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.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Kishwaukee than male students.

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