Enrollment Trends at Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 164 where 66 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 373 students in 2022 and was lowest at 48 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 229 to 66 students, a net loss of 163 (71.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	229	136	93
2016-17	61 -168	41 -95	20 -73
2017-18	109 48	54 13	55 35
2018-19	126 17	60 6	66 11
2019-20	261 135	136 76	125 59
2020-21	260 -1	130 -6	130 5
2021-22	373 113	220 90	153 23
2022-23	105 -268	64 -156	41 -112
2023-24	48 -57	25 -39	23 -18
2024-25	66 18	48 23	18 -5
Average	164	91	72

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 4.55% and the percentage of black students is 69.70% at Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus. Hispanic students comprise 13.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 17.03% to 4.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 65.94% to 69.70%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 14.41% to 13.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4927 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5154 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus 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	0	0	151	33	0	39	1
2016-17	0	0	49	4	0	6	1
2017-18	0	0	93	8	0	6	2
2018-19	0	0	63	0	0	10	0
2019-20	3	2	218	12	0	7	14
2020-21	0	0	186	18	0	12	18
2021-22	0	0	342	10	0	9	12
2022-23	0	0	89	7	0	9	0
2023-24	0	0	37	6	0	5	0
2024-25	0	0	46	9	0	3	2
Average	0	0	127	11	0	11	5

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.