Chicago State University Student Population

How many students at CSU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,238 students have enrolled in Chicago State University with 1,501 undergraduate and 737 graduate students.

By gender, 669 male and 1,569 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

366 students are enrolled exclusively, and 966 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Chicago State University has a total of 2,238 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 1,501 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 737 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 669 male and 1,569 female students (the male-female ratio is 30:70) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 146 White, 1,474 Black, and 39 Asian students out of a total of 2,238 are attending at Chicago State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Chicago State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 54.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, CSU has 76 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 1,025 students under 25 years old, and 1,299 students over 25 years old out of 2,324 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 76 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. CSU has 848 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 647 students aged 25 and over.

It has 177 graduate students aged under 25 and 652 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Chicago State University, 366 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 966 students are enrolled in some online courses.

338 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 28 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,501 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 219 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 14.59%.156 students have transferred in as full-time status and 63 students transferred in as part-time status.