Enrollment Trends at Kishwaukee

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,105 where 2,969 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 4,064 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,442 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,064 to 2,969 students, a net loss of 1,095 (26.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,064	1,859	2,205
2016-17	3,775 -289	1,783 -76	1,992 -213
2017-18	3,417 -358	1,555 -228	1,862 -130
2018-19	3,307 -110	1,500 -55	1,807 -55
2019-20	3,060 -247	1,340 -160	1,720 -87
2020-21	2,626 -434	1,057 -283	1,569 -151
2021-22	2,442 -184	1,023 -34	1,419 -150
2022-23	2,581 139	1,060 37	1,521 102
2023-24	2,807 226	1,157 97	1,650 129
2024-25	2,969 162	1,179 22	1,790 140
Average	3,105	1,351	1,754

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.39%. The percentage was 61.91% 10 years ago and Kishwaukee still has a high percentage of white students. 1.31% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.60% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 28.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.91% to 50.39%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.97% to 1.31%. Black student enrollment decreased from 15.80% to 12.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 15.31% to 28.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6472 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5675 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kishwaukee 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	26	80	642	622	4	2,516	78
2016-17	20	61	573	571	2	2,370	100
2017-18	13	65	501	650	1	2,036	85
2018-19	20	60	423	678	1	1,948	112
2019-20	24	35	400	700	0	1,755	104
2020-21	18	31	295	575	2	1,553	110
2021-22	13	36	264	589	0	1,397	109
2022-23	6	31	320	671	1	1,390	104
2023-24	4	46	339	799	2	1,406	128
2024-25	7	39	374	846	1	1,496	122
Average	15	48	413	670	1	1,787	105