Enrollment Trends at MCNY

The student population at Metropolitan College of New York is 683 (402 undergraduate and 281 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 512 (42.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MCNY is 58.86% which is decreased by 377 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 135 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 45 male students for every 100 female students, up from 38 in 2015.
608 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,071.43% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 887 where 683 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 1,195 students in 2016 and was lowest at 632 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,195 to 683 students, a net loss of 512 (42.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,195	779	201	578	416	128	288
2016-17	1,059 -136	697 -82	180 -21	517 -61	362 -54	106 -22	256 -32
2017-18	1,113 54	777 80	236 56	541 24	336 -26	103 -3	233 -23
2018-19	1,027 -86	698 -79	205 -31	493 -48	329 -7	87 -16	242 9
2019-20	980 -47	626 -72	187 -18	439 -54	354 25	109 22	245 3
2020-21	856 -124	528 -98	153 -34	375 -64	328 -26	93 -16	235 -10
2021-22	660 -196	402 -126	108 -45	294 -81	258 -70	70 -23	188 -47
2022-23	632 -28	426 24	113 5	313 19	206 -52	53 -17	153 -35
2023-24	663 31	430 4	130 17	300 -13	233 27	67 14	166 13
2024-25	683 20	402 -28	124 -6	278 -22	281 48	89 22	192 26
Average	887	577	164	413	310	91	220

Metropolitan College of New York Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 577 where 402 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 Metropolitan College of New York since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	779	685	169	516	94	32	62
2016-17	697	621	154	467	76	26	50
2017-18	777	681	198	483	96	38	58
2018-19	698	621	170	451	77	35	42
2019-20	626	543	151	392	83	36	47
2020-21	528	430	112	318	98	41	57
2021-22	402	290	61	229	112	47	65
2022-23	426	280	64	216	146	49	97
2023-24	430	311	87	224	119	43	76
2024-25	402	260	69	191	142	55	87
Average	577	577	124	349	577	40	64

Metropolitan College of New York Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 310 where 281 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 Metropolitan College of New York since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	416	370	105	265	46	23	23
2016-17	362	308	87	221	54	19	35
2017-18	336	288	96	192	48	7	41
2018-19	329	294	78	216	35	9	26
2019-20	354	304	94	210	50	15	35
2020-21	328	285	86	199	43	7	36
2021-22	258	221	60	161	37	10	27
2022-23	206	176	49	127	30	4	26
2023-24	233	207	61	146	26	6	20
2024-25	281	242	76	166	39	13	26
Average	310	310	79	190	310	11	30

Metropolitan College of New York Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 7.32% and the percentage of black students is 58.57% at Metropolitan College of New York. 1.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 4.10% to 7.32%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.59% to 1.02%. Black student enrollment increased from 56.23% to 58.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 18.83% to 25.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5837 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6459 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Metropolitan College of New York 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	6	31	672	225	0	49	10
2016-17	5	35	604	224	4	47	16
2017-18	8	35	626	279	3	47	26
2018-19	7	35	553	279	2	47	30
2019-20	3	25	549	243	2	60	31
2020-21	3	19	461	237	1	69	21
2021-22	1	15	341	202	2	42	12
2022-23	2	18	348	179	3	24	17
2023-24	4	10	364	177	1	37	15
2024-25	3	7	400	177	1	50	18
Average	4	23	492	222	2	47	20

Metropolitan College of New York Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

608 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 89% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,071.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Metropolitan College of New York from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,195	28	568	599
2016-17	1,059	25	561	473
2017-18	1,113	44	633	436
2018-19	1,027	43	630	354
2019-20	980	51	696	233
2020-21	856	476	373	7
2021-22	660	441	180	39
2022-23	632	340	239	53
2023-24	663	502	155	6
2024-25	683	608	75	0
Average	887	256	411	220

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Enrollment Trends at MCNY

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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