Enrollment Trends at Cornell

The student population at Cornell College is 1,073 (1,058 undergraduate and 15 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 52 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Cornell is 98.60% which is decreased by 67 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 15 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.92 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Cornell College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,041 where 1,073 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.60% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.40% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 67 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 15 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.92 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Cornell.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,125	1,125	506	619	0	0	0
2014-15	1,086 -39	1,086 -39	509 3	577 -42	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,037 -49	1,037 -49	507 -2	530 -47	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	978 -59	978 -59	491 -16	487 -43	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,009 31	1,009 31	513 22	496 9	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,028 19	1,028 19	535 22	493 -3	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	1,020 -8	1,020 -8	537 2	483 -10	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	1,002 -18	999 -21	514 -23	485 2	3 3	1 1	2 2
2021-22	1,055 53	1,046 47	549 35	497 12	9 6	3 2	6 4
2022-23	1,073 18	1,058 12	552 3	506 9	15 6	7 4	8 2
Average	1,041	1,039	521	517	3	1	2

Cornell College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,039 where 1,058 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cornell College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,125	1,117	503	614	8	3	5
2014-15	1,086	1,079	503	576	7	6	1
2015-16	1,037	1,033	506	527	4	1	3
2016-17	978	975	490	485	3	1	2
2017-18	1,009	1,002	509	493	7	4	3
2018-19	1,028	1,019	530	489	9	5	4
2019-20	1,020	1,017	536	481	3	1	2
2020-21	999	993	513	480	6	1	5
2021-22	1,046	1,038	542	496	8	7	1
2022-23	1,058	1,057	551	506	1	1	0
Average	1,039	1,039	518	515	1,039	3	3

Cornell College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3 where 15 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cornell College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	3	2	1	1	1	0	1
2021-22	9	6	1	5	3	2	1
2022-23	15	8	2	6	7	5	2
Average	3	3	0	1	3	1	0

Cornell College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.18%. The percentage was 64.80% 10 years ago and Cornell still has a high percentage of white students. 3.54% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.71% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cornell 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	8	35	60	144	3	729	33
2014-15	4	26	55	140	3	720	46
2015-16	11	26	48	130	2	687	28
2016-17	9	29	51	113	0	657	27
2017-18	13	35	59	88	0	708	18
2018-19	18	36	64	77	1	701	15
2019-20	11	30	62	76	4	721	17
2020-21	10	24	64	72	2	744	20
2021-22	10	35	75	87	4	772	17
2022-23	10	38	72	96	4	796	10
Average	10	31	61	102	2	724	23

Cornell College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Cornell

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes