Enrollment Trends at Cayuga County CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,482 where 3,580 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,297 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,693 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,184 to 3,580 students, a net loss of 604 (14.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Cayuga County Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,184	1,663	2,521
2016-17	4,297 113	1,797 134	2,500 -21
2017-18	3,784 -513	1,563 -234	2,221 -279
2018-19	3,775 -9	1,474 -89	2,301 80
2019-20	3,669 -106	1,458 -16	2,211 -90
2020-21	2,906 -763	1,090 -368	1,816 -395
2021-22	1,693 -1,213	632 -458	1,061 -755
2022-23	3,479 1,786	1,411 779	2,068 1,007
2023-24	3,451 -28	1,454 43	1,997 -71
2024-25	3,580 129	1,479 25	2,101 104
Average	3,482	1,402	2,080

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.20%. The percentage was 84.80% 10 years ago and Cayuga County CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.80% to 66.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.88% to 1.87%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.50% to 6.84%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.25% to 3.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5556 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.2765 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cayuga County Community College 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	13	37	230	136	3	3,548	67
2016-17	22	48	228	162	4	3,553	65
2017-18	22	33	213	130	1	3,101	46
2018-19	44	56	211	111	3	3,041	16
2019-20	28	46	236	93	2	2,921	11
2020-21	18	28	145	64	2	1,751	6
2021-22	12	19	143	46	3	1,313	5
2022-23	31	45	208	97	10	2,684	2
2023-24	22	60	230	103	8	2,600	5
2024-25	28	67	245	115	8	2,370	4
Average	24	44	209	106	4	2,688	23