Enrollment Trends at Cambridge

The student population at Cambridge College is 1,835 (646 undergraduate and 1,189 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 965 (34.46%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Cambridge is 35.20% which is decreased by 563 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 402 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 26 male students for every 100 female students, down from 45 in 2015.
1,187 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,248.86% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,322 where 1,835 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,800 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,835 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,800 to 1,835 students, a net loss of 965 (34.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Cambridge College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,800	1,209	467	742	1,591	406	1,185
2016-17	2,430 -370	850 -359	246 -221	604 -138	1,580 -11	382 -24	1,198 13
2017-18	2,261 -169	750 -100	232 -14	518 -86	1,511 -69	353 -29	1,158 -40
2018-19	2,234 -27	730 -20	197 -35	533 15	1,504 -7	326 -27	1,178 20
2019-20	2,356 122	787 57	196 -1	591 58	1,569 65	346 20	1,223 45
2020-21	2,764 408	1,165 378	301 105	864 273	1,599 30	365 19	1,234 11
2021-22	2,451 -313	988 -177	229 -72	759 -105	1,463 -136	332 -33	1,131 -103
2022-23	2,135 -316	840 -148	188 -41	652 -107	1,295 -168	290 -42	1,005 -126
2023-24	1,952 -183	717 -123	182 -6	535 -117	1,235 -60	272 -18	963 -42
2024-25	1,835 -117	646 -71	106 -76	540 5	1,189 -46	268 -4	921 -42
Average	2,322	868	234	634	1,454	334	1,120

Cambridge College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 868 where 646 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 Cambridge College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,209	418	196	222	791	271	520
2016-17	850	239	94	145	611	152	459
2017-18	750	221	98	123	529	134	395
2018-19	730	176	63	113	554	134	420
2019-20	787	190	70	120	597	126	471
2020-21	1,165	239	89	150	926	212	714
2021-22	988	174	46	128	814	183	631
2022-23	840	109	32	77	731	156	575
2023-24	717	102	38	64	615	144	471
2024-25	646	113	27	86	533	79	454
Average	868	868	75	123	868	159	511

Cambridge College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,454 where 1,189 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 Cambridge College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,591	717	185	532	874	221	653
2016-17	1,580	482	127	355	1,098	255	843
2017-18	1,511	689	158	531	822	195	627
2018-19	1,504	698	149	549	806	177	629
2019-20	1,569	652	135	517	917	211	706
2020-21	1,599	518	110	408	1,081	255	826
2021-22	1,463	457	103	354	1,006	229	777
2022-23	1,295	378	92	286	917	198	719
2023-24	1,235	395	105	290	840	167	673
2024-25	1,189	383	95	288	806	173	633
Average	1,454	1,454	126	411	1,454	208	709

Cambridge College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.98% and the percentage of black students is 18.04% at Cambridge College. 4.31% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 39.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.04% to 26.98%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.11% to 4.31%. Black student enrollment decreased from 26.89% to 18.04%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 27.00% to 39.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7336 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7629 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cambridge College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	5	87	753	756	6	841	72
2016-17	6	55	592	597	6	885	61
2017-18	2	42	489	680	5	760	46
2018-19	7	56	460	787	5	687	42
2019-20	4	79	470	836	3	699	50
2020-21	25	417	420	850	3	694	87
2021-22	20	446	364	796	2	610	64
2022-23	3	72	426	693	1	749	38
2023-24	11	60	376	710	3	609	22
2024-25	7	79	331	732	6	495	21
Average	9	139	468	744	4	703	50

Cambridge College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,187 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 65% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,248.86% since 2018. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cambridge College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,800	0	418	2,382
2016-17	2,430	0	320	2,110
2017-18	2,261	0	331	1,930
2018-19	2,234	88	288	1,858
2019-20	2,356	414	320	1,622
2020-21	2,764	782	419	1,563
2021-22	2,451	746	324	1,381
2022-23	2,135	703	401	1,031
2023-24	1,952	1,194	297	461
2024-25	1,835	1,187	273	375
Average	2,322	511	339	1,471

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Enrollment Trends at Cambridge

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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