How Student Population Changes at CCRI

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,853 where 12,263 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CCRI than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,699	7,223	10,476
2014-15	17,553 -146	7,182 -41	10,371 -105
2015-16	16,195 -1,358	6,622 -560	9,573 -798
2016-17	15,101 -1,094	6,200 -422	8,901 -672
2017-18	14,758 -343	6,090 -110	8,668 -233
2018-19	14,539 -219	6,047 -43	8,492 -176
2019-20	14,775 236	6,138 91	8,637 145
2020-21	13,684 -1,091	5,319 -819	8,365 -272
2021-22	11,962 -1,722	4,698 -621	7,264 -1,101
2022-23	12,263 301	4,800 102	7,463 199
Average	14,853	6,032	8,821

Community College of Rhode Island Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.12% and the percentage of black students is 11.05% at Community College of Rhode Island. 2.69% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Community College of Rhode Island 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	105	568	1,697	3,236	6	10,708	581
2014-15	98	541	1,667	3,375	8	10,385	748
2015-16	74	533	1,455	3,201	7	9,503	707
2016-17	76	467	1,373	3,031	5	8,753	739
2017-18	70	454	1,356	3,109	7	8,380	750
2018-19	55	436	1,338	3,128	5	8,075	879
2019-20	51	409	1,366	3,266	11	7,881	909
2020-21	49	365	1,203	3,094	1	7,158	854
2021-22	42	356	1,164	2,995	2	5,917	779
2022-23	41	330	1,355	3,416	10	5,778	804
Average	66	446	1,397	3,185	6	8,254	775

Community College of Rhode Island Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,916 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 657.40% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Community College of Rhode Island from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,553	385	1,236	15,932
2015-16	16,195	397	1,229	14,569
2016-17	15,101	430	1,239	13,432
2017-18	14,758	524	1,737	12,497
2018-19	14,539	677	2,636	11,226
2019-20	14,775	751	2,326	11,698
2020-21	13,684	11,836	1,164	684
2021-22	11,962	3,883	3,651	4,428
2022-23	12,263	2,916	3,799	5,548
Average	14,537	2,422	2,113	10,002

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Enrollment Trends at CCRI

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes