Enrollment Trends at Joliet Junior

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,059 where 14,414 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Joliet Junior than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Joliet Junior College since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 47.79% and the percentage of black students is 10.02% at Joliet Junior College. 2.62% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 32.69% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.36% to 47.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.08% to 2.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.23% to 10.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 24.79% to 32.69%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6534 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5990 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

1,467 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 55.40% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Joliet Junior College from 2015 to 2025.