Enrollment Trends at City Colleges of Chicago-Richard

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,281 where 6,296 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in City Colleges of Chicago-Richard.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,365	3,414	4,951
2016-17	7,407 -958	3,148 -266	4,259 -692
2017-18	7,182 -225	3,078 -70	4,104 -155
2018-19	6,942 -240	3,003 -75	3,939 -165
2019-20	6,521 -421	2,906 -97	3,615 -324
2020-21	4,929 -1,592	1,918 -988	3,011 -604
2021-22	4,545 -384	1,882 -36	2,663 -348
2022-23	4,787 242	2,232 350	2,555 -108
2023-24	5,836 1,049	2,785 553	3,051 496
2024-25	6,296 460	3,100 315	3,196 145
Average	6,281	2,747	3,534

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 7.62% and the percentage of black students is 9.28% at City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College. 1.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 80.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has remained relatively stable. The percentage of white students decreased from 7.62% to 7.62%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.28% to 1.02%. Black student enrollment decreased from 15.25% to 9.28%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 73.52% to 80.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3348 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4302 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley 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	7	107	1,276	6,150	8	637	57
2016-17	2	82	959	5,679	4	581	56
2017-18	2	77	804	5,601	3	595	57
2018-19	6	79	857	5,320	4	582	55
2019-20	9	55	692	5,017	4	602	48
2020-21	4	40	595	3,791	4	387	43
2021-22	1	50	508	3,506	2	380	39
2022-23	1	47	495	3,870	2	303	46
2023-24	5	73	593	4,622	2	463	58
2024-25	3	64	584	5,078	3	480	69
Average	4	67	736	4,863	4	501	53