Enrollment Trends at Rend Lake

The student population at Rend Lake College is 2,017 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 1,798 over the past decade.

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

164 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 37.82% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,474 where 2,017 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 Rend Lake than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,815	1,610	2,205
2013-14	2,714 -1,101	1,174 -436	1,540 -665
2014-15	2,970 256	1,190 16	1,780 240
2015-16	2,303 -667	960 -230	1,343 -437
2016-17	2,489 186	1,092 132	1,397 54
2017-18	2,333 -156	1,076 -16	1,257 -140
2018-19	2,486 153	1,162 86	1,324 67
2019-20	2,287 -199	998 -164	1,289 -35
2020-21	1,802 -485	768 -230	1,034 -255
2021-22	2,002 200	900 132	1,102 68
2022-23	2,017 15	863 -37	1,154 52
Average	2,474	1,072	1,402

Rend Lake College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 90.33%. The percentage was 92.56% 10 years ago and Rend Lake still has a high percentage of white students. 1.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.26% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rend Lake 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	17	32	183	44	0	3,531	0
2013-14	29	5	121	29	13	2,511	0
2014-15	12	21	151	38	2	2,737	0
2015-16	4	19	147	23	1	2,104	0
2016-17	7	16	108	19	2	2,333	0
2017-18	3	16	86	21	2	2,203	0
2018-19	8	22	112	27	2	2,297	0
2019-20	7	17	115	31	2	2,100	0
2020-21	5	13	76	21	3	1,668	0
2021-22	5	18	90	41	2	1,831	0
2022-23	8	21	106	42	5	1,822	0
Average	10	18	118	31	3	2,285	0

Rend Lake College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

164 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 37.82% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rend Lake College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,970	119	458	2,393
2015-16	2,303	77	377	1,849
2016-17	2,489	95	486	1,908
2017-18	2,333	107	561	1,665
2018-19	2,486	93	575	1,818
2019-20	2,287	97	640	1,550
2020-21	1,802	517	778	507
2021-22	2,002	168	790	1,044
2022-23	2,017	164	856	997
Average	2,299	160	613	1,526

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