Enrollment Trends at ACTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,575 where 2,552 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,775 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,400 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,728 to 2,552 students, a net loss of 176 (6.5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,728	1,132	1,596
2016-17	2,775 47	1,211 79	1,564 -32
2017-18	2,603 -172	1,125 -86	1,478 -86
2018-19	2,542 -61	1,027 -98	1,515 37
2019-20	2,598 56	1,037 10	1,561 46
2020-21	2,400 -198	929 -108	1,471 -90
2021-22	2,479 79	989 60	1,490 19
2022-23	2,515 36	998 9	1,517 27
2023-24	2,559 44	993 -5	1,566 49
2024-25	2,552 -7	1,003 10	1,549 -17
Average	2,575	1,044	1,531

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 90.44%. The percentage was 94.10% 10 years ago and ACTC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 94.10% to 90.44%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.37% to 0.35%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.36% to 2.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.92% to 2.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1803 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1140 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ashland Community and Technical 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	8	10	37	25	2	2,567	44
2016-17	5	11	41	33	1	2,613	50
2017-18	6	13	40	30	0	2,449	41
2018-19	5	10	32	29	1	2,401	46
2019-20	4	8	29	32	0	2,448	57
2020-21	4	12	29	38	2	2,245	47
2021-22	6	18	25	38	1	2,313	54
2022-23	5	13	37	45	0	2,328	66
2023-24	5	11	34	41	2	2,358	87
2024-25	3	9	51	53	2	2,308	78
Average	5	12	36	36	1	2,403	57