Enrollment Trends at Baruch College

The student population at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College is 20,081 (16,496 undergraduate and 3,585 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,648 (8.94%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Baruch College is 82.15% which is increased by 1,242 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 406 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 97 male students for every 100 female students, down from 100 in 2015.
899 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 732.41% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,106 where 20,081 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 20,081 students in 2025 and was lowest at 18,029 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 18,433 to 20,081 students, a net gain of 1,648 (8.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	18,433	15,254	7,731	7,523	3,179	1,468	1,711
2016-17	18,286 -147	15,210 -44	7,720 -11	7,490 -33	3,076 -103	1,351 -117	1,725 14
2017-18	18,289 3	15,253 43	7,780 60	7,473 -17	3,036 -40	1,324 -27	1,712 -13
2018-19	18,029 -260	15,024 -229	7,946 166	7,078 -395	3,005 -31	1,312 -12	1,693 -19
2019-20	18,679 650	15,482 458	8,213 267	7,269 191	3,197 192	1,429 117	1,768 75
2020-21	19,740 1,061	15,774 292	8,212 -1	7,562 293	3,966 769	1,809 380	2,157 389
2021-22	19,969 229	15,859 85	8,007 -205	7,852 290	4,110 144	1,813 4	2,297 140
2022-23	19,854 -115	15,896 37	7,845 -162	8,051 199	3,958 -152	1,756 -57	2,202 -95
2023-24	19,698 -156	16,086 190	8,092 247	7,994 -57	3,612 -346	1,624 -132	1,988 -214
2024-25	20,081 383	16,496 410	8,226 134	8,270 276	3,585 -27	1,658 34	1,927 -61
Average	19,106	15,633	7,977	7,656	3,472	1,554	1,918

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 15,633 where 16,496 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 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,254	11,233	5,790	5,443	4,021	1,941	2,080
2016-17	15,210	11,288	5,809	5,479	3,922	1,911	2,011
2017-18	15,253	11,598	6,016	5,582	3,655	1,764	1,891
2018-19	15,024	11,495	6,034	5,461	3,529	1,912	1,617
2019-20	15,482	12,091	6,479	5,612	3,391	1,734	1,657
2020-21	15,774	12,421	6,536	5,885	3,353	1,676	1,677
2021-22	15,859	12,455	6,305	6,150	3,404	1,702	1,702
2022-23	15,896	12,609	6,257	6,352	3,287	1,588	1,699
2023-24	16,086	12,947	6,544	6,403	3,139	1,548	1,591
2024-25	16,496	13,192	6,618	6,574	3,304	1,608	1,696
Average	15,633	15,633	6,239	5,894	15,633	1,738	1,762

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,472 where 3,585 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 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,179	742	351	391	2,437	1,117	1,320
2016-17	3,076	642	286	356	2,434	1,065	1,369
2017-18	3,036	633	288	345	2,403	1,036	1,367
2018-19	3,005	566	264	302	2,439	1,048	1,391
2019-20	3,197	687	328	359	2,510	1,101	1,409
2020-21	3,966	780	375	405	3,186	1,434	1,752
2021-22	4,110	695	309	386	3,415	1,504	1,911
2022-23	3,958	684	317	367	3,274	1,439	1,835
2023-24	3,612	674	322	352	2,938	1,302	1,636
2024-25	3,585	1,823	870	953	1,762	788	974
Average	3,472	3,472	371	422	3,472	1,183	1,496

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.15% and the percentage of black students is 9.25% at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College. 33.50% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 26.11% to 19.15%. Asian enrollment grew from 29.35% to 33.50%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.42% to 9.25%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.50% to 26.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7702 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7945 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Bernard M Baruch 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	28	5,411	1,737	3,779	36	4,812	273
2016-17	32	5,358	1,687	4,145	33	4,421	244
2017-18	27	5,406	1,656	4,343	34	4,267	235
2018-19	22	5,489	1,566	4,339	26	4,138	233
2019-20	21	5,916	1,632	4,396	28	4,172	350
2020-21	25	6,389	1,777	4,639	19	4,428	445
2021-22	25	6,416	1,867	4,983	13	4,280	458
2022-23	29	6,682	1,866	4,907	16	3,977	481
2023-24	37	6,633	1,824	5,112	18	3,772	452
2024-25	34	6,727	1,857	5,380	19	3,845	483
Average	28	6,043	1,747	4,602	24	4,211	365

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

899 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 732.41% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	18,433	108	1,021	17,304
2016-17	18,286	79	1,211	16,996
2017-18	18,289	77	1,775	16,437
2018-19	18,029	88	1,271	16,670
2019-20	18,679	71	1,307	17,301
2020-21	19,740	19,547	193	0
2021-22	19,969	4,370	12,840	2,759
2022-23	19,854	1,486	9,092	9,276
2023-24	19,698	890	8,373	10,435
2024-25	20,081	899	9,178	10,004
Average	19,106	2,762	4,626	11,718

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Enrollment Trends at Baruch College

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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