Enrollment Trends at CUNY Graduate Center

The student population at CUNY Graduate School and University Center is 8,733 (2,793 undergraduate and 5,940 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,921 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CUNY Graduate Center is 31.98% which is increased by 1,546 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 375 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

6,263 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 277.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,833 where 8,733 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

31.98% of total students is undergraduate students and 68.02% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,546 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 375 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CUNY Graduate Center than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at CUNY Graduate School and University Center since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,812	1,247	398	849	5,565	2,200	3,365
2013-14	6,736 -76	1,347 100	428 30	919 70	5,389 -176	2,180 -20	3,209 -156
2014-15	7,013 277	1,684 337	512 84	1,172 253	5,329 -60	2,149 -31	3,180 -29
2015-16	6,954 -59	1,795 111	539 27	1,256 84	5,159 -170	2,143 -6	3,016 -164
2016-17	7,378 424	1,794 -1	484 -55	1,310 54	5,584 425	2,236 93	3,348 332
2017-18	7,674 296	2,066 272	588 104	1,478 168	5,608 24	2,228 -8	3,380 32
2018-19	8,041 367	2,287 221	636 48	1,651 173	5,754 146	2,226 -2	3,528 148
2019-20	8,503 462	2,498 211	737 101	1,761 110	6,005 251	2,309 83	3,696 168
2020-21	9,300 797	2,973 475	841 104	2,132 371	6,327 322	2,328 19	3,999 303
2021-22	9,017 -283	2,748 -225	705 -136	2,043 -89	6,269 -58	2,296 -32	3,973 -26
2022-23	8,733 -284	2,793 45	725 20	2,068 25	5,940 -329	2,130 -166	3,810 -163
Average	7,833	2,112	599	1,513	5,721	2,220	3,500

CUNY Graduate School and University Center Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,112 where 2,793 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Graduate School and University Center since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,247	308	96	212	939	302	637
2013-14	1,347	296	85	211	1,051	343	708
2014-15	1,684	342	81	261	1,342	431	911
2015-16	1,795	350	99	251	1,445	440	1,005
2016-17	1,794	354	88	266	1,440	396	1,044
2017-18	2,066	418	116	302	1,648	472	1,176
2018-19	2,287	411	120	291	1,876	516	1,360
2019-20	2,498	468	131	337	2,030	606	1,424
2020-21	2,973	714	193	521	2,259	648	1,611
2021-22	2,748	734	178	556	2,014	527	1,487
2022-23	2,793	892	247	645	1,901	478	1,423
Average	2,112	2,112	130	350	2,112	469	1,162

CUNY Graduate School and University Center Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,721 where 5,940 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Graduate School and University Center since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,565	4,352	1,815	2,537	1,213	385	828
2013-14	5,389	4,158	1,760	2,398	1,231	420	811
2014-15	5,329	3,978	1,690	2,288	1,351	459	892
2015-16	5,159	3,796	1,664	2,132	1,363	479	884
2016-17	5,584	3,630	1,581	2,049	1,954	655	1,299
2017-18	5,608	3,540	1,544	1,996	2,068	684	1,384
2018-19	5,754	3,558	1,541	2,017	2,196	685	1,511
2019-20	6,005	3,628	1,553	2,075	2,377	756	1,621
2020-21	6,327	3,577	1,481	2,096	2,750	847	1,903
2021-22	6,269	3,434	1,451	1,983	2,835	845	1,990
2022-23	5,940	3,291	1,345	1,946	2,649	785	1,864
Average	5,721	5,721	1,584	2,138	5,721	636	1,362

CUNY Graduate School and University Center Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.38% and the percentage of black students is 18.73% at CUNY Graduate School and University Center. 11.66% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Graduate School and University Center over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	7	338	848	1,931	5	2,739	19
2013-14	4	288	943	2,156	5	2,431	20
2014-15	9	355	1,050	2,476	5	2,232	26
2015-16	8	357	1,029	2,772	8	1,785	64
2016-17	9	428	1,109	2,911	6	1,837	90
2017-18	14	509	1,085	3,138	11	1,752	120
2018-19	12	776	1,434	1,581	16	3,019	177
2019-20	11	880	1,630	1,692	21	3,046	189
2020-21	19	1,022	1,721	1,917	14	3,360	224
2021-22	14	1,048	1,620	1,898	16	3,241	207
2022-23	17	1,018	1,636	1,831	19	3,002	218
Average	11	638	1,282	2,209	11	2,586	123

CUNY Graduate School and University Center Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,263 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 72% of total students. The number of online students has increased 277.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY Graduate School and University Center from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,013	1,660	81	5,272
2015-16	6,954	1,817	82	5,055
2016-17	7,378	2,098	69	5,211
2017-18	7,674	2,414	237	5,023
2018-19	8,041	2,981	287	4,773
2019-20	8,503	3,452	365	4,686
2020-21	9,300	9,260	36	4
2021-22	9,017	7,230	1,191	596
2022-23	8,733	6,263	880	1,590
Average	8,068	4,131	359	3,579

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