Enrollment Trends at Kankakee CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,661 where 2,564 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,306 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,231 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,306 to 2,564 students, a net loss of 742 (22.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,306	1,266	2,040
2016-17	3,078 -228	1,123 -143	1,955 -85
2017-18	3,025 -53	1,120 -3	1,905 -50
2018-19	2,822 -203	1,081 -39	1,741 -164
2019-20	2,601 -221	983 -98	1,618 -123
2020-21	2,245 -356	800 -183	1,445 -173
2021-22	2,231 -14	845 45	1,386 -59
2022-23	2,333 102	925 80	1,408 22
2023-24	2,404 71	933 8	1,471 63
2024-25	2,564 160	1,045 112	1,519 48
Average	2,661	1,012	1,649

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.90%. The percentage was 66.30% 10 years ago and Kankakee CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.87% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 28.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.30% to 50.90%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.97% to 0.62%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.49% to 12.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.34% to 28.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6428 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5239 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kankakee Community College 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	13	32	479	408	3	2,192	35
2016-17	11	28	402	399	1	2,083	65
2017-18	8	32	375	428	1	1,991	96
2018-19	8	32	377	461	1	1,768	116
2019-20	6	26	314	488	0	1,614	109
2020-21	3	22	253	387	1	1,450	101
2021-22	2	21	302	429	2	1,328	109
2022-23	4	13	323	486	2	1,342	105
2023-24	3	14	305	599	1	1,323	107
2024-25	1	16	330	720	1	1,305	132
Average	6	24	346	481	1	1,640	98