Enrollment Trends at EC

The student population at Elmira College is 786 (745 undergraduate and 41 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 590 (42.88%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at EC is 94.78% which is decreased by 543 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 47 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, up from 43 in 2015.
23 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,050.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 887 where 786 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,376 students in 2016 and was lowest at 657 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,376 to 786 students, a net loss of 590 (42.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,376	1,288	382	906	88	33	55
2016-17	1,187 -189	1,101 -187	331 -51	770 -136	86 -2	29 -4	57 2
2017-18	1,012 -175	938 -163	270 -61	668 -102	74 -12	25 -4	49 -8
2018-19	892 -120	819 -119	261 -9	558 -110	73 -1	30 5	43 -6
2019-20	860 -32	794 -25	269 8	525 -33	66 -7	22 -8	44 1
2020-21	768 -92	715 -79	231 -38	484 -41	53 -13	20 -2	33 -11
2021-22	673 -95	634 -81	194 -37	440 -44	39 -14	9 -11	30 -3
2022-23	657 -16	609 -25	205 11	404 -36	48 9	18 9	30
2023-24	657	613 4	214 9	399 -5	44 -4	20 2	24 -6
2024-25	786 129	745 132	245 31	500 101	41 -3	21 1	20 -4
Average	887	826	260	565	61	23	39

Elmira College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 826 where 745 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 Elmira College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,288	1,123	349	774	165	33	132
2016-17	1,101	974	305	669	127	26	101
2017-18	938	833	252	581	105	18	87
2018-19	819	746	242	504	73	19	54
2019-20	794	733	259	474	61	10	51
2020-21	715	682	225	457	33	6	27
2021-22	634	610	188	422	24	6	18
2022-23	609	587	199	388	22	6	16
2023-24	613	576	201	375	37	13	24
2024-25	745	691	235	456	54	10	44
Average	826	826	246	510	826	15	55

Elmira College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 61 where 41 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 Elmira College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	88	5	1	4	83	32	51
2016-17	86	8	1	7	78	28	50
2017-18	74	6	1	5	68	24	44
2018-19	73	1	1	0	72	29	43
2019-20	66	12	5	7	54	17	37
2020-21	53	16	7	9	37	13	24
2021-22	39	19	7	12	20	2	18
2022-23	48	25	11	14	23	7	16
2023-24	44	29	13	16	15	7	8
2024-25	41	25	16	9	16	5	11
Average	61	61	6	8	61	16	30

Elmira College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.54%. The percentage was 79.87% 10 years ago and EC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.96% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.87% to 66.54%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.89% to 2.93%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.63% to 4.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.05% to 8.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5459 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3593 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elmira 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	7	26	50	42	0	1,099	19
2016-17	3	25	50	43	1	934	22
2017-18	6	23	46	31	0	790	17
2018-19	6	14	38	43	2	674	19
2019-20	9	14	40	49	2	646	26
2020-21	1	13	35	46	2	586	22
2021-22	3	12	36	37	1	506	22
2022-23	5	13	29	41	14	468	21
2023-24	3	11	23	40	0	451	22
2024-25	2	23	39	64	0	523	29
Average	5	17	39	44	2	668	22

Elmira College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

23 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,050.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Elmira College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,376	2	24	1,350
2016-17	1,187	3	46	1,138
2017-18	1,012	7	56	949
2018-19	892	29	8	855
2019-20	860	10	11	839
2020-21	768	7	358	403
2021-22	673	11	98	564
2022-23	657	0	61	596
2023-24	657	44	31	582
2024-25	786	23	63	700
Average	887	14	76	798

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Enrollment Trends at EC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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