Enrollment Trends at ARC

The student population at American River College is 30,462 (all undergraduate). The number of students has increased by 1,081 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 0.98 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

13,443 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 281.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 29,345 where 30,462 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.98 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 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	29,381	13,724	15,657
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
2023-24	29,908 2,486	15,556 1,346	14,352 1,140
2024-25	30,462 554	15,384 -172	15,078 726
Average	29,345	14,812	14,533

American River College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.71% and the percentage of black students is 6.31% at American River College. 14.01% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 31.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.22% to 36.71%. Asian enrollment grew from 11.32% to 14.01%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.75% to 6.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 21.86% to 31.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7408 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7217 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at American River College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	160	3,544	2,050	9,577	263	10,825	1,559
2024-25	155	4,269	1,921	9,459	263	11,183	1,993
Average	158	3,561	2,222	8,030	262	11,517	1,684

American River College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

13,443 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has increased 281.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at American River College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	29,908	12,968	5,895	11,045
2024-25	30,462	13,443	6,434	10,585
Average	29,345	8,742	5,311	15,292

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Enrollment Trends at ARC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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