Enrollment Trends at Cypress

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,144 where 15,924 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Cypress than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,187	7,240	8,947
2016-17	15,941 -246	7,137 -103	8,804 -143
2017-18	15,673 -268	6,958 -179	8,715 -89
2018-19	15,794 121	6,835 -123	8,959 244
2019-20	15,679 -115	6,873 38	8,806 -153
2020-21	15,325 -354	6,328 -545	8,997 191
2021-22	13,406 -1,919	5,558 -770	7,848 -1,149
2022-23	13,523 117	5,846 288	7,677 -171
2023-24	13,992 469	5,978 132	8,014 337
2024-25	15,924 1,932	6,680 702	9,244 1,230
Average	15,144	6,543	8,601

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.14% and the percentage of black students is 3.36% at Cypress College. 22.81% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 54.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 18.87% to 10.14%. Asian enrollment grew from 22.15% to 22.81%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.04% to 3.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 46.83% to 54.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6358 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6933 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cypress 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	33	3,586	654	7,580	64	3,054	541
2016-17	34	3,592	701	7,517	63	2,822	542
2017-18	29	3,547	643	7,511	51	2,511	545
2018-19	21	3,706	682	7,481	52	2,394	541
2019-20	29	3,711	647	7,540	56	2,293	580
2020-21	27	3,756	579	7,554	60	2,160	711
2021-22	19	3,384	474	6,824	47	1,673	727
2022-23	23	3,238	513	7,018	51	1,648	781
2023-24	22	3,281	507	7,462	51	1,556	855
2024-25	27	3,632	535	8,668	39	1,614	1,061
Average	26	3,543	594	7,516	53	2,173	688