Enrollment Trends at AVTEC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 600 where 269 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 1,209 students in 2017 and was lowest at 185 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 970 to 269 students, a net loss of 701 (72.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alaska Vocational Technical Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	970	792	178
2016-17	1,209 239	1,017 225	192 14
2017-18	967 -242	840 -177	127 -65
2018-19	855 -112	717 -123	138 11
2019-20	631 -224	526 -191	105 -33
2020-21	185 -446	135 -391	50 -55
2021-22	259 74	193 58	66 16
2022-23	202 -57	140 -53	62 -4
2023-24	452 250	356 216	96 34
2024-25	269 -183	222 -134	47 -49
Average	600	494	106

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.78% and the percentage of black students is 1.12% at Alaska Vocational Technical Center. 2.60% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.58% to 39.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.86% to 2.60%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.13% to 1.12%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.23% to 3.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7748 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6886 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alaska Vocational Technical Center 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	168	18	11	41	1	510	50
2016-17	242	15	14	39	3	606	65
2017-18	170	13	5	28	6	491	49
2018-19	189	10	6	30	6	421	51
2019-20	86	10	6	20	1	252	50
2020-21	15	3	1	6	1	108	8
2021-22	64	4	1	6	1	126	20
2022-23	86	3	2	6	1	71	24
2023-24	112	4	7	13	3	225	34
2024-25	65	7	3	9	1	107	22
Average	120	9	6	20	2	292	37

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Alaska Vocational Technical Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.