Enrollment Trends at CCNY

The student population at CUNY City College is 15,544 (12,982 undergraduate and 2,562 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 234 (1.48%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CCNY is 83.52% which is decreased by 219 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 15 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 88 male students for every 100 female students, down from 94 in 2015.
1,013 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 25,225.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,499 where 15,544 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 16,048 students in 2017 and was lowest at 14,489 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 15,778 to 15,544 students, a net loss of 234 (1.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,778	13,201	6,564	6,637	2,577	1,079	1,498
2016-17	16,048 270	13,317 116	6,584 20	6,733 96	2,731 154	1,124 45	1,607 109
2017-18	16,001 -47	13,210 -107	6,449 -135	6,761 28	2,791 60	1,125 1	1,666 59
2018-19	16,043 42	13,186 -24	6,338 -111	6,848 87	2,857 66	1,102 -23	1,755 89
2019-20	15,816 -227	13,030 -156	6,210 -128	6,820 -28	2,786 -71	1,069 -33	1,717 -38
2020-21	15,227 -589	12,587 -443	5,883 -327	6,704 -116	2,640 -146	1,026 -43	1,614 -103
2021-22	15,031 -196	12,364 -223	5,689 -194	6,675 -29	2,667 27	1,023 -3	1,644 30
2022-23	14,489 -542	11,929 -435	5,655 -34	6,274 -401	2,560 -107	933 -90	1,627 -17
2023-24	15,012 523	12,356 427	6,026 371	6,330 56	2,656 96	987 54	1,669 42
2024-25	15,544 532	12,982 626	6,308 282	6,674 344	2,562 -94	959 -28	1,603 -66
Average	15,499	12,816	6,171	6,646	2,683	1,043	1,640

CUNY City College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,816 where 12,982 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 City College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,201	9,734	4,807	4,927	3,467	1,757	1,710
2016-17	13,317	10,067	4,932	5,135	3,250	1,652	1,598
2017-18	13,210	10,225	4,953	5,272	2,985	1,496	1,489
2018-19	13,186	10,248	4,840	5,408	2,938	1,498	1,440
2019-20	13,030	10,196	4,795	5,401	2,834	1,415	1,419
2020-21	12,587	9,847	4,468	5,379	2,740	1,415	1,325
2021-22	12,364	9,761	4,366	5,395	2,603	1,323	1,280
2022-23	11,929	9,511	4,472	5,039	2,418	1,183	1,235
2023-24	12,356	9,993	4,848	5,145	2,363	1,178	1,185
2024-25	12,982	10,408	5,001	5,407	2,574	1,307	1,267
Average	12,816	12,816	4,748	5,251	12,816	1,422	1,395

CUNY City College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,683 where 2,562 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 City College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,577	376	195	181	2,201	884	1,317
2016-17	2,731	463	214	249	2,268	910	1,358
2017-18	2,791	551	245	306	2,240	880	1,360
2018-19	2,857	740	331	409	2,117	771	1,346
2019-20	2,786	842	369	473	1,944	700	1,244
2020-21	2,640	920	383	537	1,720	643	1,077
2021-22	2,667	897	379	518	1,770	644	1,126
2022-23	2,560	812	332	480	1,748	601	1,147
2023-24	2,656	801	342	459	1,855	645	1,210
2024-25	2,562	1,297	532	765	1,265	427	838
Average	2,683	2,683	332	438	2,683	711	1,202

CUNY City College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 15.07% and the percentage of black students is 15.47% at CUNY City College. 21.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 39.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 17.95% to 15.07%. Asian enrollment declined from 22.47% to 21.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.77% to 15.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 33.91% to 39.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7525 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7739 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY City 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	26	3,546	2,646	5,350	45	2,832	251
2016-17	28	3,638	2,606	5,615	41	2,786	241
2017-18	24	3,585	2,501	5,804	34	2,678	243
2018-19	22	3,672	2,469	5,878	26	2,644	267
2019-20	26	3,599	2,448	5,786	24	2,655	345
2020-21	26	3,594	2,242	5,519	24	2,512	365
2021-22	27	3,586	2,229	5,473	23	2,432	413
2022-23	22	3,384	2,199	5,418	20	2,253	397
2023-24	17	3,359	2,358	5,798	18	2,240	388
2024-25	25	3,396	2,405	6,066	13	2,343	430
Average	24	3,536	2,410	5,671	27	2,538	334

CUNY City College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,013 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 25,225.00% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY City College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	15,778	0	32	15,746
2016-17	16,048	4	106	15,938
2017-18	16,001	0	32	15,969
2018-19	16,043	0	103	15,940
2019-20	15,816	17	175	15,624
2020-21	15,227	14,326	640	261
2021-22	15,031	5,060	7,864	2,107
2022-23	14,489	1,261	5,269	7,959
2023-24	15,012	1,001	5,676	8,335
2024-25	15,544	1,013	5,745	8,786
Average	15,499	2,268	2,564	10,667

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Enrollment Trends at CCNY

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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