Enrollment Trends at Carolina

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 820 where 880 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2017 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 988 students in 2022 and was lowest at 607 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 607 to 880 students, a net gain of 273 (45%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Carolina University since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	607	295	173	122	312	243	69
2017-18	669 62	336 41	206 33	130 8	333 21	265 22	68 -1
2018-19	896 227	496 160	291 85	205 75	400 67	303 38	97 29
2019-20	668 -228	348 -148	185 -106	163 -42	320 -80	236 -67	84 -13
2020-21	951 283	443 95	224 39	219 56	508 188	366 130	142 58
2021-22	988 37	477 34	236 12	241 22	511 3	352 -14	159 17
2022-23	826 -162	350 -127	186 -50	164 -77	476 -35	331 -21	145 -14
2023-24	893 67	424 74	248 62	176 12	469 -7	315 -16	154 9
2024-25	880 -13	460 36	261 13	199 23	420 -49	256 -59	164 10
Average	820	403	223	180	417	296	120

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 403 where 460 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 Carolina University since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	295	176	103	73	119	70	49
2017-18	336	246	156	90	90	50	40
2018-19	496	398	240	158	98	51	47
2019-20	348	254	140	114	94	45	49
2020-21	443	330	173	157	113	51	62
2021-22	477	380	204	176	97	32	65
2022-23	350	297	165	132	53	21	32
2023-24	424	369	222	147	55	26	29
2024-25	460	443	255	188	17	6	11
Average	403	403	184	137	403	39	43

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 417 where 420 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 Carolina University since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	312	124	98	26	188	145	43
2017-18	333	131	102	29	202	163	39
2018-19	400	137	100	37	263	203	60
2019-20	320	119	77	42	201	159	42
2020-21	508	55	40	15	453	326	127
2021-22	511	39	26	13	472	326	146
2022-23	476	202	114	88	274	217	57
2023-24	469	183	107	76	286	208	78
2024-25	420	217	122	95	203	134	69
Average	417	417	87	47	417	209	73

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.14% and the percentage of black students is 17.95% at Carolina University. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.66% to 26.14%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.99% to 1.59%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.82% to 17.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.14% to 7.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8917 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.4606 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carolina University over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

• 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
	2016-17	1	6	96	13	1	435	9
2017-18	0	7	106	29	1	453	15
2018-19	2	9	159	50	2	530	16
2019-20	2	11	130	49	2	450	15
2020-21	1	17	186	100	2	485	27
2021-22	0	14	221	122	2	462	32
2022-23	0	13	140	109	0	292	29
2023-24	1	11	143	81	1	289	32
2024-25	1	14	158	69	1	230	32
Average	1	11	149	69	1	403	23