How Student Population Changes at HCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,834 where 2,127 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 HCC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,663	1,509	2,154
2013-14	3,406 -257	1,413 -96	1,993 -161
2014-15	3,186 -220	1,309 -104	1,877 -116
2015-16	3,087 -99	1,266 -43	1,821 -56
2016-17	2,956 -131	1,174 -92	1,782 -39
2017-18	2,819 -137	1,099 -75	1,720 -62
2018-19	2,632 -187	1,003 -96	1,629 -91
2019-20	2,615 -17	1,005 2	1,610 -19
2020-21	2,430 -185	922 -83	1,508 -102
2021-22	2,248 -182	867 -55	1,381 -127
2022-23	2,127 -121	845 -22	1,282 -99
Average	2,834	1,128	1,705

Hawaii Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.57% and the percentage of black students is 0.85% at Hawaii Community College. 16.41% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hawaii 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	19	587	25	522	545	615	1,255
2013-14	16	573	27	495	436	548	1,225
2014-15	7	541	17	447	359	482	1,239
2015-16	4	565	22	443	301	460	1,222
2016-17	9	529	15	450	234	406	1,255
2017-18	8	499	14	450	228	369	1,186
2018-19	5	441	5	421	221	391	1,099
2019-20	5	404	14	491	194	353	1,030
2020-21	2	388	11	435	191	347	975
2021-22	7	330	10	390	221	316	894
2022-23	7	349	18	364	169	310	851
Average	8	473	16	446	282	418	1,112

Hawaii Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,269 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 60% of total students. The number of online students has increased 130.73% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hawaii Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,186	550	717	1,919
2015-16	3,087	549	744	1,794
2016-17	2,956	562	639	1,755
2017-18	2,819	539	683	1,597
2018-19	2,632	485	613	1,534
2019-20	2,615	467	633	1,515
2020-21	2,430	1,729	556	145
2021-22	2,248	1,607	434	207
2022-23	2,127	1,269	447	411
Average	2,678	862	607	1,209

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Enrollment Trends at HCC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes