Enrollment Trends at Capella

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 39,501 where 47,761 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

38.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 61.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 9,261 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,426 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 5.39 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Capella than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	37,074	9,105	2,655	6,450	27,969	6,054	21,915
2016-17	37,569 495	9,393 288	2,607 -48	6,786 336	28,176 207	5,886 -168	22,290 375
2017-18	36,284 -1,285	9,210 -183	2,426 -181	6,784 -2	27,074 -1,102	5,501 -385	21,573 -717
2018-19	37,171 887	9,815 605	2,359 -67	7,456 672	27,356 282	5,346 -155	22,010 437
2019-20	37,859 688	10,503 688	2,336 -23	8,167 711	27,356	5,046 -300	22,310 300
2020-21	38,930 1,071	11,781 1,278	2,445 109	9,336 1,169	27,149 -207	4,776 -270	22,373 63
2021-22	38,716 -214	12,383 602	2,382 -63	10,001 665	26,333 -816	4,471 -305	21,862 -511
2022-23	39,727 1,011	13,280 897	2,239 -143	11,041 1,040	26,447 114	4,360 -111	22,087 225
2023-24	43,915 4,188	16,177 2,897	2,637 398	13,540 2,499	27,738 1,291	4,558 198	23,180 1,093
2024-25	47,761 3,846	18,366 2,189	2,773 136	15,593 2,053	29,395 1,657	4,697 139	24,698 1,518
Average	39,501	12,001	2,486	9,515	27,499	5,070	22,430

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,001 where 18,366 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 Capella University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,105	1,937	588	1,349	7,168	2,067	5,101
2016-17	9,393	1,548	522	1,026	7,845	2,085	5,760
2017-18	9,210	1,382	462	920	7,828	1,964	5,864
2018-19	9,815	1,373	330	1,043	8,442	2,029	6,413
2019-20	10,503	1,758	351	1,407	8,745	1,985	6,760
2020-21	11,781	2,159	412	1,747	9,622	2,033	7,589
2021-22	12,383	2,326	431	1,895	10,057	1,951	8,106
2022-23	13,280	3,292	477	2,815	9,988	1,762	8,226
2023-24	16,177	4,700	659	4,041	11,477	1,978	9,499
2024-25	18,366	5,970	847	5,123	12,396	1,926	10,470
Average	12,001	12,001	508	2,137	12,001	1,978	7,379

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 27,499 where 29,395 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 Capella University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	27,969	1,266	258	1,008	26,703	5,796	20,907
2016-17	28,176	1,279	260	1,019	26,897	5,626	21,271
2017-18	27,074	1,278	231	1,047	25,796	5,270	20,526
2018-19	27,356	1,836	294	1,542	25,520	5,052	20,468
2019-20	27,356	5,293	1,092	4,201	22,063	3,954	18,109
2020-21	27,149	5,332	1,043	4,289	21,817	3,733	18,084
2021-22	26,333	5,457	1,074	4,383	20,876	3,397	17,479
2022-23	26,447	5,895	1,053	4,842	20,552	3,307	17,245
2023-24	27,738	5,740	1,042	4,698	21,998	3,516	18,482
2024-25	29,395	6,575	1,208	5,367	22,820	3,489	19,331
Average	27,499	27,499	756	3,240	27,499	4,314	19,190

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.37% and the percentage of black students is 29.92% at Capella University. 3.48% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.42% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 40.93% to 44.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.68% to 3.48%. Black student enrollment decreased from 33.45% to 29.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.82% to 13.42%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6930 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7150 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Capella University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	209	624	12,403	2,528	170	15,176	829
2016-17	197	679	11,385	2,674	167	15,333	851
2017-18	191	652	9,768	2,448	129	13,869	781
2018-19	202	745	9,925	2,797	137	15,034	892
2019-20	204	921	10,042	3,242	147	16,094	1,031
2020-21	161	1,176	10,137	3,785	172	17,661	1,107
2021-22	156	1,246	10,220	4,196	178	18,221	1,197
2022-23	181	1,376	10,981	4,604	157	18,747	1,364
2023-24	203	1,510	12,526	5,540	182	20,406	1,553
2024-25	213	1,661	14,292	6,411	168	21,190	1,741
Average	192	1,059	11,168	3,823	161	17,173	1,135