Enrollment Trends at City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington

The student population at City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College is 5,559 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 3,477 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,331 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 469.93% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,858 where 5,559 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,036	3,802	5,234
2014-15	9,392 356	4,000 198	5,392 158
2015-16	9,093 -299	3,777 -223	5,316 -76
2016-17	8,486 -607	3,613 -164	4,873 -443
2017-18	8,869 383	3,872 259	4,997 124
2018-19	8,643 -226	3,671 -201	4,972 -25
2019-20	7,276 -1,367	3,098 -573	4,178 -794
2020-21	6,479 -797	2,597 -501	3,882 -296
2021-22	5,750 -729	2,346 -251	3,404 -478
2022-23	5,559 -191	2,276 -70	3,283 -121
Average	7,858	3,305	4,553

City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 9.59% and the percentage of black students is 32.78% at City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College. 6.84% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	16	792	2,968	3,347	4	1,331	150
2014-15	23	881	2,972	3,629	8	1,273	171
2015-16	17	649	2,702	3,811	8	1,118	224
2016-17	11	656	2,349	3,892	5	976	271
2017-18	10	601	2,679	4,029	6	978	277
2018-19	10	556	2,565	4,010	2	979	271
2019-20	16	526	1,989	3,393	3	838	237
2020-21	10	456	1,850	2,892	2	809	201
2021-22	4	383	1,814	2,474	4	658	187
2022-23	7	380	1,822	2,436	5	533	190
Average	12	588	2,371	3,391	5	949	218

City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,331 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 42% of total students. The number of online students has increased 469.93% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,392	409	1,214	7,769
2015-16	9,093	356	1,102	7,635
2016-17	8,486	342	858	7,286
2017-18	8,869	441	953	7,475
2018-19	8,643	472	998	7,173
2019-20	7,276	503	1,032	5,741
2020-21	6,479	6,048	354	77
2021-22	5,750	3,601	1,133	1,016
2022-23	5,559	2,331	1,530	1,698
Average	7,727	1,611	1,019	5,097

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