Enrollment Trends at BC3

The student population at Butler County Community College is 2,496 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 1,368 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

268 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by 0.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,274 where 2,496 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in BC3 than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,864	1,547	2,317
2013-14	3,686 -178	1,509 -38	2,177 -140
2014-15	3,570 -116	1,474 -35	2,096 -81
2015-16	3,573 3	1,467 -7	2,106 10
2016-17	3,496 -77	1,456 -11	2,040 -66
2017-18	3,338 -158	1,405 -51	1,933 -107
2018-19	3,305 -33	1,314 -91	1,991 58
2019-20	3,176 -129	1,296 -18	1,880 -111
2020-21	2,984 -192	1,112 -184	1,872 -8
2021-22	2,529 -455	972 -140	1,557 -315
2022-23	2,496 -33	934 -38	1,562 5
Average	3,274	1,317	1,957

Butler County Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.42%. The percentage was 84.83% 10 years ago and BC3 still has a high percentage of white students. 1.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.56% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Butler County 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	5	18	132	33	3	3,278	36
2013-14	10	20	112	52	1	3,061	46
2014-15	9	23	111	59	4	2,927	35
2015-16	5	11	102	57	1	2,736	47
2016-17	7	36	127	73	4	3,122	61
2017-18	9	30	126	63	2	2,999	60
2018-19	9	41	130	65	4	2,898	49
2019-20	8	32	87	74	6	2,441	52
2020-21	3	29	53	79	1	2,038	30
2021-22	3	33	49	70	0	2,262	60
2022-23	3	39	64	66	0	2,182	73
Average	6	28	99	63	2	2,722	50

Butler County Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

268 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has decreased 0.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Butler County Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,570	268	559	2,743
2015-16	3,573	274	534	2,765
2016-17	3,496	233	639	2,624
2017-18	3,338	170	686	2,482
2018-19	3,305	131	800	2,374
2019-20	3,176	289	586	2,301
2020-21	2,984	234	862	1,888
2021-22	2,529	275	558	1,696
2022-23	2,496	268	602	1,626
Average	3,163	238	647	2,278

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