Enrollment Trends at Arizona Culinary Institute

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 123 where 149 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 158 students in 2022 and was lowest at 30 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 94 to 149 students, a net gain of 55 (58.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Arizona Culinary Institute since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	94	58	36
2016-17	110 16	64 6	46 10
2017-18	30 -80	15 -49	15 -31
2018-19	113 83	61 46	52 37
2019-20	143 30	82 21	61 9
2020-21	125 -18	81 -1	44 -17
2021-22	158 33	91 10	67 23
2022-23	150 -8	79 -12	71 4
2023-24	157 7	90 11	67 -4
2024-25	149 -8	76 -14	73 6
Average	123	70	53

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.03%. The percentage was 64.89% 10 years ago and Arizona Culinary Institute still has a high percentage of white students. 0.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.42% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 26.85% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.89% to 55.03%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.06% to 0.67%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.64% to 13.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.70% to 26.85%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6063 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5476 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arizona Culinary Institute over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	1	10	11	1	61	7
2016-17	4	9	6	29	1	59	0
2017-18	0	3	3	7	0	17	0
2018-19	7	4	11	23	0	65	0
2019-20	4	6	15	37	2	74	0
2020-21	5	2	16	24	3	75	0
2021-22	4	4	18	32	2	92	0
2022-23	1	8	17	36	4	79	0
2023-24	3	5	21	40	1	85	0
2024-25	4	1	20	40	0	82	0
Average	3	4	14	28	1	69	1

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Arizona Culinary Institute does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.