Enrollment Trends at Cornell

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,035 where 1,094 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

100.00% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.18% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 57 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.86 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in Cornell than female students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,037	507	530
2016-17	978 -59	491 -16	487 -43
2017-18	1,009 31	513 22	496 9
2018-19	1,028 19	535 22	493 -3
2019-20	1,020 -8	537 2	483 -10
2020-21	999 -21	514 -23	485 2
2021-22	1,046 47	549 35	497 12
2022-23	1,058 12	552 3	506 9
2023-24	1,082 24	579 27	503 -3
2024-25	1,094 12	589 10	505 2
Average	1,035	537	499

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.46%. The percentage was 66.25% 10 years ago and Cornell still has a high percentage of white students. 3.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 66.25% to 68.46%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.51% to 3.66%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.63% to 8.41%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 12.54% to 11.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5094 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5418 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cornell 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	11	26	48	130	2	687	28
2016-17	9	29	51	113	0	657	27
2017-18	13	35	59	88	0	708	18
2018-19	18	36	64	77	1	701	15
2019-20	11	30	62	76	4	721	17
2020-21	10	24	64	72	2	744	20
2021-22	10	35	75	87	4	772	17
2022-23	10	38	72	96	4	796	10
2023-24	12	33	87	111	3	770	11
2024-25	18	40	92	125	3	749	10
Average	12	33	67	98	2	731	17

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Cornell College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.