Compton College Student Population

How many students at Compton? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,225 students have enrolled in Compton College and all students are attending undergraduate schools.

By gender, 2,088 male and 3,137 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,638 students on average - public Associate's - Public Urban-serving Single Campus).

1,387 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,175 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Compton College has a total of 5,225 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. All 5,225 students are enrolled into undergraduate programs.

By gender, 2,088 male and 3,137 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 85 White, 1,367 Black, and 260 Asian students out of a total of 5,225 are attending at Compton College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Compton College is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 54.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

Student Age Distribution

By age, Compton has 1,948 students under 18 years old and 54 students over 65 years old. There are 3,358 students under 25 years old, and 1,867 students over 25 years old out of 5,225 total students.

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Compton College, 1,387 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,175 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,381 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,225 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 463 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.86%.133 students have transferred in as full-time status and 330 students transferred in as part-time status.