Enrollment Trends at Bay College

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,927 where 2,149 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 2,149 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,820 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,853 to 2,149 students, a net gain of 296 (16%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bay de Noc Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,853	710	1,143
2016-17	1,842 -11	675 -35	1,167 24
2017-18	1,853 11	674 -1	1,179 12
2018-19	1,935 82	694 20	1,241 62
2019-20	1,820 -115	684 -10	1,136 -105
2020-21	1,898 78	677 -7	1,221 85
2021-22	1,958 60	710 33	1,248 27
2022-23	1,969 11	762 52	1,207 -41
2023-24	1,996 27	756 -6	1,240 33
2024-25	2,149 153	794 38	1,355 115
Average	1,927	714	1,214

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.74%. The percentage was 88.83% 10 years ago and Bay College still has a high percentage of white students. 0.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.23% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 88.83% to 84.74%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.59% to 0.93%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.27% to 2.23%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.10% to 3.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2774 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2081 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	63	11	5	39	2	1,646	64
2016-17	58	11	4	42	2	1,623	82
2017-18	58	14	17	42	2	1,638	71
2018-19	53	12	26	43	3	1,705	80
2019-20	47	13	18	48	3	1,607	76
2020-21	41	16	20	65	3	1,660	79
2021-22	50	19	16	40	3	1,731	76
2022-23	51	16	38	55	2	1,701	79
2023-24	58	17	31	62	4	1,711	91
2024-25	50	20	48	68	3	1,821	106
Average	53	15	22	50	3	1,684	80