Enrollment Trends at Columbia-Greene CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,564 where 1,616 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,777 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,355 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,777 to 1,616 students, a net loss of 161 (9.1%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,777	637	1,140
2016-17	1,643 -134	607 -30	1,036 -104
2017-18	1,620 -23	594 -13	1,026 -10
2018-19	1,584 -36	592 -2	992 -34
2019-20	1,461 -123	548 -44	913 -79
2020-21	1,445 -16	462 -86	983 70
2021-22	1,355 -90	462	893 -90
2022-23	1,447 92	604 142	843 -50
2023-24	1,696 249	754 150	942 99
2024-25	1,616 -80	682 -72	934 -8
Average	1,564	594	970

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.16%. The percentage was 78.95% 10 years ago and Columbia-Greene CC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.95% to 59.16%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.70% to 3.65%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.71% to 10.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.75% to 12.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6214 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3644 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Columbia-Greene Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	3	48	137	120	4	1,403	57
2016-17	3	38	138	98	4	1,285	62
2017-18	4	43	130	131	1	1,243	50
2018-19	5	50	122	134	0	1,197	50
2019-20	3	49	119	125	0	1,100	37
2020-21	3	58	103	134	2	1,045	49
2021-22	2	48	102	134	1	936	66
2022-23	1	54	138	166	0	956	69
2023-24	3	63	218	189	1	1,011	60
2024-25	2	59	169	198	0	956	60
Average	3	51	138	143	1	1,113	56