Enrollment Trends at CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,447 where 2,828 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in CC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,424	1,034	1,390
2016-17	2,420 -4	1,064 30	1,356 -34
2017-18	2,545 125	1,159 95	1,386 30
2018-19	2,496 -49	1,116 -43	1,380 -6
2019-20	2,616 120	1,170 54	1,446 66
2020-21	2,132 -484	894 -276	1,238 -208
2021-22	2,063 -69	963 69	1,100 -138
2022-23	2,349 286	1,016 53	1,333 233
2023-24	2,594 245	1,176 160	1,418 85
2024-25	2,828 234	1,267 91	1,561 143
Average	2,447	1,086	1,361

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.22%. The percentage was 75.41% 10 years ago and CC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.58% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.97% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 24.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.41% to 60.22%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.35% to 2.58%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.86% to 2.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 15.51% to 24.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5723 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4058 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Columbia 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	41	57	45	376	9	1,828	41
2016-17	38	42	47	420	12	1,825	15
2017-18	48	33	74	489	11	1,865	9
2018-19	43	35	86	499	10	1,800	6
2019-20	49	38	86	532	13	1,771	12
2020-21	31	50	55	457	11	1,465	9
2021-22	30	65	66	450	8	1,407	5
2022-23	37	45	58	527	6	1,640	2
2023-24	41	71	74	628	6	1,722	12
2024-25	40	73	84	702	5	1,703	115
Average	40	51	68	508	9	1,703	23