Enrollment Trends at CCRI

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,807 where 12,275 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.81 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CCRI than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Community College of Rhode Island since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 43.78% and the percentage of black students is 9.45% at Community College of Rhode Island. 2.29% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.68% to 43.78%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.29% to 2.29%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.98% to 9.45%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 19.77% to 22.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7435 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6055 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

2,352 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 492.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Community College of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2025.