Enrollment Trends at SUNY Canton

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,117 where 3,459 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 3,459 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,836 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,140 to 3,459 students, a net gain of 319 (10.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY College of Technology at Canton since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,140	1,375	1,765
2016-17	3,205 65	1,360 -15	1,845 80
2017-18	3,180 -25	1,318 -42	1,862 17
2018-19	3,213 33	1,384 66	1,829 -33
2019-20	3,223 10	1,430 46	1,793 -36
2020-21	3,135 -88	1,348 -82	1,787 -6
2021-22	2,863 -272	1,252 -96	1,611 -176
2022-23	2,836 -27	1,232 -20	1,604 -7
2023-24	2,919 83	1,291 59	1,628 24
2024-25	3,459 540	1,491 200	1,968 340
Average	3,117	1,348	1,769

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.32%. The percentage was 66.85% 10 years ago and SUNY Canton still has a high percentage of white students. 2.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.85% to 54.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.11% to 2.17%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.01% to 8.41%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 9.78% to 9.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6871 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5232 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY College of Technology at Canton 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	46	35	440	307	3	2,099	60
2016-17	52	30	427	341	5	2,125	71
2017-18	42	39	474	352	2	2,052	79
2018-19	38	49	470	353	1	2,095	77
2019-20	51	43	424	360	1	2,105	84
2020-21	38	57	413	342	3	2,042	84
2021-22	29	62	352	284	2	1,911	71
2022-23	40	72	311	287	1	1,907	80
2023-24	44	79	313	318	2	1,924	101
2024-25	52	75	291	331	4	1,879	100
Average	43	54	392	328	2	2,014	81