Enrollment Trends at MEC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,327 where 3,736 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 2.56 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in MEC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,765	1,903	4,862
2016-17	6,819 54	1,925 22	4,894 32
2017-18	6,652 -167	1,864 -61	4,788 -106
2018-19	6,638 -14	2,045 181	4,593 -195
2019-20	5,798 -840	1,653 -392	4,145 -448
2020-21	5,237 -561	1,483 -170	3,754 -391
2021-22	4,134 -1,103	1,075 -408	3,059 -695
2022-23	3,640 -494	1,057 -18	2,583 -476
2023-24	3,846 206	1,212 155	2,634 51
2024-25	3,736 -110	1,050 -162	2,686 52
Average	5,327	1,527	3,800

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.79% and the percentage of black students is 71.47% at CUNY Medgar Evers College. 3.56% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 17.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 1.80% to 1.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.56% to 3.56%. Black student enrollment decreased from 77.55% to 71.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.10% to 17.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4552 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3804 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Medgar Evers 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	17	173	5,246	886	14	122	78
2016-17	19	173	5,208	981	9	127	82
2017-18	21	171	5,053	1,014	7	126	81
2018-19	23	194	4,875	1,185	11	96	83
2019-20	13	163	4,415	867	8	96	93
2020-21	12	162	3,848	869	5	89	122
2021-22	14	139	3,047	665	3	77	73
2022-23	13	133	2,651	599	2	70	87
2023-24	15	128	2,782	669	5	64	93
2024-25	10	133	2,670	665	5	67	105
Average	16	157	3,980	840	7	93	90