Enrollment Trends at CWRU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,914 where 12,475 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

52.33% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.67% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,407 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 272 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.08 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in CWRU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Case Western Reserve 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	11,340	5,121	2,819	2,302	6,219	2,887	3,332
2016-17	11,664 324	5,152 31	2,828 9	2,324 22	6,512 293	2,934 47	3,578 246
2017-18	11,824 160	5,150 -2	2,843 15	2,307 -17	6,674 162	2,960 26	3,714 136
2018-19	11,890 66	5,261 111	2,868 25	2,393 86	6,629 -45	2,912 -48	3,717 3
2019-20	11,874 -16	5,383 122	2,906 38	2,477 84	6,491 -138	2,833 -79	3,658 -59
2020-21	11,465 -409	5,430 47	2,942 36	2,488 11	6,035 -456	2,669 -164	3,366 -292
2021-22	12,142 677	5,792 362	3,042 100	2,750 262	6,350 315	2,867 198	3,483 117
2022-23	12,201 59	6,017 225	3,136 94	2,881 131	6,184 -166	2,772 -95	3,412 -71
2023-24	12,266 65	6,186 169	3,226 90	2,960 79	6,080 -104	2,705 -67	3,375 -37
2024-25	12,475 209	6,528 342	3,396 170	3,132 172	5,947 -133	2,610 -95	3,337 -38
Average	11,914	5,602	3,001	2,601	6,312	2,815	3,497

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,602 where 6,528 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 Case Western Reserve 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	5,121	5,019	2,763	2,256	102	56	46
2016-17	5,152	4,990	2,744	2,246	162	84	78
2017-18	5,150	4,978	2,763	2,215	172	80	92
2018-19	5,261	5,095	2,796	2,299	166	72	94
2019-20	5,383	5,237	2,843	2,394	146	63	83
2020-21	5,430	5,286	2,864	2,422	144	78	66
2021-22	5,792	5,661	2,983	2,678	131	59	72
2022-23	6,017	5,907	3,082	2,825	110	54	56
2023-24	6,186	6,093	3,176	2,917	93	50	43
2024-25	6,528	6,417	3,340	3,077	111	56	55
Average	5,602	5,602	2,935	2,533	5,602	65	69

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,312 where 5,947 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 Case Western Reserve 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	6,219	5,191	2,468	2,723	1,028	419	609
2016-17	6,512	5,408	2,511	2,897	1,104	423	681
2017-18	6,674	5,486	2,531	2,955	1,188	429	759
2018-19	6,629	5,567	2,527	3,040	1,062	385	677
2019-20	6,491	5,440	2,451	2,989	1,051	382	669
2020-21	6,035	5,170	2,323	2,847	865	346	519
2021-22	6,350	5,362	2,473	2,889	988	394	594
2022-23	6,184	5,173	2,360	2,813	1,011	412	599
2023-24	6,080	5,050	2,301	2,749	1,030	404	626
2024-25	5,947	5,030	2,267	2,763	917	343	574
Average	6,312	6,312	2,421	2,867	6,312	394	631

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.32% and the percentage of black students is 7.13% at Case Western Reserve University. 22.07% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.63% to 38.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 14.84% to 22.07%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.68% to 7.13%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.63% to 8.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7904 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7353 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Case Western Reserve 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	8	1,683	644	525	7	5,515	325
2016-17	6	1,725	698	541	9	5,624	346
2017-18	6	1,803	757	602	11	5,611	356
2018-19	11	1,907	710	700	8	5,513	407
2019-20	15	1,923	722	774	6	5,318	427
2020-21	13	2,035	706	834	6	5,016	436
2021-22	9	2,154	736	927	9	5,091	510
2022-23	5	2,238	836	1,006	6	4,832	476
2023-24	7	2,419	862	1,055	7	4,777	477
2024-25	10	2,753	890	1,071	6	4,781	499
Average	9	2,064	756	804	8	5,208	426