CUNY City College Student Population

How many students at CCNY?

For the academic year 2024-2025, CUNY City College has a total enrollment of 15,544 students, including 12,982 undergraduate and 2,562 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 7,267 male students (46.8%) and 8,277 female students (53.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 6,066 Hispanic students (39%) and 3,396 Asian students (21.8%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 12,982 undergraduate students (83.5%) and 2,562 graduate students (16.5%).
• Class Delivery: 1,013 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 5,745 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - CCNY's body is relatively small.

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, 7,267 male (46.75%) and 8,277 female (53.25%) students are attending CUNY City College. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 87.80.

By class level, 12,982 (83.52%) are undergraduate students and 2,562 (16.48%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 48.59% are male and 51.41% are female, while among graduate students, 37.43% are male and 62.57% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,343 White, 2,405 Black, and 3,396 Asian students out of a total of 15,544 are attending at CUNY City College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

CUNY City College is quite diverse with a diversity index of 75.3% 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, CCNY has 1,125 students under 18 years old and 25 students over 65 years old. There are 11,378 students under 25 years old, and 3,633 students over 25 years old out of 15,012 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,125 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. CCNY has 10,684 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,671 students aged 25 and over.

It has 694 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,962 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• 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 CUNY City College, 1,013 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,745 students are enrolled in some online courses.

985 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 28 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,982 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 938 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.23%.670 students have transferred in as full-time status and 268 students transferred in as part-time status.