Enrollment Trends at York College

The student population at CUNY York College is 6,174 (5,917 undergraduate and 257 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,337 (27.46%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at York College is 95.84% which is decreased by 2,529 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 192 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, up from 53 in 2015.
354 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,982.35% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,603 where 6,174 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 8,693 students in 2019 and was lowest at 6,161 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,511 to 6,174 students, a net loss of 2,337 (27.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,511	8,446	2,931	5,515	65	10	55
2016-17	8,360 -151	8,258 -188	2,852 -79	5,406 -109	102 37	23 13	79 24
2017-18	8,533 173	8,393 135	3,143 291	5,250 -156	140 38	28 5	112 33
2018-19	8,693 160	8,495 102	3,026 -117	5,469 219	198 58	44 16	154 42
2019-20	8,337 -356	8,116 -379	2,795 -231	5,321 -148	221 23	55 11	166 12
2020-21	7,784 -553	7,529 -587	2,457 -338	5,072 -249	255 34	64 9	191 25
2021-22	7,027 -757	6,769 -760	2,323 -134	4,446 -626	258 3	58 -6	200 9
2022-23	6,446 -581	6,199 -570	2,261 -62	3,938 -508	247 -11	54 -4	193 -7
2023-24	6,161 -285	5,906 -293	2,147 -114	3,759 -179	255 8	63 9	192 -1
2024-25	6,174 13	5,917 11	2,230 83	3,687 -72	257 2	72 9	185 -7
Average	7,603	7,403	2,617	4,786	200	47	153

CUNY York College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,403 where 5,917 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 York College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,446	5,226	1,765	3,461	3,220	1,166	2,054
2016-17	8,258	5,066	1,682	3,384	3,192	1,170	2,022
2017-18	8,393	5,056	1,775	3,281	3,337	1,368	1,969
2018-19	8,495	5,085	1,776	3,309	3,410	1,250	2,160
2019-20	8,116	5,113	1,723	3,390	3,003	1,072	1,931
2020-21	7,529	4,927	1,583	3,344	2,602	874	1,728
2021-22	6,769	4,239	1,447	2,792	2,530	876	1,654
2022-23	6,199	3,632	1,299	2,333	2,567	962	1,605
2023-24	5,906	3,362	1,225	2,137	2,544	922	1,622
2024-25	5,917	3,373	1,242	2,131	2,544	988	1,556
Average	7,403	7,403	1,552	2,956	7,403	1,065	1,830

CUNY York College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 200 where 257 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 York College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	65	65	10	55	0	0	0
2016-17	102	95	20	75	7	3	4
2017-18	140	126	22	104	14	6	8
2018-19	198	147	28	119	51	16	35
2019-20	221	164	37	127	57	18	39
2020-21	255	154	32	122	101	32	69
2021-22	258	179	34	145	79	24	55
2022-23	247	183	41	142	64	13	51
2023-24	255	180	42	138	75	21	54
2024-25	257	205	51	154	52	21	31
Average	200	200	32	118	200	15	35

CUNY York College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.76% and the percentage of black students is 42.32% at CUNY York College. 23.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 6.03% to 3.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 21.42% to 23.13%. Black student enrollment increased from 37.02% to 42.32%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 28.49% to 23.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7120 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7319 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY York 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	80	1,823	3,151	2,425	75	513	95
2016-17	78	1,878	2,947	2,493	74	476	84
2017-18	77	2,159	3,132	2,206	63	446	123
2018-19	85	2,162	3,263	2,211	49	446	149
2019-20	88	1,899	3,216	2,169	42	431	203
2020-21	86	1,811	2,822	2,050	32	507	227
2021-22	85	1,591	2,542	1,828	25	514	203
2022-23	73	1,582	2,325	1,510	22	553	167
2023-24	80	1,411	2,436	1,514	21	331	148
2024-25	85	1,428	2,613	1,424	19	232	149
Average	82	1,774	2,845	1,983	42	445	155

CUNY York College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

354 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,982.35% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY York College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,511	17	401	8,093
2016-17	8,360	28	634	7,698
2017-18	8,533	46	925	7,562
2018-19	8,693	49	1,866	6,778
2019-20	8,337	77	2,780	5,480
2020-21	7,784	7,122	660	2
2021-22	7,027	2,219	3,593	1,215
2022-23	6,446	1,615	2,473	2,358
2023-24	6,161	331	2,201	3,629
2024-25	6,174	354	2,231	3,589
Average	7,603	1,186	1,776	4,640

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Enrollment Trends at York 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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