Capella University Student Population and Demographics

Capella Student Population

There are 47,761 students including 18,366 undergraduate and 29,395 graduate students at Capella University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 12,545 full-time and 35,216 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,470 male and 40,291 female students.

Capella University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 47,761 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Capella University has a total enrollment of 47,761 with a gender distribution of 15.64% male (7,470 students) and 84.36% female (40,291 students). There are 2,773 male and 15,593 female students in undergraduate school and 4,697 male and 24,698 female students are attending graduate school at Capella University.

Student Population By Gender
Capella University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	47,761	7,470	40,291
Undergraduate	18,366	2,773	15,593
Graduate	29,395	4,697	24,698
Full-time	12,545	2,055	10,490
Part-time	35,216	5,415	29,801

[Chart] Capella University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Capella University has 12,545 full-time and 35,216 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,970 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 12,396 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 6,575 students are full-time and 22,820 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Capella University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	47,761	12,545	35,216
Undergraduate	18,366	5,970	12,396
Graduate	29,395	6,575	22,820
Men	7,470	2,055	5,415
Women	40,291	10,490	29,801

[Chart] Capella University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Capella University, 47,761 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 47,761 students.

In undergraduate schools, 18,366 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 29,395 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Capella University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	47,761	18,366	29,395
Online Exclusively	47,761	18,366	29,395
In Some Online Classes	0	0	0
Not In Online Classes	0	0	0

[Chart] Capella University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Capella University. There are 213 American Indian/Native American, 21,190 White, 14,292 Black/African American, 1,661 Asian, 6,411 Hispanic, 168 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 624 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Capella University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	47,761	7,470	40,291
American Indian/Native American	213	35	178
Asian	1,661	383	1,278
Black/African American	14,292	2,053	12,239
Hispanic	6,411	1,071	5,340
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	168	30	138
White	21,190	3,168	18,022
Two More	1,741	294	1,447
Race Un-Known	1,747	330	1,417

[Chart] Capella UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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