Enrollment Trends at Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,552 where 1,184 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 2,218 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,128 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,218 to 1,184 students, a net loss of 1,034 (46.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,218	744	1,474
2016-17	2,101 -117	696 -48	1,405 -69
2017-18	1,892 -209	624 -72	1,268 -137
2018-19	1,681 -211	552 -72	1,129 -139
2019-20	1,523 -158	517 -35	1,006 -123
2020-21	1,391 -132	490 -27	901 -105
2021-22	1,262 -129	438 -52	824 -77
2022-23	1,140 -122	387 -51	753 -71
2023-24	1,128 -12	410 23	718 -35
2024-25	1,184 56	413 3	771 53
Average	1,552	527	1,025

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.53% and the percentage of black students is 41.81% at Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte. 1.60% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 43.19% to 33.53%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.63% to 1.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 37.42% to 41.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.22% to 13.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6934 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6652 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	3	14	830	138	0	958	146
2016-17	10	19	905	127	1	798	121
2017-18	11	25	856	124	1	680	84
2018-19	9	29	809	114	0	560	43
2019-20	7	27	771	121	0	474	21
2020-21	3	26	668	136	0	458	34
2021-22	2	28	570	146	0	412	32
2022-23	6	27	514	137	0	365	19
2023-24	8	22	489	141	0	379	19
2024-25	7	19	495	158	2	397	43
Average	7	24	691	134	0	548	56