Enrollment Trends at Austin Community College District

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 39,113 where 39,727 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 41,574 students in 2016 and was lowest at 34,527 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 41,574 to 39,727 students, a net loss of 1,847 (4.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	41,574	18,699	22,875
2016-17	41,543 -31	18,726 27	22,817 -58
2017-18	40,803 -740	18,164 -562	22,639 -178
2018-19	40,799 -4	17,874 -290	22,925 286
2019-20	41,056 257	17,601 -273	23,455 530
2020-21	39,896 -1,160	16,118 -1,483	23,778 323
2021-22	35,609 -4,287	14,716 -1,402	20,893 -2,885
2022-23	34,527 -1,082	14,777 61	19,750 -1,143
2023-24	35,600 1,073	15,440 663	20,160 410
2024-25	39,727 4,127	17,089 1,649	22,638 2,478
Average	39,113	16,920	22,193

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.73% and the percentage of black students is 8.90% at Austin Community College District. 7.22% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 42.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.42% to 35.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.72% to 7.22%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.10% to 8.90%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 31.99% to 42.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6795 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6919 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Austin Community College District 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	323	1,964	2,950	13,299	75	18,468	1,369
2016-17	335	2,171	3,063	14,840	82	18,503	1,509
2017-18	283	2,047	3,041	14,733	86	18,121	1,555
2018-19	274	2,222	2,973	14,916	73	17,963	1,510
2019-20	233	2,353	3,148	15,714	83	17,195	1,476
2020-21	169	2,425	3,043	15,318	79	16,661	1,519
2021-22	156	2,353	2,873	13,898	64	14,431	1,254
2022-23	167	2,371	2,918	13,936	73	13,450	1,034
2023-24	166	2,519	3,006	14,607	76	13,470	1,118
2024-25	143	2,867	3,535	16,774	77	14,196	1,468
Average	225	2,329	3,055	14,804	77	16,246	1,381