Student Profile and Achievements

Student Profile and Academic Outcomes

The Catholic University of Erbil examines data related to enrollment, demographic distribution, scholarship distribution, retention rates, and graduation rates to ensure student progression and success. The university evaluates these metrics to help identify and address potential barriers to student achievement. Retention and Graduation Rates indicate how well students are able to remain persistent to program completion.
All statistics include data from the 2020-2021 academic year up to the fall semester of the 2024-2025 academic year.

Undergraduate Enrollment by Sex

YearTotalPercentage of FemalesPercentage of Males
2024-202575961%39%
2023-202457959%41%
2022-202341757%43%
2021-202227356%44%
2020-202115658%42%

Undergraduate Enrollment by College

Academic YearCollegeEnrollment Percentage
2024-2025College of Arts10%
College of Engineering10%
College of Economy and International Relations26%
College of Health Sciences19%
College of Nursing2%
College of Pharmacy14%
College of Information Technology and Computer Sciences19%
Total759
2023-2024College of Arts10%
College of Engineering9%
College of Economy and International Relations27%
College of Health Sciences18%
College of Nursing1%
College of Pharmacy13%
College of Information Technology and Computer Sciences22%
Total579
2022-2023College of Arts13%
College of Engineering10%
College of Economy and International Relations31%
College of Health Sciences14%
College of Pharmacy7%
College of Information Technology and Computer Sciences25%
Total417
2021-2022College of Arts14%
College of Engineering9%
College of Economy and International Relations37%
College of Health Sciences11%
College of Information Technology and Computer Sciences29%
Total273
2020-2021College of Arts23%
College of Engineering4%
College of Economy and International Relations42%
College of Information Technology and Computer Sciences31%
Total156

Student Demographics by Nationality

Academic YearPercentage of Iraqi StudentsPercentage of International Students
2024-202593%7%
2023-202494%6%
2022-202395%5%
2021-202296%4%
2020-2021100%–

Scholarship Distribution by Type and Sex

Note: The numbers presented reflect scholarships awarded to all enrolled students across all years of study, not exclusively to first-year students. Percentages represent the gender sex distribution of scholarship recipients within each scholarship type for the given academic year.

Academic YearScholarship TypePercentage of FemalesPercentage of MalesTotal
2024-2025Full62%38%418
Partial60%40%341
2023-2024Full58%42%362
Partial59%41%217
2022-2023Full54%46%311
Partial64%36%106
2021-2022Full53%47%214
Partial66%34%59
2020-2021Full58%42%88
Partial57%43%68

Graduation and Retention Rates

Academic YearGraduation Rate at 100%Graduation Rate at 150%
2024-202588%N/A*
2023-202490%90%**
2022-202381%87%***
2021-202284%84%****
2020-202194%100%

*Data for the extended 150% timeframe are not yet available and will be reported in future reporting cycles as cohort tracking progresses.

**The remaining 10% are cases of dismissal and deregistration.

***The remaining 13% are cases of dismissal and deregistration.

****The remaining 16% are cases of dismissal and deregistration.

Academic YearRetention RatesPercentage of Female Retention RatesPercentage of Male Retention Rates
2024-202596%98%92%
2023-202495%95%94%
2022-202395%98%90%
2021-202291%96%87%
2020-202190%94%85%

Applications, Acceptances, and Enrollment Yield by College

Academic YearAppliedAcceptedAccepted%RegisteredYield%
2024-202543923353%23199%
2023-202422421998%20493%
2022-2023208208100%20398%
2021-2022162162100%15998%
2020-20215050100%4692%