How Student Population Changes at ARC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 29,364 where 27,422 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 0.93 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in ARC.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at American River College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	31,088	14,190	16,898
2013-14	29,701 -1,387	13,643 -547	16,058 -840
2014-15	29,133 -568	13,374 -269	15,759 -299
2015-16	29,381 248	13,724 350	15,657 -102
2016-17	30,519 1,138	15,604 1,880	14,915 -742
2017-18	31,858 1,339	17,260 1,656	14,598 -317
2018-19	31,366 -492	16,725 -535	14,641 43
2019-20	31,265 -101	16,687 -38	14,578 -63
2020-21	25,422 -5,843	10,828 -5,859	14,594 16
2021-22	25,849 427	12,142 1,314	13,707 -887
2022-23	27,422 1,573	14,210 2,068	13,212 -495
Average	29,364	14,399	14,965

American River College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.69% and the percentage of black students is 6.71% at American River College. 12.01% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at American River College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	261	3,276	3,138	5,730	294	14,636	1,765
2013-14	247	3,051	3,204	5,818	272	14,030	1,681
2014-15	227	3,095	3,014	6,034	259	13,524	1,707
2015-16	192	3,326	2,864	6,422	268	13,287	1,746
2016-17	175	3,316	2,576	6,985	246	12,795	1,744
2017-18	174	3,474	2,572	7,843	280	12,686	1,745
2018-19	153	3,662	2,433	8,469	269	12,331	1,796
2019-20	149	3,785	2,290	8,994	263	11,774	1,716
2020-21	130	3,666	1,860	6,615	245	10,194	1,603
2021-22	142	3,276	1,813	7,258	271	10,033	1,528
2022-23	150	3,294	1,839	8,682	254	10,061	1,413
Average	182	3,384	2,509	7,168	266	12,305	1,677

American River College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

14,286 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 52% of total students. The number of online students has increased 329.91% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at American River College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	29,133	3,323	4,886	20,924
2015-16	29,381	3,528	4,855	20,998
2016-17	30,519	3,621	5,110	21,788
2017-18	31,858	3,761	4,680	23,417
2018-19	31,366	4,316	5,082	21,968
2019-20	31,265	5,223	5,816	20,226
2020-21	25,422	7,172	8,606	9,644
2021-22	25,849	19,106	2,025	4,718
2022-23	27,422	14,286	4,607	8,529
Average	29,135	7,148	5,074	16,912

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Enrollment Trends at ARC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes