Enrollment Trends at ABTech

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,777 where 6,510 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 7,262 students in 2018 and was lowest at 6,270 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 7,233 to 6,510 students, a net loss of 723 (10%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,233	3,183	4,050
2016-17	7,226 -7	3,131 -52	4,095 45
2017-18	7,262 36	3,108 -23	4,154 59
2018-19	6,892 -370	2,841 -267	4,051 -103
2019-20	7,003 111	2,846 5	4,157 106
2020-21	6,601 -402	2,489 -357	4,112 -45
2021-22	6,270 -331	2,337 -152	3,933 -179
2022-23	6,473 203	2,481 144	3,992 59
2023-24	6,297 -176	2,459 -22	3,838 -154
2024-25	6,510 213	2,564 105	3,946 108
Average	6,777	2,744	4,033

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.67%. The percentage was 77.98% 10 years ago and ABTech still has a high percentage of white students. 1.89% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.98% to 65.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.05% to 1.89%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.93% to 4.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.72% to 14.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5432 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3833 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community 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	52	76	429	486	9	5,640	165
2016-17	43	86	436	533	16	5,700	182
2017-18	44	105	372	645	13	5,659	209
2018-19	39	86	346	596	9	5,396	210
2019-20	28	109	363	740	15	5,330	219
2020-21	23	108	308	742	12	4,995	176
2021-22	31	113	365	727	14	4,647	177
2022-23	31	126	355	865	12	4,686	179
2023-24	38	109	304	884	16	4,467	180
2024-25	29	123	315	971	14	4,275	155
Average	36	104	359	719	13	5,080	185