How Student Population Changes at Central Michigan

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 22,335 where 14,557 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 10,931 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2,138 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Central Michigan than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Central Michigan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	27,626	21,332	9,413	11,919	6,294	2,367	3,927
2013-14	26,841 -785	20,534 -798	8,999 -414	11,535 -384	6,307 13	2,502 135	3,805 -122
2014-15	26,879 38	20,671 137	9,042 43	11,629 94	6,208 -99	2,530 28	3,678 -127
2015-16	26,825 -54	20,415 -256	8,907 -135	11,508 -121	6,410 202	2,618 88	3,792 114
2016-17	25,986 -839	19,877 -538	8,616 -291	11,261 -247	6,109 -301	2,444 -174	3,665 -127
2017-18	23,257 -2,729	17,804 -2,073	7,671 -945	10,133 -1,128	5,453 -656	2,172 -272	3,281 -384
2018-19	21,622 -1,635	16,387 -1,417	6,941 -730	9,446 -687	5,235 -218	2,114 -58	3,121 -160
2019-20	19,362 -2,260	14,627 -1,760	5,963 -978	8,664 -782	4,735 -500	1,996 -118	2,739 -382
2020-21	17,311 -2,051	13,031 -1,596	5,175 -788	7,856 -808	4,280 -455	1,713 -283	2,567 -172
2021-22	15,424 -1,887	11,417 -1,614	4,492 -683	6,925 -931	4,007 -273	1,583 -130	2,424 -143
2022-23	14,557 -867	10,401 -1,016	4,032 -460	6,369 -556	4,156 149	1,737 154	2,419 -5
Average	22,335	16,954	7,205	9,750	5,381	2,161	3,220

Student Population Changes of Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 16,954 where 10,401 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Central Michigan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,332	18,564	8,260	10,304	2,768	1,153	1,615
2013-14	20,534	17,880	7,911	9,969	2,654	1,088	1,566
2014-15	20,671	17,976	7,938	10,038	2,695	1,104	1,591
2015-16	20,415	17,669	7,748	9,921	2,746	1,159	1,587
2016-17	19,877	17,190	7,451	9,739	2,687	1,165	1,522
2017-18	17,804	15,585	6,723	8,862	2,219	948	1,271
2018-19	16,387	14,264	6,073	8,191	2,123	868	1,255
2019-20	14,627	12,798	5,304	7,494	1,829	659	1,170
2020-21	13,031	11,271	4,515	6,756	1,760	660	1,100
2021-22	11,417	9,807	3,901	5,906	1,610	591	1,019
2022-23	10,401	8,937	3,554	5,383	1,464	478	986
Average	16,954	16,954	6,307	8,415	16,954	898	1,335

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,381 where 4,156 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Central Michigan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,294	1,707	681	1,026	4,587	1,686	2,901
2013-14	6,307	1,773	800	973	4,534	1,702	2,832
2014-15	6,208	1,947	937	1,010	4,261	1,593	2,668
2015-16	6,410	2,097	979	1,118	4,313	1,639	2,674
2016-17	6,109	2,062	895	1,167	4,047	1,549	2,498
2017-18	5,453	1,758	745	1,013	3,695	1,427	2,268
2018-19	5,235	1,702	712	990	3,533	1,402	2,131
2019-20	4,735	1,677	705	972	3,058	1,291	1,767
2020-21	4,280	1,648	675	973	2,632	1,038	1,594
2021-22	4,007	1,626	684	942	2,381	899	1,482
2022-23	4,156	2,075	977	1,098	2,081	760	1,321
Average	5,381	5,381	799	1,026	5,381	1,362	2,194

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.29%. The percentage was 72.87% 10 years ago and Central Michigan still has a high percentage of white students. 1.96% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Michigan University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	171	295	3,177	739	19	20,130	409
2013-14	176	303	3,136	824	22	19,485	486
2014-15	181	317	3,016	901	24	19,659	604
2015-16	185	354	2,911	1,025	16	19,478	744
2016-17	201	373	2,868	1,117	21	18,781	818
2017-18	182	350	2,470	1,057	17	17,077	768
2018-19	172	331	2,336	1,049	11	15,828	719
2019-20	157	307	2,120	947	15	14,126	691
2020-21	135	320	1,897	854	14	12,696	647
2021-22	123	298	1,548	754	17	11,334	557
2022-23	123	285	1,358	695	16	10,087	471
Average	164	321	2,440	906	17	16,244	629

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,086 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -31.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central Michigan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	26,879	4,505	2,121	20,253
2015-16	26,825	5,072	2,091	19,662
2016-17	25,986	5,174	2,211	18,601
2017-18	23,257	4,084	3,954	15,219
2018-19	21,622	4,102	4,010	13,510
2019-20	19,362	3,811	3,846	11,705
2020-21	17,311	3,700	3,564	10,047
2021-22	15,424	3,420	3,727	8,277
2022-23	14,557	3,086	4,538	6,933
Average	21,247	4,106	3,340	13,801

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Central Michigan University

Enrollment Trends at Central Michigan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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