Enrollment Trends at CIIS

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,672 where 1,874 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 2,145 students in 2023 and was lowest at 1,417 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,488 to 1,874 students, a net gain of 386 (25.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California Institute of Integral Studies since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,488	102	19	83	1,386	373	1,013
2016-17	1,459 -29	70 -32	14 -5	56 -27	1,389 3	361 -12	1,028 15
2017-18	1,417 -42	50 -20	9 -5	41 -15	1,367 -22	352 -9	1,015 -13
2018-19	1,452 35	61 11	24 15	37 -4	1,391 24	365 13	1,026 11
2019-20	1,476 24	69 8	18 -6	51 14	1,407 16	364 -1	1,043 17
2020-21	1,530 54	98 29	23 5	75 24	1,432 25	332 -32	1,100 57
2021-22	1,833 303	84 -14	16 -7	68 -7	1,749 317	370 38	1,379 279
2022-23	2,145 312	87 3	21 5	66 -2	2,058 309	386 16	1,672 293
2023-24	2,047 -98	57 -30	11 -10	46 -20	1,990 -68	376 -10	1,614 -58
2024-25	1,874 -173	38 -19	7 -4	31 -15	1,836 -154	356 -20	1,480 -134
Average	1,672	72	16	55	1,601	364	1,237

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 72 where 38 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 California Institute of Integral Studies since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	102	87	13	74	15	6	9
2016-17	70	60	13	47	10	1	9
2017-18	50	47	9	38	3	0	3
2018-19	61	55	21	34	6	3	3
2019-20	69	63	16	47	6	2	4
2020-21	98	90	21	69	8	2	6
2021-22	84	75	14	61	9	2	7
2022-23	87	79	20	59	8	1	7
2023-24	57	50	10	40	7	1	6
2024-25	38	34	6	28	4	1	3
Average	72	72	14	50	72	2	6

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,601 where 1,836 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 California Institute of Integral Studies since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,386	1,100	299	801	286	74	212
2016-17	1,389	1,084	289	795	305	72	233
2017-18	1,367	1,056	272	784	311	80	231
2018-19	1,391	1,073	280	793	318	85	233
2019-20	1,407	1,081	275	806	326	89	237
2020-21	1,432	1,037	231	806	395	101	294
2021-22	1,749	1,077	256	821	672	114	558
2022-23	2,058	1,066	247	819	992	139	853
2023-24	1,990	1,586	305	1,281	404	71	333
2024-25	1,836	1,389	266	1,123	447	90	357
Average	1,601	1,601	272	883	1,601	92	354

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.57% and the percentage of black students is 5.55% at California Institute of Integral Studies. 5.23% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.99% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.42% to 45.57%. Asian enrollment declined from 7.93% to 5.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.77% to 5.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.74% to 10.99%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7719 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6141 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California Institute of Integral Studies 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	12	118	71	145	12	899	77
2016-17	8	112	87	123	11	852	98
2017-18	4	106	79	135	7	793	88
2018-19	5	95	96	154	11	800	91
2019-20	6	97	86	162	8	849	90
2020-21	6	102	102	177	5	901	80
2021-22	7	108	101	188	4	922	91
2022-23	3	107	99	208	4	906	93
2023-24	4	102	109	196	5	865	94
2024-25	2	98	104	206	5	854	94
Average	6	105	93	169	7	864	90