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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 8,964 students in 2025 and was lowest at 6,487 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 7,514 to 8,964 students, a net gain of 1,450 (19.3%).

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