How Student Population Changes at ARCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,726 where 7,902 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ARCC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Anoka-Ramsey Community College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,497	3,639	5,858
2013-14	9,320 -177	3,629 -10	5,691 -167
2014-15	7,877 -1,443	3,032 -597	4,845 -846
2015-16	9,294 1,417	3,727 695	5,567 722
2016-17	9,058 -236	3,570 -157	5,488 -79
2017-18	8,954 -104	3,528 -42	5,426 -62
2018-19	8,845 -109	3,453 -75	5,392 -34
2019-20	8,804 -41	3,421 -32	5,383 -9
2020-21	8,482 -322	3,088 -333	5,394 11
2021-22	7,951 -531	2,971 -117	4,980 -414
2022-23	7,902 -49	3,139 168	4,763 -217
Average	8,726	3,382	5,344

Anoka-Ramsey Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.35%. The percentage was 79.18% 10 years ago and ARCC still has a high percentage of white students. 6.68% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.78% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Anoka-Ramsey Community 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	45	344	609	417	10	7,520	391
2013-14	41	355	645	388	10	7,354	353
2014-15	34	342	591	321	12	6,143	328
2015-16	41	420	589	419	9	6,987	347
2016-17	47	439	626	423	10	6,653	359
2017-18	42	451	677	479	12	6,400	430
2018-19	39	520	756	509	10	6,273	443
2019-20	44	528	794	512	10	5,916	422
2020-21	37	525	845	452	3	5,461	373
2021-22	30	527	861	442	3	4,999	345
2022-23	31	528	931	480	1	4,769	347
Average	39	453	720	440	8	6,225	376

Anoka-Ramsey Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,366 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 111.06% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Anoka-Ramsey Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,877	1,121	1,844	4,912
2015-16	9,294	1,073	1,901	6,320
2016-17	9,058	1,120	1,877	6,061
2017-18	8,954	1,166	1,975	5,813
2018-19	8,845	1,157	2,169	5,519
2019-20	8,804	1,250	2,131	5,423
2020-21	8,482	813	3,224	4,445
2021-22	7,951	3,998	1,424	2,529
2022-23	7,902	2,366	2,114	3,422
Average	8,574	1,563	2,073	4,938

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Enrollment Trends at ARCC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes