Enrollment Trends at Alaska Career

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 351 where 250 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 430 students in 2018 and was lowest at 250 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 378 to 250 students, a net loss of 128 (33.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	378	72	306
2016-17	424 46	73 1	351 45
2017-18	430 6	65 -8	365 14
2018-19	415 -15	58 -7	357 -8
2019-20	361 -54	52 -6	309 -48
2020-21	412 51	51 -1	361 52
2021-22	317 -95	42 -9	275 -86
2022-23	268 -49	36 -6	232 -43
2023-24	255 -13	33 -3	222 -10
2024-25	250 -5	32 -1	218 -4
Average	351	51	300

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.20% and the percentage of black students is 10.00% at Alaska Career College. 15.60% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.57% to 25.20%. Asian enrollment declined from 20.90% to 15.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.99% to 10.00%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 10.85% to 7.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8181 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7579 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	73	79	34	41	1	142	5
2016-17	67	93	53	43	1	154	6
2017-18	62	94	43	51	5	147	23
2018-19	54	85	44	37	7	152	29
2019-20	56	71	38	29	9	131	23
2020-21	69	87	43	41	13	111	37
2021-22	59	70	29	29	4	101	15
2022-23	64	38	28	22	6	81	22
2023-24	65	38	26	21	10	64	29
2024-25	64	39	25	18	7	63	28
Average	63	69	36	33	6	115	22

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Alaska Career College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.