Student Population at CAU

Total Enrollment

4,252

Undergraduate

3,618

Graduate

634

Online Enrollment

179

Men Students

1,020

Women Students

3,232

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,252 students have enrolled at Clark Atlanta University - 3,618 undergraduate and 634 graduate.

By gender, 1,020 male and 3,232 female students are attending Clark Atlanta University. By attendance status, there are 3,962 full-time students and 290 part-time students.

The number of students at Clark Atlanta University is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Georgia.

Clark Atlanta University offers online degree/certificate programs and 179 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares CAU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Georgia.

The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Georgia average (2,203 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Clark Atlanta University	4,252	3,618	634
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Georgia	2,203	1,744	838

The below chart compares the student population between Clark Atlanta University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,020 male and 3,232 female students attending CAU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.32 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at CAU.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at CAU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,618	3,530	88
Men	825	802	23
Women	2,793	2,728	65

Population by Gender/Attending Status at CAU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	634	432	202
Men	195	124	71
Women	439	308	131

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,244 Black or African American students (52.78%) and 1,711 Race/Ethnicity Unknown students (40.24%) at Clark Atlanta University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Clark Atlanta University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Clark Atlanta University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	2	2
Asian	2	1	1
Black or African American	1,956	426	1,530
Hispanic	44	10	34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	11	3	8
Two or More Races	201	29	172
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	1,389	349	1,040
Total	3,618	825	2,793

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Clark Atlanta University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	1	1	0
Black or African American	288	84	204
Hispanic	0	0	0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	5	0	5
Two or More Races	0	0	0
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	322	99	223
Total	634	195	439

Online Student Population

At Clark Atlanta University, 3,047 students (71.66% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 179 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 44 students live in Georgia where Clark Atlanta University is located in and 37 students have enrolled from other states.