Enrollment Trends at Heartland CC

The student population at Heartland Community College is 4,774 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 682 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,027 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 180.60% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,066 where 4,774 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Heartland CC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,456	2,529	2,927
2013-14	5,215 -241	2,414 -115	2,801 -126
2014-15	5,286 71	2,413 -1	2,873 72
2015-16	5,298 12	2,375 -38	2,923 50
2016-17	5,282 -16	2,513 138	2,769 -154
2017-18	5,193 -89	2,401 -112	2,792 23
2018-19	5,063 -130	2,270 -131	2,793 1
2019-20	4,974 -89	2,182 -88	2,792 -1
2020-21	4,485 -489	1,876 -306	2,609 -183
2021-22	4,697 212	2,012 136	2,685 76
2022-23	4,774 77	2,038 26	2,736 51
Average	5,066	2,275	2,791

Heartland Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.29%. The percentage was 75.29% 10 years ago and Heartland CC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.40% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Heartland 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	14	134	589	276	9	4,108	147
2013-14	11	120	530	315	9	3,920	156
2014-15	10	166	569	284	7	3,849	182
2015-16	7	166	634	366	5	3,692	191
2016-17	11	170	626	387	2	3,646	226
2017-18	8	145	631	412	3	3,586	234
2018-19	7	115	553	391	1	3,617	247
2019-20	5	123	608	454	1	3,440	244
2020-21	5	127	460	383	2	3,203	220
2021-22	3	161	472	474	2	3,206	235
2022-23	4	159	544	543	1	3,117	283
Average	8	144	565	390	4	3,580	215

Heartland Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,027 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 180.60% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Heartland Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,286	366	848	4,072
2015-16	5,298	330	907	4,061
2016-17	5,282	390	996	3,896
2017-18	5,193	461	962	3,770
2018-19	5,063	301	961	3,801
2019-20	4,974	339	1,010	3,625
2020-21	4,485	2,883	488	1,114
2021-22	4,697	1,208	1,535	1,954
2022-23	4,774	1,027	1,607	2,140
Average	5,006	812	1,035	3,159

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