Enrollment Trends at CMU CLAS

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,096 where 1,041 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,148 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,017 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,094 to 1,041 students, a net loss of 53 (4.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,094	524	570
2016-17	1,094	529 5	565 -5
2017-18	1,060 -34	501 -28	559 -6
2018-19	1,148 88	540 39	608 49
2019-20	1,145 -3	559 19	586 -22
2020-21	1,141 -4	566 7	575 -11
2021-22	1,144 3	562 -4	582 7
2022-23	1,080 -64	523 -39	557 -25
2023-24	1,017 -63	465 -58	552 -5
2024-25	1,041 24	508 43	533 -19
Average	1,096	528	569

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.71%. The percentage was 78.34% 10 years ago and CMU CLAS still has a high percentage of white students. 0.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.34% to 60.71%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.37% to 0.67%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.50% to 14.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.93% to 7.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6017 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3789 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 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	4	4	82	32	0	857	34
2016-17	5	5	83	33	0	839	38
2017-18	5	3	86	41	1	791	44
2018-19	6	6	105	84	1	805	40
2019-20	3	11	120	106	0	772	40
2020-21	4	13	127	116	2	752	49
2021-22	8	13	130	107	0	725	65
2022-23	4	10	118	90	0	679	63
2023-24	5	10	118	85	0	649	52
2024-25	6	7	151	81	1	632	52
Average	5	8	112	78	1	750	48

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.