Culinary Institute of America Student Population

How many students at CIA?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Culinary Institute of America has a total enrollment of 3,147 students, including 3,011 undergraduate and 136 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 1,552 male students (49.3%) and 1,595 female students (50.7%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 1,456 White students (46.3%) and 664 Hispanic students (21.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 3,011 undergraduate students (95.7%) and 136 graduate students (4.3%).
• Class Delivery: 99 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,011 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) School of art, music, and design - which average 797 - CIA's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 1,552 male (49.32%) and 1,595 female (50.68%) students are attending Culinary Institute of America. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 97.30.

By class level, 3,011 (95.68%) are undergraduate students and 136 (4.32%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 49.72% are male and 50.28% are female, while among graduate students, 40.44% are male and 59.56% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,456 White, 263 Black, and 189 Asian students out of a total of 3,147 are attending at Culinary Institute of America. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Culinary Institute of America is quite diverse with a diversity index of 72.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, CIA has 59 students under 18 years old and 5 students over 65 years old. There are 2,600 students under 25 years old, and 547 students over 25 years old out of 3,147 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 59 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. CIA has 2,582 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 429 students aged 25 and over.

It has 18 graduate students aged under 25 and 118 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Culinary Institute of America, 99 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,011 students are enrolled in some online courses.

20 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 79 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,011 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 411 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.65%.