How Student Population Changes at ACTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,843 where 2,515 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 ACTC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ashland Community and Technical College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,925	1,752	2,173
2013-14	3,359 -566	1,453 -299	1,906 -267
2014-15	3,345 -14	1,370 -83	1,975 69
2015-16	2,728 -617	1,132 -238	1,596 -379
2016-17	2,775 47	1,211 79	1,564 -32
2017-18	2,603 -172	1,125 -86	1,478 -86
2018-19	2,542 -61	1,027 -98	1,515 37
2019-20	2,598 56	1,037 10	1,561 46
2020-21	2,400 -198	929 -108	1,471 -90
2021-22	2,479 79	989 60	1,490 19
2022-23	2,515 36	998 9	1,517 27
Average	2,843	1,184	1,659

Ashland Community and Technical College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 92.56%. The percentage was 92.69% 10 years ago and ACTC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.47% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ashland Community and Technical 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	7	12	52	40	3	3,638	39
2013-14	6	8	53	30	3	3,172	44
2014-15	13	11	47	37	1	3,064	33
2015-16	8	10	37	25	2	2,567	44
2016-17	5	11	41	33	1	2,613	50
2017-18	6	13	40	30	0	2,449	41
2018-19	5	10	32	29	1	2,401	46
2019-20	4	8	29	32	0	2,448	57
2020-21	4	12	29	38	2	2,245	47
2021-22	6	18	25	38	1	2,313	54
2022-23	5	13	37	45	0	2,328	66
Average	6	11	38	34	1	2,658	47

Ashland Community and Technical College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

823 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 38.55% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ashland Community and Technical College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,345	594	776	1,975
2015-16	2,728	595	762	1,371
2016-17	2,775	718	709	1,348
2017-18	2,603	634	729	1,240
2018-19	2,542	615	850	1,077
2019-20	2,598	603	748	1,247
2020-21	2,400	842	657	901
2021-22	2,479	754	646	1,079
2022-23	2,515	823	634	1,058
Average	2,665	686	723	1,255

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Enrollment Trends at ACTC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes