How Student Population Changes at COD

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,245 where 21,939 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in COD than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at College of DuPage since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28,627	13,325	15,302
2014-15	29,476 849	13,746 421	15,730 428
2015-16	28,678 -798	13,420 -326	15,258 -472
2016-17	26,901 -1,777	12,758 -662	14,143 -1,115
2017-18	26,165 -736	12,276 -482	13,889 -254
2018-19	24,900 -1,265	11,574 -702	13,326 -563
2019-20	23,903 -997	11,063 -511	12,840 -486
2020-21	21,010 -2,893	9,357 -1,706	11,653 -1,187
2021-22	20,849 -161	9,502 145	11,347 -306
2022-23	21,939 1,090	10,044 542	11,895 548
Average	25,245	11,707	13,538

College of DuPage Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.05% and the percentage of black students is 7.20% at College of DuPage. 11.38% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at College of DuPage 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	74	2,758	2,233	5,727	74	16,075	555
2014-15	65	2,951	2,224	6,402	73	16,126	594
2015-16	61	2,809	2,066	6,319	56	15,457	570
2016-17	57	2,909	1,897	6,259	63	14,321	637
2017-18	55	2,842	1,813	6,444	52	13,579	623
2018-19	19	2,798	1,732	6,548	2	12,351	589
2019-20	39	2,784	1,725	6,407	1	11,502	605
2020-21	27	2,364	1,552	5,275	0	10,404	586
2021-22	46	2,366	1,587	5,640	0	9,580	556
2022-23	79	2,497	1,580	5,756	1	9,883	540
Average	52	2,708	1,841	6,078	32	12,928	586

College of DuPage Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,910 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 100.98% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at College of DuPage from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	29,476	2,443	3,431	23,602
2015-16	28,678	2,395	3,354	22,929
2016-17	26,901	2,386	3,246	21,269
2017-18	26,165	2,402	3,446	20,317
2018-19	24,900	2,382	3,472	19,046
2019-20	23,903	2,419	3,635	17,849
2020-21	21,010	15,396	2,157	3,457
2021-22	20,849	7,765	5,614	7,470
2022-23	21,939	4,910	4,862	12,167
Average	24,869	4,722	3,691	16,456

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Enrollment Trends at COD

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes