Enrollment Trends at Carlow

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,166 where 2,416 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

56.08% of total students is undergraduate students and 43.92% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 44 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 188 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 5.41 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Carlow than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Carlow 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	2,272	1,399	165	1,234	873	127	746
2016-17	2,255 -17	1,408 9	194 29	1,214 -20	847 -26	111 -16	736 -10
2017-18	2,248 -7	1,365 -43	217 23	1,148 -66	883 36	108 -3	775 39
2018-19	2,076 -172	1,333 -32	237 20	1,096 -52	743 -140	112 4	631 -144
2019-20	2,022 -54	1,298 -35	217 -20	1,081 -15	724 -19	98 -14	626 -5
2020-21	1,976 -46	1,277 -21	199 -18	1,078 -3	699 -25	90 -8	609 -17
2021-22	1,984 8	1,246 -31	191 -8	1,055 -23	738 39	82 -8	656 47
2022-23	2,104 120	1,247 1	197 6	1,050 -5	857 119	92 10	765 109
2023-24	2,310 206	1,344 97	221 24	1,123 73	966 109	127 35	839 74
2024-25	2,416 106	1,355 11	219 -2	1,136 13	1,061 95	158 31	903 64
Average	2,166	1,327	206	1,122	839	111	729

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,327 where 1,355 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 Carlow 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	1,399	1,040	124	916	359	41	318
2016-17	1,408	1,100	155	945	308	39	269
2017-18	1,365	1,075	175	900	290	42	248
2018-19	1,333	1,071	187	884	262	50	212
2019-20	1,298	1,037	186	851	261	31	230
2020-21	1,277	1,009	173	836	268	26	242
2021-22	1,246	953	157	796	293	34	259
2022-23	1,247	909	151	758	338	46	292
2023-24	1,344	990	169	821	354	52	302
2024-25	1,355	1,044	176	868	311	43	268
Average	1,327	1,327	165	858	1,327	40	264

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 839 where 1,061 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 Carlow 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	873	173	35	138	700	92	608
2016-17	847	197	36	161	650	75	575
2017-18	883	180	23	157	703	85	618
2018-19	743	175	33	142	568	79	489
2019-20	724	192	33	159	532	65	467
2020-21	699	205	29	176	494	61	433
2021-22	738	242	31	211	496	51	445
2022-23	857	324	37	287	533	55	478
2023-24	966	428	64	364	538	63	475
2024-25	1,061	295	43	252	766	115	651
Average	839	839	36	205	839	74	524

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.65%. The percentage was 66.77% 10 years ago and Carlow still has a high percentage of white students. 3.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 66.77% to 70.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.36% to 3.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.74% to 16.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.20% to 4.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4706 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5209 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	9	31	403	50	2	1,517	77
2016-17	9	36	365	53	4	1,538	81
2017-18	6	48	352	40	2	1,552	74
2018-19	1	52	331	42	1	1,422	69
2019-20	1	56	322	37	0	1,408	71
2020-21	4	53	299	44	1	1,433	69
2021-22	20	69	334	48	1	1,446	29
2022-23	9	57	351	67	0	1,517	75
2023-24	6	67	398	95	1	1,632	72
2024-25	7	76	390	101	1	1,707	91
Average	7	55	355	58	1	1,517	71