Enrollment Trends at AWC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,719 where 8,964 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in AWC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,514	3,229	4,285
2016-17	7,569 55	3,314 85	4,255 -30
2017-18	7,557 -12	3,170 -144	4,387 132
2018-19	7,434 -123	3,155 -15	4,279 -108
2019-20	7,500 66	3,020 -135	4,480 201
2020-21	6,487 -1,013	2,540 -480	3,947 -533
2021-22	8,081 1,594	3,372 832	4,709 762
2022-23	8,050 -31	3,257 -115	4,793 84
2023-24	8,038 -12	3,238 -19	4,800 7
2024-25	8,964 926	3,586 348	5,378 578
Average	7,719	3,188	4,531

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.84% and the percentage of black students is 1.06% at Arizona Western College. 0.99% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 75.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 17.02% to 10.84%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.69% to 0.99%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.53% to 1.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 70.22% to 75.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4199 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4770 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arizona Western 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	84	52	190	5,276	30	1,279	107
2016-17	83	75	179	5,405	31	1,222	124
2017-18	83	69	178	5,460	30	1,192	123
2018-19	82	76	192	5,374	36	1,150	141
2019-20	76	78	99	5,587	20	1,122	117
2020-21	56	50	84	4,867	11	943	106
2021-22	75	67	93	5,410	8	993	118
2022-23	65	65	95	5,077	9	877	114
2023-24	78	69	91	5,727	5	919	119
2024-25	83	89	95	6,755	10	972	128
Average	77	69	130	5,494	19	1,067	120