CUNY Enrollment Trends by College Since 1990

Fall 1990 onward, this dataset tracks enrollment trends across City University of New York (CUNY) colleges. It includes headcount and full-time equivalent enrollment figures categorized by student type, such as freshmen, transfers, graduates, and undergraduates. The data is provided by the New York State government.

Use Cases

• Analyze year-over-year changes in Head Count for specific Enrollment Type Description (e.g., freshmen) at a given College Name.
• Model Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment as a function of Fall Term and College IPEDS ID to forecast resource needs.
• Compare enrollment trends between different Enrollment Type Code categories (e.g., transfers vs. graduates) across multiple colleges.
• Identify colleges with the most significant enrollment shifts by joining data on College Name and Fall Term over the series.

Strengths

• Time series begins in Fall 1990, providing over 30 years of historical data.
• Data includes both Head Count and Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment metrics for nuanced analysis.
• Breakdown by multiple Enrollment Type Description categories (e.g., transfers, freshmen, graduates).

Limitations

• Exact row count and sample size are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
• Data is limited to the CUNY system and may not be generalizable to other regions.
• Data freshness is unclear as the last update date is in the future (2026-03-25).

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

Beginning Fall 1990 onward

Freshness

Update frequency is unknown; last updated date is listed as 2026-03-25.

Geography

City University of New York (CUNY) colleges, New York, USA