Capella University Student Population

How many students at Capella?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Capella University has a total enrollment of 47,761 students, including 18,366 undergraduate and 29,395 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 7,470 male students (15.6%) and 40,291 female students (84.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 21,190 White students (44.4%) and 14,292 Black students (29.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 18,366 undergraduate students (38.5%) and 29,395 graduate students (61.5%).
• Class Delivery: 47,761 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 0 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (for-profit) Doctoral / Research University - which average 22,375 - Capella's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 7,470 male (15.64%) and 40,291 female (84.36%) students are attending Capella University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 18.54.

By class level, 18,366 (38.45%) are undergraduate students and 29,395 (61.55%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 15.10% are male and 84.90% are female, while among graduate students, 15.98% are male and 84.02% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,190 White, 14,292 Black, and 1,661 Asian students out of a total of 47,761 are attending at Capella University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Capella University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 69.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Capella has 2 students under 18 years old and 276 students over 65 years old. There are 3,030 students under 25 years old, and 40,885 students over 25 years old out of 43,915 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2 students are younger than 18 and 34 students are older than 65. Capella has 1,366 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 14,811 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,664 graduate students aged under 25 and 26,074 students aged 25 and over.

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

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,366 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 7,159 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 38.98%.2,512 students have transferred in as full-time status and 4,647 students transferred in as part-time status.