Enrollment Trends at Brooklyn College

The student population at CUNY Brooklyn College is 14,390 (11,562 undergraduate and 2,828 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,020 (17.35%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Brooklyn College is 80.35% which is decreased by 2,645 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 375 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 73 male students for every 100 female students, up from 65 in 2015.
2,086 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,109.23% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,496 where 14,390 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 18,161 students in 2019 and was lowest at 13,935 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 17,410 to 14,390 students, a net loss of 3,020 (17.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,410	14,207	5,844	8,363	3,203	1,041	2,162
2016-17	17,580 170	14,406 199	5,963 119	8,443 80	3,174 -29	1,056 15	2,118 -44
2017-18	17,803 223	14,689 283	6,182 219	8,507 64	3,114 -60	1,045 -11	2,069 -49
2018-19	18,161 358	14,978 289	6,406 224	8,572 65	3,183 69	1,106 61	2,077 8
2019-20	17,811 -350	14,970 -8	6,372 -34	8,598 26	2,841 -342	1,021 -85	1,820 -257
2020-21	17,735 -76	14,969 -1	6,282 -90	8,687 89	2,766 -75	951 -70	1,815 -5
2021-22	15,938 -1,797	13,405 -1,564	5,684 -598	7,721 -966	2,533 -233	862 -89	1,671 -144
2022-23	14,195 -1,743	11,661 -1,744	4,977 -707	6,684 -1,037	2,534 1	801 -61	1,733 62
2023-24	13,935 -260	11,330 -331	5,000 23	6,330 -354	2,605 71	832 31	1,773 40
2024-25	14,390 455	11,562 232	5,203 203	6,359 29	2,828 223	875 43	1,953 180
Average	16,496	13,618	5,791	7,826	2,878	959	1,919

CUNY Brooklyn College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,618 where 11,562 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 Brooklyn College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,207	10,175	4,280	5,895	4,032	1,564	2,468
2016-17	14,406	10,198	4,295	5,903	4,208	1,668	2,540
2017-18	14,689	10,786	4,672	6,114	3,903	1,510	2,393
2018-19	14,978	11,142	4,860	6,282	3,836	1,546	2,290
2019-20	14,970	11,189	4,864	6,325	3,781	1,508	2,273
2020-21	14,969	11,401	4,793	6,608	3,568	1,489	2,079
2021-22	13,405	9,948	4,256	5,692	3,457	1,428	2,029
2022-23	11,661	8,540	3,672	4,868	3,121	1,305	1,816
2023-24	11,330	8,268	3,709	4,559	3,062	1,291	1,771
2024-25	11,562	8,248	3,753	4,495	3,314	1,450	1,864
Average	13,618	13,618	4,315	5,674	13,618	1,476	2,152

CUNY Brooklyn College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,878 where 2,828 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 Brooklyn College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,203	560	159	401	2,643	882	1,761
2016-17	3,174	597	189	408	2,577	867	1,710
2017-18	3,114	618	193	425	2,496	852	1,644
2018-19	3,183	595	217	378	2,588	889	1,699
2019-20	2,841	544	203	341	2,297	818	1,479
2020-21	2,766	537	175	362	2,229	776	1,453
2021-22	2,533	564	194	370	1,969	668	1,301
2022-23	2,534	545	172	373	1,989	629	1,360
2023-24	2,605	630	218	412	1,975	614	1,361
2024-25	2,828	1,324	451	873	1,504	424	1,080
Average	2,878	2,878	217	434	2,878	742	1,485

CUNY Brooklyn College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.89% and the percentage of black students is 21.98% at CUNY Brooklyn College. 21.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 33.98% to 26.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 16.32% to 21.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 23.73% to 21.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 19.60% to 23.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7788 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7630 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Brooklyn 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	46	2,841	4,131	3,412	26	5,916	247
2016-17	38	3,014	4,189	3,645	29	5,646	246
2017-18	33	3,226	4,122	3,820	24	5,607	278
2018-19	37	3,537	4,122	4,059	24	5,501	303
2019-20	40	3,495	4,005	4,136	27	5,167	399
2020-21	30	3,656	3,894	4,082	19	5,084	484
2021-22	21	3,407	3,495	3,591	13	4,466	450
2022-23	15	3,108	3,110	3,170	12	3,867	425
2023-24	15	3,016	3,172	3,121	5	3,711	420
2024-25	17	3,090	3,163	3,330	7	3,870	436
Average	29	3,239	3,740	3,637	19	4,884	369

CUNY Brooklyn College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,086 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,109.23% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY Brooklyn College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	17,410	65	941	16,404
2016-17	17,580	63	1,145	16,372
2017-18	17,803	50	1,102	16,651
2018-19	18,161	67	1,426	16,668
2019-20	17,811	55	1,123	16,633
2020-21	17,735	17,596	127	12
2021-22	15,938	4,711	9,254	1,973
2022-23	14,195	1,725	5,584	6,886
2023-24	13,935	1,650	6,082	6,203
2024-25	14,390	2,086	6,308	5,996
Average	16,496	2,807	3,309	10,380

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Enrollment Trends at Brooklyn 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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