Enrollment Trends at AESCA-Boulder

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,127 where 8,504 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 9,606 students in 2022 and was lowest at 369 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 369 to 8,504 students, a net gain of 8,135 (2204.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	369	182	187
2016-17	698 329	325 143	373 186
2017-18	1,064 366	433 108	631 258
2018-19	2,289 1,225	739 306	1,550 919
2019-20	3,673 1,384	1,251 512	2,422 872
2020-21	7,600 3,927	2,433 1,182	5,167 2,745
2021-22	9,606 2,006	2,767 334	6,839 1,672
2022-23	8,894 -712	2,373 -394	6,521 -318
2023-24	8,571 -323	2,434 61	6,137 -384
2024-25	8,504 -67	2,395 -39	6,109 -28
Average	5,127	1,533	3,594

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.96% and the percentage of black students is 40.42% at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder. 1.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 15.45% to 30.96%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 1.15%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.34% to 40.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.78% to 8.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7285 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.9696 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• 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	3	0	16	25	0	57	1
2016-17	17	14	100	72	3	316	42
2017-18	13	16	256	140	3	422	64
2018-19	29	27	747	272	15	946	150
2019-20	62	48	1,236	443	21	1,498	255
2020-21	104	105	2,788	939	42	2,836	518
2021-22	120	147	3,620	1,235	51	3,307	644
2022-23	101	91	2,879	907	38	2,612	503
2023-24	137	99	3,250	837	31	2,878	598
2024-25	126	98	3,437	751	23	2,633	548
Average	71	65	1,833	562	23	1,751	332

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.