Enrollment Trends at Kirkwood CC

The student population at Kirkwood Community College is 12,406 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 4,253 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,795 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 32.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 13,960 where 12,406 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Kirkwood CC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,659	7,950	8,709
2013-14	15,076 -1,583	7,500 -450	7,576 -1,133
2014-15	14,190 -886	7,091 -409	7,099 -477
2015-16	14,368 178	7,095 4	7,273 174
2016-17	14,233 -135	6,863 -232	7,370 97
2017-18	14,049 -184	6,657 -206	7,392 22
2018-19	13,906 -143	6,478 -179	7,428 36
2019-20	13,788 -118	6,338 -140	7,450 22
2020-21	12,277 -1,511	5,348 -990	6,929 -521
2021-22	12,604 327	5,638 290	6,966 37
2022-23	12,406 -198	5,487 -151	6,919 -47
Average	13,960	6,586	7,374

Kirkwood Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.12%. The percentage was 72.29% 10 years ago and Kirkwood CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.25% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kirkwood 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	82	280	1,282	534	18	12,043	320
2013-14	68	413	1,036	570	14	10,973	316
2014-15	75	224	991	620	18	10,603	353
2015-16	67	258	1,187	655	15	10,659	374
2016-17	54	290	1,230	734	13	10,565	375
2017-18	60	316	1,263	769	13	10,400	407
2018-19	43	291	1,256	809	19	10,150	443
2019-20	41	285	1,208	827	16	10,085	422
2020-21	38	230	1,265	755	12	8,788	399
2021-22	42	241	1,284	749	22	8,855	421
2022-23	48	241	1,271	758	18	8,575	426
Average	56	279	1,207	707	16	10,154	387

Kirkwood Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,795 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 32.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kirkwood Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,190	2,114	4,494	7,582
2015-16	14,368	1,679	3,285	9,404
2016-17	14,233	1,780	3,090	9,363
2017-18	14,049	1,731	3,011	9,307
2018-19	13,906	1,819	2,958	9,129
2019-20	13,788	1,888	3,103	8,797
2020-21	12,277	4,594	5,954	1,729
2021-22	12,604	3,007	4,457	5,140
2022-23	12,406	2,795	3,732	5,879
Average	13,536	2,379	3,787	7,370

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