increased by 82 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 956 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 175 male students for every 100 female students, down from 179 in 2015.
1,110 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5,450.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 587 where 1,239 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 201 to 1,239 students, a gain of 1,038 (516.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	201	0	0	0	201	129	72
2016-17	207 6	0	0	0	207 6	127 -2	80 8
2017-18	229 22	0	0	0	229 22	155 28	74 -6
2018-19	306 77	0	0	0	306 77	215 60	91 17
2019-20	419 113	0	0	0	419 113	279 64	140 49
2020-21	508 89	16 16	7 7	9 9	492 73	331 52	161 21
2021-22	739 231	36 20	22 15	14 5	703 211	429 98	274 113
2022-23	917 178	38 2	19 -3	19 5	879 176	526 97	353 79
2023-24	1,105 188	36 -2	23 4	13 -6	1,069 190	680 154	389 36
2024-25	1,239 134	82 46	48 25	34 21	1,157 88	740 60	417 28
Average	587	21	12	9	566	361	205

Kairos University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 21 where 82 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 Kairos University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	16	10	4	6	6	3	3
2021-22	36	10	3	7	26	19	7
2022-23	38	11	5	6	27	14	13
2023-24	36	5	2	3	31	21	10
2024-25	82	14	10	4	68	38	30
Average	21	21	2	3	21	10	6

Kairos University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 566 where 1,157 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 Kairos University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	201	67	50	17	134	79	55
2016-17	207	56	33	23	151	94	57
2017-18	229	27	13	14	202	142	60
2018-19	306	68	48	20	238	167	71
2019-20	419	110	79	31	309	200	109
2020-21	492	124	72	52	368	259	109
2021-22	703	146	76	70	557	353	204
2022-23	879	141	77	64	738	449	289
2023-24	1,069	121	69	52	948	611	337
2024-25	1,157	94	59	35	1,063	681	382
Average	566	566	58	38	566	304	167

Kairos University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.94%. The percentage was 93.03% 10 years ago and Kairos still has a high percentage of white students. 5.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.61% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.95% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 93.03% to 70.94%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.50% to 5.08%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.48% to 14.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.49% to 3.95%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4711 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1330 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kairos 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	1	7	3	0	187	0
2016-17	2	2	12	4	0	183	1
2017-18	2	3	12	4	0	193	2
2018-19	2	4	22	6	20	250	2
2019-20	4	5	21	28	17	329	3
2020-21	1	8	44	13	18	413	5
2021-22	5	19	78	56	13	559	4
2022-23	3	36	113	53	9	676	4
2023-24	1	58	185	26	11	804	1
2024-25	1	63	181	49	12	879	0
Average	2	20	68	24	10	447	2

Kairos University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,110 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 90% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5,450.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kairos University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	201	20	31	150
2016-17	207	25	32	150
2017-18	229	12	199	18
2018-19	306	50	256	0
2019-20	419	73	346	0
2020-21	508	508	0	0
2021-22	739	739	0	0
2022-23	917	792	125	0
2023-24	1,105	1,009	96	0
2024-25	1,239	1,110	129	0
Average	587	434	121	32

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Enrollment Trends at Kairos

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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