Enrollment Trends at OCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,467 where 8,537 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 12,640 students in 2017 and was lowest at 7,320 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,886 to 8,537 students, a net loss of 3,349 (28.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,886	5,755	6,131
2016-17	12,640 754	6,088 333	6,552 421
2017-18	10,659 -1,981	5,208 -880	5,451 -1,101
2018-19	9,834 -825	4,732 -476	5,102 -349
2019-20	9,449 -385	4,585 -147	4,864 -238
2020-21	8,545 -904	3,942 -643	4,603 -261
2021-22	7,687 -858	3,568 -374	4,119 -484
2022-23	7,320 -367	3,564 -4	3,756 -363
2023-24	8,112 792	3,998 434	4,114 358
2024-25	8,537 425	4,119 121	4,418 304
Average	9,467	4,556	4,911

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.97%. The percentage was 48.85% 10 years ago and OCC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.21% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 48.85% to 60.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.52% to 4.49%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.49% to 13.21%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.69% to 6.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6017 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7419 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Onondaga Community 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	137	299	1,485	557	10	5,806	364
2016-17	139	304	1,508	587	8	5,401	373
2017-18	127	317	1,402	605	7	5,418	318
2018-19	121	350	1,253	576	5	5,929	279
2019-20	123	343	1,209	577	7	5,618	272
2020-21	90	257	929	427	4	3,897	286
2021-22	77	225	798	359	5	2,995	235
2022-23	102	332	832	389	12	4,223	211
2023-24	112	372	1,054	500	9	5,101	263
2024-25	109	383	1,128	596	10	5,205	389
Average	114	318	1,160	517	8	4,959	299