Enrollment Trends at Charleston

The student population at University of Charleston is 3,062 (2,348 undergraduate and 714 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 735 (31.59%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Charleston is 76.68% which is increased by 621 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 114 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 158 male students for every 100 female students, up from 111 in 2015.
1,703 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 159.21% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,735 where 3,062 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 3,062 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,327 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,327 to 3,062 students, a net gain of 735 (31.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,327	1,727	905	822	600	319	281
2016-17	2,425 98	1,761 34	963 58	798 -24	664 64	361 42	303 22
2017-18	2,481 56	1,831 70	1,008 45	823 25	650 -14	386 25	264 -39
2018-19	2,623 142	1,930 99	1,083 75	847 24	693 43	421 35	272 8
2019-20	2,718 95	1,907 -23	1,060 -23	847	811 118	455 34	356 84
2020-21	2,967 249	2,115 208	1,233 173	882 35	852 41	507 52	345 -11
2021-22	2,926 -41	2,162 47	1,267 34	895 13	764 -88	443 -64	321 -24
2022-23	3,059 133	2,365 203	1,432 165	933 38	694 -70	410 -33	284 -37
2023-24	2,758 -301	2,087 -278	1,282 -150	805 -128	671 -23	402 -8	269 -15
2024-25	3,062 304	2,348 261	1,449 167	899 94	714 43	424 22	290 21
Average	2,735	2,023	1,168	855	711	413	299

University of Charleston Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,023 where 2,348 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 University of Charleston since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,727	1,292	584	708	435	321	114
2016-17	1,761	1,218	552	666	543	411	132
2017-18	1,831	1,220	523	697	611	485	126
2018-19	1,930	1,205	529	676	725	554	171
2019-20	1,907	1,172	508	664	735	552	183
2020-21	2,115	1,189	538	651	926	695	231
2021-22	2,162	1,123	511	612	1,039	756	283
2022-23	2,365	1,307	660	647	1,058	772	286
2023-24	2,087	1,151	509	642	936	773	163
2024-25	2,348	1,220	542	678	1,128	907	221
Average	2,023	2,023	546	664	2,023	623	191

University of Charleston Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 711 where 714 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 University of Charleston since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	600	581	309	272	19	10	9
2016-17	664	631	338	293	33	23	10
2017-18	650	598	353	245	52	33	19
2018-19	693	604	356	248	89	65	24
2019-20	811	654	342	312	157	113	44
2020-21	852	691	402	289	161	105	56
2021-22	764	590	328	262	174	115	59
2022-23	694	546	316	230	148	94	54
2023-24	671	518	298	220	153	104	49
2024-25	714	591	337	254	123	87	36
Average	711	711	338	263	711	75	36

University of Charleston Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.78%. The percentage was 55.61% 10 years ago and Charleston still has a high percentage of white students. 1.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.93% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 55.61% to 63.78%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.54% to 1.50%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.58% to 9.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.63% to 8.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5736 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6806 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Charleston 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	59	223	38	7	1,294	11
2016-17	8	50	219	62	9	1,219	39
2017-18	23	54	256	62	9	1,204	8
2018-19	24	55	287	90	7	1,303	5
2019-20	30	71	347	95	13	1,353	0
2020-21	48	72	381	149	10	1,521	0
2021-22	44	76	373	196	10	1,637	0
2022-23	43	72	358	223	21	1,956	0
2023-24	5	45	274	236	8	1,731	128
2024-25	9	46	304	270	10	1,953	128
Average	25	60	302	142	10	1,517	32

University of Charleston Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,703 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 56% of total students. The number of online students has increased 159.21% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Charleston from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,327	657	589	1,081
2016-17	2,425	868	535	1,022
2017-18	2,481	919	725	837
2018-19	2,623	1,050	896	677
2019-20	2,718	1,156	894	668
2020-21	2,967	1,628	681	658
2021-22	2,926	1,555	710	661
2022-23	3,059	1,734	645	680
2023-24	2,758	1,471	769	518
2024-25	3,062	1,703	839	520
Average	2,735	1,274	728	732

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Enrollment Trends at Charleston

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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