Enrollment Trends at Creighton

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,595 where 8,581 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

51.01% of total students is undergraduate students and 48.99% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 214 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 68 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Creighton than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Creighton 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	8,435	4,163	1,797	2,366	4,272	1,770	2,502
2016-17	8,393 -42	4,203 40	1,809 12	2,394 28	4,190 -82	1,667 -103	2,523 21
2017-18	8,654 261	4,255 52	1,864 55	2,391 -3	4,399 209	1,725 58	2,674 151
2018-19	8,910 256	4,446 191	1,911 47	2,535 144	4,464 65	1,742 17	2,722 48
2019-20	8,821 -89	4,472 26	1,878 -33	2,594 59	4,349 -115	1,663 -79	2,686 -36
2020-21	8,770 -51	4,458 -14	1,826 -52	2,632 38	4,312 -37	1,705 42	2,607 -79
2021-22	8,735 -35	4,481 23	1,827 1	2,654 22	4,254 -58	1,671 -34	2,583 -24
2022-23	8,397 -338	4,290 -191	1,789 -38	2,501 -153	4,107 -147	1,626 -45	2,481 -102
2023-24	8,255 -142	4,262 -28	1,783 -6	2,479 -22	3,993 -114	1,558 -68	2,435 -46
2024-25	8,581 326	4,377 115	1,843 60	2,534 55	4,204 211	1,643 85	2,561 126
Average	8,595	4,341	1,833	2,508	4,254	1,677	2,577

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,341 where 4,377 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 Creighton 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	4,163	3,909	1,682	2,227	254	115	139
2016-17	4,203	3,981	1,719	2,262	222	90	132
2017-18	4,255	4,011	1,772	2,239	244	92	152
2018-19	4,446	4,291	1,834	2,457	155	77	78
2019-20	4,472	4,325	1,811	2,514	147	67	80
2020-21	4,458	4,330	1,761	2,569	128	65	63
2021-22	4,481	4,366	1,779	2,587	115	48	67
2022-23	4,290	4,184	1,741	2,443	106	48	58
2023-24	4,262	4,172	1,745	2,427	90	38	52
2024-25	4,377	4,272	1,789	2,483	105	54	51
Average	4,341	4,341	1,763	2,421	4,341	69	87

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,254 where 4,204 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 Creighton 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	4,272	2,877	1,200	1,677	1,395	570	825
2016-17	4,190	2,796	1,166	1,630	1,394	501	893
2017-18	4,399	2,829	1,150	1,679	1,570	575	995
2018-19	4,464	2,828	1,178	1,650	1,636	564	1,072
2019-20	4,349	2,903	1,172	1,731	1,446	491	955
2020-21	4,312	2,931	1,203	1,728	1,381	502	879
2021-22	4,254	3,010	1,211	1,799	1,244	460	784
2022-23	4,107	3,038	1,221	1,817	1,069	405	664
2023-24	3,993	3,020	1,201	1,819	973	357	616
2024-25	4,204	3,255	1,266	1,989	949	377	572
Average	4,254	4,254	1,197	1,752	4,254	480	826

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.17%. The percentage was 71.44% 10 years ago and Creighton still has a high percentage of white students. 9.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.39% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.19% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.44% to 68.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.89% to 9.08%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.54% to 3.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.19% to 10.19%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5124 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4755 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Creighton 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	37	750	299	522	22	6,026	282
2016-17	34	742	279	578	21	5,952	304
2017-18	40	745	290	586	26	6,173	350
2018-19	41	784	266	629	31	6,419	354
2019-20	33	735	283	632	26	6,393	364
2020-21	26	710	279	679	22	6,375	365
2021-22	27	723	268	748	13	6,268	395
2022-23	24	735	270	735	11	5,904	425
2023-24	28	768	260	781	15	5,672	451
2024-25	41	779	291	874	12	5,850	476
Average	33	747	279	676	20	6,103	377