Enrollment Trends at CIA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,044 where 3,147 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

95.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.32% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 152 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 136 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in CIA.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Culinary Institute of America since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,859	2,859	1,435	1,424	0	0	0
2016-17	2,793 -66	2,774 -85	1,348 -87	1,426 2	19 19	5 5	14 14
2017-18	3,131 338	3,116 342	1,547 199	1,569 143	15 -4	6 1	9 -5
2018-19	2,990 -141	2,956 -160	1,450 -97	1,506 -63	34 19	14 8	20 11
2019-20	3,099 109	3,012 56	1,523 73	1,489 -17	87 53	35 21	52 32
2020-21	3,231 132	3,102 90	1,612 89	1,490 1	129 42	55 20	74 22
2021-22	2,965 -266	2,854 -248	1,449 -163	1,405 -85	111 -18	41 -14	70 -4
2022-23	3,124 159	3,005 151	1,523 74	1,482 77	119 8	44 3	75 5
2023-24	3,104 -20	2,989 -16	1,502 -21	1,487 5	115 -4	51 7	64 -11
2024-25	3,147 43	3,011 22	1,497 -5	1,514 27	136 21	55 4	81 17
Average	3,044	2,968	1,489	1,479	77	31	46

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,968 where 3,011 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Culinary Institute of America since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,859	2,859	1,435	1,424	0	0	0
2016-17	2,774	2,774	1,348	1,426	0	0	0
2017-18	3,116	3,116	1,547	1,569	0	0	0
2018-19	2,956	2,956	1,450	1,506	0	0	0
2019-20	3,012	3,012	1,523	1,489	0	0	0
2020-21	3,102	3,102	1,612	1,490	0	0	0
2021-22	2,854	2,724	1,373	1,351	130	76	54
2022-23	3,005	2,867	1,445	1,422	138	78	60
2023-24	2,989	2,869	1,428	1,441	120	74	46
2024-25	3,011	2,896	1,429	1,467	115	68	47
Average	2,968	2,968	1,459	1,459	2,968	30	21

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 77 where 136 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Culinary Institute of America since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	19	19	5	14	0	0	0
2017-18	15	15	6	9	0	0	0
2018-19	34	34	14	20	0	0	0
2019-20	87	87	35	52	0	0	0
2020-21	129	129	55	74	0	0	0
2021-22	111	110	41	69	1	0	1
2022-23	119	117	42	75	2	2	0
2023-24	115	115	51	64	0	0	0
2024-25	136	136	55	81	0	0	0
Average	77	77	30	46	77	0	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.27% and the percentage of black students is 8.36% at Culinary Institute of America. 6.01% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 21.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.29% to 46.27%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.54% to 6.01%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.00% to 8.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.51% to 21.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7285 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6914 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Culinary Institute of America over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	13	187	143	472	7	1,495	97
2016-17	14	194	177	459	12	1,398	100
2017-18	13	203	196	501	13	1,552	103
2018-19	15	201	205	478	13	1,404	85
2019-20	16	216	226	479	10	1,457	101
2020-21	13	233	266	547	13	1,563	123
2021-22	8	245	241	578	8	1,398	127
2022-23	13	262	222	595	10	1,455	153
2023-24	10	221	227	602	8	1,463	156
2024-25	6	189	263	664	6	1,456	151
Average	12	215	217	538	10	1,464	120