Enrollment Trends at CUNY Bronx

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,945 where 6,787 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 11,434 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,465 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,434 to 6,787 students, a net loss of 4,647 (40.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,434	4,896	6,538
2016-17	10,919 -515	4,572 -324	6,347 -191
2017-18	10,935 16	4,726 154	6,209 -138
2018-19	10,519 -416	4,641 -85	5,878 -331
2019-20	10,040 -479	4,387 -254	5,653 -225
2020-21	8,370 -1,670	3,420 -967	4,950 -703
2021-22	7,265 -1,105	2,942 -478	4,323 -627
2022-23	6,715 -550	2,838 -104	3,877 -446
2023-24	6,465 -250	2,839 1	3,626 -251
2024-25	6,787 322	2,927 88	3,860 234
Average	8,945	3,819	5,126

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 6.59% and the percentage of black students is 26.86% at CUNY Bronx Community College. 3.39% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 58.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 2.17% to 6.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.88% to 3.39%. Black student enrollment decreased from 27.80% to 26.86%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 63.54% to 58.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5804 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5176 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Bronx Community 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	27	329	3,179	7,265	39	248	84
2016-17	37	336	3,030	6,939	25	217	72
2017-18	27	334	2,991	6,956	25	207	89
2018-19	18	340	2,911	6,637	15	192	90
2019-20	25	324	2,829	6,247	11	233	105
2020-21	23	286	2,304	5,216	7	199	103
2021-22	18	268	2,017	4,493	5	202	89
2022-23	13	260	1,946	4,016	4	191	89
2023-24	15	232	1,723	3,883	5	357	82
2024-25	14	230	1,823	3,968	8	447	90
Average	22	294	2,475	5,562	14	249	89