How Student Population Changes at MEC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,947 where 3,640 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 2.44 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in MEC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at CUNY Medgar Evers College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,540	1,744	4,796
2013-14	6,491 -49	1,708 -36	4,783 -13
2014-15	6,701 210	1,921 213	4,780 -3
2015-16	6,765 64	1,903 -18	4,862 82
2016-17	6,819 54	1,925 22	4,894 32
2017-18	6,652 -167	1,864 -61	4,788 -106
2018-19	6,638 -14	2,045 181	4,593 -195
2019-20	5,798 -840	1,653 -392	4,145 -448
2020-21	5,237 -561	1,483 -170	3,754 -391
2021-22	4,134 -1,103	1,075 -408	3,059 -695
2022-23	3,640 -494	1,057 -18	2,583 -476
Average	5,947	1,671	4,276

CUNY Medgar Evers College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.92% and the percentage of black students is 72.83% at CUNY Medgar Evers College. 3.65% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Medgar Evers College 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	17	136	5,471	523	10	115	36
2013-14	20	146	5,393	595	12	114	36
2014-15	21	160	5,352	766	17	105	87
2015-16	17	173	5,246	886	14	122	78
2016-17	19	173	5,208	981	9	127	82
2017-18	21	171	5,053	1,014	7	126	81
2018-19	23	194	4,875	1,185	11	96	83
2019-20	13	163	4,415	867	8	96	93
2020-21	12	162	3,848	869	5	89	122
2021-22	14	139	3,047	665	3	77	73
2022-23	13	133	2,651	599	2	70	87
Average	17	159	4,596	814	9	103	78

CUNY Medgar Evers College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

951 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 8,545.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY Medgar Evers College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,701	11	300	6,390
2015-16	6,765	16	431	6,318
2016-17	6,819	20	673	6,126
2017-18	6,652	58	597	5,997
2018-19	6,638	60	729	5,849
2019-20	5,798	24	702	5,072
2020-21	5,237	5,012	224	1
2021-22	4,134	3,072	920	142
2022-23	3,640	951	1,859	830
Average	5,820	1,025	715	4,081

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Enrollment Trends at MEC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes