Enrollment Trends at York College

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,603 where 6,174 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

95.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,529 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 192 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in York College than male students.

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,511	8,446	2,931	5,515	65	10	55
2016-17	8,360 -151	8,258 -188	2,852 -79	5,406 -109	102 37	23 13	79 24
2017-18	8,533 173	8,393 135	3,143 291	5,250 -156	140 38	28 5	112 33
2018-19	8,693 160	8,495 102	3,026 -117	5,469 219	198 58	44 16	154 42
2019-20	8,337 -356	8,116 -379	2,795 -231	5,321 -148	221 23	55 11	166 12
2020-21	7,784 -553	7,529 -587	2,457 -338	5,072 -249	255 34	64 9	191 25
2021-22	7,027 -757	6,769 -760	2,323 -134	4,446 -626	258 3	58 -6	200 9
2022-23	6,446 -581	6,199 -570	2,261 -62	3,938 -508	247 -11	54 -4	193 -7
2023-24	6,161 -285	5,906 -293	2,147 -114	3,759 -179	255 8	63 9	192 -1
2024-25	6,174 13	5,917 11	2,230 83	3,687 -72	257 2	72 9	185 -7
Average	7,603	7,403	2,617	4,786	200	47	153

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,403 where 5,917 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 CUNY York College 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	8,446	5,226	1,765	3,461	3,220	1,166	2,054
2016-17	8,258	5,066	1,682	3,384	3,192	1,170	2,022
2017-18	8,393	5,056	1,775	3,281	3,337	1,368	1,969
2018-19	8,495	5,085	1,776	3,309	3,410	1,250	2,160
2019-20	8,116	5,113	1,723	3,390	3,003	1,072	1,931
2020-21	7,529	4,927	1,583	3,344	2,602	874	1,728
2021-22	6,769	4,239	1,447	2,792	2,530	876	1,654
2022-23	6,199	3,632	1,299	2,333	2,567	962	1,605
2023-24	5,906	3,362	1,225	2,137	2,544	922	1,622
2024-25	5,917	3,373	1,242	2,131	2,544	988	1,556
Average	7,403	7,403	1,552	2,956	7,403	1,065	1,830

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 200 where 257 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 CUNY York College 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	65	65	10	55	0	0	0
2016-17	102	95	20	75	7	3	4
2017-18	140	126	22	104	14	6	8
2018-19	198	147	28	119	51	16	35
2019-20	221	164	37	127	57	18	39
2020-21	255	154	32	122	101	32	69
2021-22	258	179	34	145	79	24	55
2022-23	247	183	41	142	64	13	51
2023-24	255	180	42	138	75	21	54
2024-25	257	205	51	154	52	21	31
Average	200	200	32	118	200	15	35

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.76% and the percentage of black students is 42.32% at CUNY York College. 23.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 6.03% to 3.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 21.42% to 23.13%. Black student enrollment increased from 37.02% to 42.32%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 28.49% to 23.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7120 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7319 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY York 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	80	1,823	3,151	2,425	75	513	95
2016-17	78	1,878	2,947	2,493	74	476	84
2017-18	77	2,159	3,132	2,206	63	446	123
2018-19	85	2,162	3,263	2,211	49	446	149
2019-20	88	1,899	3,216	2,169	42	431	203
2020-21	86	1,811	2,822	2,050	32	507	227
2021-22	85	1,591	2,542	1,828	25	514	203
2022-23	73	1,582	2,325	1,510	22	553	167
2023-24	80	1,411	2,436	1,514	21	331	148
2024-25	85	1,428	2,613	1,424	19	232	149
Average	82	1,774	2,845	1,983	42	445	155