Enrollment Trends at CCS

The student population at College for Creative Studies is 1,433 (1,376 undergraduate and 57 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 54 (3.63%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CCS is 96.02% which is decreased by 44 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 10 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 100 in 2015.
18 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -93.13% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,497 where 1,433 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,620 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,433 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,487 to 1,433 students, a net loss of 54 (3.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,487	1,420	702	718	67	40	27
2016-17	1,472 -15	1,414 -6	659 -43	755 37	58 -9	30 -10	28 1
2017-18	1,453 -19	1,391 -23	624 -35	767 12	62 4	29 -1	33 5
2018-19	1,485 32	1,417 26	589 -35	828 61	68 6	38 9	30 -3
2019-20	1,533 48	1,480 63	592 3	888 60	53 -15	28 -10	25 -5
2020-21	1,512 -21	1,462 -18	569 -23	893 5	50 -3	21 -7	29 4
2021-22	1,620 108	1,558 96	583 14	975 82	62 12	33 12	29
2022-23	1,517 -103	1,451 -107	507 -76	944 -31	66 4	41 8	25 -4
2023-24	1,459 -58	1,399 -52	457 -50	942 -2	60 -6	34 -7	26 1
2024-25	1,433 -26	1,376 -23	446 -11	930 -12	57 -3	39 5	18 -8
Average	1,497	1,437	573	864	60	33	27

College for Creative Studies Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,437 where 1,376 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 College for Creative Studies since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,420	1,123	561	562	297	141	156
2016-17	1,414	1,143	540	603	271	119	152
2017-18	1,391	1,110	497	613	281	127	154
2018-19	1,417	1,136	466	670	281	123	158
2019-20	1,480	1,213	475	738	267	117	150
2020-21	1,462	1,192	451	741	270	118	152
2021-22	1,558	1,218	441	777	340	142	198
2022-23	1,451	1,140	387	753	311	120	191
2023-24	1,399	1,132	368	764	267	89	178
2024-25	1,376	1,107	358	749	269	88	181
Average	1,437	1,437	454	697	1,437	118	167

College for Creative Studies Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 60 where 57 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 College for Creative Studies since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	67	61	40	21	6	0	6
2016-17	58	53	26	27	5	4	1
2017-18	62	58	29	29	4	0	4
2018-19	68	59	36	23	9	2	7
2019-20	53	47	26	21	6	2	4
2020-21	50	38	17	21	12	4	8
2021-22	62	52	28	24	10	5	5
2022-23	66	59	38	21	7	3	4
2023-24	60	53	31	22	7	3	4
2024-25	57	43	34	9	14	5	9
Average	60	60	31	22	60	3	5

College for Creative Studies Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.82% and the percentage of black students is 13.54% at College for Creative Studies. 5.72% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.55% to 46.82%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.24% to 5.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.48% to 13.54%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.10% to 6.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7523 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6775 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at College for Creative Studies 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	3	63	141	61	6	826	56
2016-17	1	80	137	54	5	819	60
2017-18	3	72	127	50	1	788	55
2018-19	3	77	132	81	2	789	57
2019-20	3	80	177	89	3	823	63
2020-21	2	79	178	99	4	818	65
2021-22	4	78	201	108	4	825	79
2022-23	3	72	190	89	4	785	92
2023-24	6	73	175	77	4	726	75
2024-25	11	82	194	95	2	671	70
Average	4	76	165	80	4	787	67

College for Creative Studies Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

18 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -93.13% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at College for Creative Studies from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,487	0	155	1,332
2016-17	1,472	0	111	1,361
2017-18	1,453	0	157	1,296
2018-19	1,485	0	139	1,346
2019-20	1,533	0	114	1,419
2020-21	1,512	262	1,166	84
2021-22	1,620	60	641	919
2022-23	1,517	82	646	789
2023-24	1,459	60	529	870
2024-25	1,433	18	559	856
Average	1,497	48	422	1,027

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Enrollment Trends at CCS

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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