Enrollment Trends at Parkland

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,533 where 6,014 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.14 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Parkland than male students.

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

The percentage of white students is 57.77%. The percentage was 57.75% 10 years ago and Parkland still has a high percentage of white students. 6.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.02% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.61% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 57.75% to 57.77%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.63% to 6.12%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.55% to 14.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.64% to 11.61%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6253 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6388 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

1,065 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 4.21% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Parkland College from 2015 to 2025.