Enrollment Trends at CAU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,959 where 4,252 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

85.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 877 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 286 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.17 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CAU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Clark Atlanta 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	3,661	2,741	723	2,018	920	285	635
2016-17	3,884 223	3,093 352	893 170	2,200 182	791 -129	262 -23	529 -106
2017-18	3,992 108	3,302 209	909 16	2,393 193	690 -101	219 -43	471 -58
2018-19	3,911 -81	3,325 23	830 -79	2,495 102	586 -104	185 -34	401 -70
2019-20	3,920 9	3,318 -7	803 -27	2,515 20	602 16	195 10	407 6
2020-21	3,776 -144	3,096 -222	739 -64	2,357 -158	680 78	190 -5	490 83
2021-22	4,055 279	3,390 294	803 64	2,587 230	665 -15	183 -7	482 -8
2022-23	4,000 -55	3,427 37	807 4	2,620 33	573 -92	162 -21	411 -71
2023-24	4,135 135	3,495 68	801 -6	2,694 74	640 67	186 24	454 43
2024-25	4,252 117	3,618 123	825 24	2,793 99	634 -6	195 9	439 -15
Average	3,959	3,281	813	2,467	678	206	472

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,281 where 3,618 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 Clark Atlanta 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	2,741	2,629	680	1,949	112	43	69
2016-17	3,093	2,986	862	2,124	107	31	76
2017-18	3,302	3,187	865	2,322	115	44	71
2018-19	3,325	3,234	787	2,447	91	43	48
2019-20	3,318	3,255	786	2,469	63	17	46
2020-21	3,096	2,951	692	2,259	145	47	98
2021-22	3,390	3,224	762	2,462	166	41	125
2022-23	3,427	3,257	747	2,510	170	60	110
2023-24	3,495	3,393	774	2,619	102	27	75
2024-25	3,618	3,530	802	2,728	88	23	65
Average	3,281	3,281	776	2,389	3,281	38	78

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 678 where 634 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 Clark Atlanta 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	920	657	198	459	263	87	176
2016-17	791	559	177	382	232	85	147
2017-18	690	459	131	328	231	88	143
2018-19	586	385	107	278	201	78	123
2019-20	602	414	120	294	188	75	113
2020-21	680	497	124	373	183	66	117
2021-22	665	461	118	343	204	65	139
2022-23	573	392	113	279	181	49	132
2023-24	640	448	125	323	192	61	131
2024-25	634	432	124	308	202	71	131
Average	678	678	134	337	678	73	135

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.38% and the percentage of black students is 52.78% at Clark Atlanta University. 0.07% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 0.11% to 0.38%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.46% to 0.07%. Black student enrollment decreased from 80.85% to 52.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.36% to 1.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7191 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.3463 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clark Atlanta 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	5	17	2,960	13	0	4	0
2016-17	3	15	3,083	10	0	9	0
2017-18	5	5	3,281	7	0	5	0
2018-19	7	2	3,405	8	0	5	0
2019-20	8	4	3,580	11	0	7	0
2020-21	10	4	3,241	12	0	6	0
2021-22	11	4	3,155	13	0	4	0
2022-23	4	3	2,404	9	0	17	0
2023-24	5	2	2,480	53	0	25	262
2024-25	4	3	2,244	44	0	16	201
Average	6	6	2,983	18	0	10	46