Enrollment Trends at Barton County CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,353 where 5,092 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Barton County CC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,815	2,612	2,203
2016-17	4,352 -463	2,244 -368	2,108 -95
2017-18	4,228 -124	2,192 -52	2,036 -72
2018-19	4,237 9	2,046 -146	2,191 155
2019-20	4,300 63	1,941 -105	2,359 168
2020-21	4,094 -206	1,674 -267	2,420 61
2021-22	3,748 -346	1,547 -127	2,201 -219
2022-23	4,269 521	1,937 390	2,332 131
2023-24	4,393 124	1,926 -11	2,467 135
2024-25	5,092 699	2,163 237	2,929 462
Average	4,353	2,028	2,325

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.88%. The percentage was 63.47% 10 years ago and Barton County CC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.94% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.47% to 61.88%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.88% to 4.97%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.13% to 12.94%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.40% to 12.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5798 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5663 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Barton County 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	40	235	632	501	30	3,056	85
2016-17	44	213	531	472	32	2,772	99
2017-18	44	194	549	483	27	2,588	142
2018-19	33	195	529	549	30	2,585	148
2019-20	49	191	497	585	18	2,695	142
2020-21	37	169	472	653	22	2,533	147
2021-22	36	157	393	645	25	2,273	132
2022-23	53	188	508	497	32	2,739	220
2023-24	47	142	484	491	35	2,763	239
2024-25	59	253	659	619	27	3,151	282
Average	44	194	525	550	28	2,716	164