Enrollment Trends at Orange Coast

The student population at Orange Coast College is 17,096 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 5,044 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.02 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

2,351 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 251.42% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,289 where 17,096 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.02 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Orange Coast.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,140	11,469	10,671
2016-17	21,731 -409	11,259 -210	10,472 -199
2017-18	22,156 425	11,414 155	10,742 270
2018-19	21,122 -1,034	10,831 -583	10,291 -451
2019-20	20,042 -1,080	10,439 -392	9,603 -688
2020-21	18,125 -1,917	8,701 -1,738	9,424 -179
2021-22	16,779 -1,346	8,084 -617	8,695 -729
2022-23	16,614 -165	8,351 267	8,263 -432
2023-24	17,085 471	8,527 176	8,558 295
2024-25	17,096 11	8,458 -69	8,638 80
Average	19,289	9,753	9,536

Orange Coast College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.93% and the percentage of black students is 1.57% at Orange Coast College. 20.26% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 37.42% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 33.30% to 28.93%. Asian enrollment declined from 20.27% to 20.26%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.64% to 1.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 33.96% to 37.42%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7318 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7306 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	47	4,487	363	7,518	56	7,373	960
2016-17	40	4,410	349	7,422	61	7,190	955
2017-18	44	4,561	362	7,710	76	7,039	989
2018-19	48	4,432	355	7,446	61	6,469	951
2019-20	41	4,288	306	6,988	70	5,835	900
2020-21	48	3,997	282	6,128	60	5,442	918
2021-22	44	3,762	287	5,705	49	5,039	850
2022-23	44	3,633	289	5,917	43	4,829	871
2023-24	34	3,612	293	6,268	44	4,879	923
2024-25	35	3,463	268	6,398	42	4,946	961
Average	43	4,065	315	6,750	56	5,904	928

Orange Coast College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,351 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 251.42% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Orange Coast College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	22,140	669	2,922	18,549
2016-17	21,731	755	2,760	18,216
2017-18	22,156	783	2,833	18,540
2018-19	21,122	663	2,862	17,597
2019-20	20,042	659	2,905	16,478
2020-21	18,125	3,476	9,115	5,534
2021-22	16,779	13,184	2,768	827
2022-23	16,614	2,668	6,494	7,452
2023-24	17,085	2,255	6,552	8,278
2024-25	17,096	2,351	6,320	8,425
Average	19,289	2,746	4,553	11,990

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Enrollment Trends at Orange Coast

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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