Enrollment Trends at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,797 where 7,798 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,770	4,492	6,278
2016-17	10,155 -615	4,418 -74	5,737 -541
2017-18	10,227 72	4,513 95	5,714 -23
2018-19	9,777 -450	4,308 -205	5,469 -245
2019-20	8,762 -1,015	3,756 -552	5,006 -463
2020-21	7,946 -816	3,173 -583	4,773 -233
2021-22	7,236 -710	3,088 -85	4,148 -625
2022-23	7,508 272	3,343 255	4,165 17
2023-24	7,789 281	3,574 231	4,215 50
2024-25	7,798 9	3,689 115	4,109 -106
Average	8,797	3,835	4,961

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.66% and the percentage of black students is 6.04% at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College. 6.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 65.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 22.22% to 18.66%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.76% to 6.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.99% to 6.04%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 59.28% to 65.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5336 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5894 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-Wilbur Wright 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	15	620	861	6,384	24	2,393	144
2016-17	11	637	687	6,278	21	2,170	188
2017-18	11	646	630	6,308	19	2,257	193
2018-19	7	598	549	6,227	16	2,065	203
2019-20	6	570	452	5,560	15	1,846	174
2020-21	3	504	466	4,995	10	1,670	164
2021-22	6	463	461	4,595	7	1,401	166
2022-23	5	471	460	4,645	3	1,661	182
2023-24	8	496	448	4,975	6	1,600	177
2024-25	5	471	471	5,074	4	1,455	234
Average	8	548	549	5,504	13	1,852	183