Enrollment Trends at Bates Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,834 where 4,083 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 4,445 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,272 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,272 to 4,083 students, a net gain of 811 (24.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,272	1,591	1,681
2016-17	3,291 19	1,631 40	1,660 -21
2017-18	3,448 157	1,683 52	1,765 105
2018-19	4,445 997	2,453 770	1,992 227
2019-20	4,377 -68	2,318 -135	2,059 67
2020-21	3,369 -1,008	1,917 -401	1,452 -607
2021-22	4,106 737	2,495 578	1,611 159
2022-23	4,133 27	2,515 20	1,618 7
2023-24	3,817 -316	2,250 -265	1,567 -51
2024-25	4,083 266	2,400 150	1,683 116
Average	3,834	2,125	1,709

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.46% and the percentage of black students is 7.42% at Bates Technical College. 4.56% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.01% to 45.46%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.03% to 4.56%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.04% to 7.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.04% to 15.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7543 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6822 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bates Technical College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	70	132	263	263	30	1,800	29
2016-17	69	136	243	297	28	1,751	63
2017-18	61	144	245	306	34	1,834	80
2018-19	68	152	241	342	30	2,078	127
2019-20	63	179	215	393	33	1,998	163
2020-21	41	116	166	354	36	1,685	156
2021-22	38	165	229	448	50	2,009	230
2022-23	42	238	234	492	51	2,123	271
2023-24	35	184	254	548	37	1,896	269
2024-25	42	186	303	638	34	1,856	340
Average	53	163	239	408	36	1,903	173