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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,828 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,063 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,424 to 2,828 students, a net gain of 404 (16.7%).

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