Enrollment Trends at Garden City CC

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,975 where 2,079 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,099 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,868 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,099 to 2,079 students, a net loss of 20 (1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Garden City Community College since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 32.47% and the percentage of black students is 6.30% at Garden City Community College. 2.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 47.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.88% to 32.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.57% to 2.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.91% to 6.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 43.45% to 47.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6658 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6203 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

444 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 303.64% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Garden City Community College from 2015 to 2025.