Enrollment Trends at Bellingham Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,115 where 2,047 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 2,426 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,632 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,403 to 2,047 students, a net loss of 356 (14.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,403	1,208	1,195
2016-17	2,426 23	1,198 -10	1,228 33
2017-18	2,392 -34	1,139 -59	1,253 25
2018-19	2,316 -76	1,136 -3	1,180 -73
2019-20	2,325 9	1,079 -57	1,246 66
2020-21	1,848 -477	840 -239	1,008 -238
2021-22	1,915 67	972 132	943 -65
2022-23	1,632 -283	821 -151	811 -132
2023-24	1,850 218	893 72	957 146
2024-25	2,047 197	963 70	1,084 127
Average	2,115	1,025	1,091

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.39%. The percentage was 60.51% 10 years ago and Bellingham Technical still has a high percentage of white students. 4.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.27% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.90% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.51% to 51.39%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.62% to 4.49%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.29% to 1.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.70% to 16.90%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7006 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6223 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bellingham 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	29	63	31	209	6	1,454	131
2016-17	21	71	32	229	7	1,461	139
2017-18	19	69	32	255	6	1,445	158
2018-19	30	77	34	238	5	1,453	144
2019-20	17	80	23	271	11	1,413	180
2020-21	16	79	13	237	7	1,158	162
2021-22	16	88	21	259	3	1,174	136
2022-23	12	92	26	245	2	1,029	122
2023-24	17	86	27	300	2	1,015	117
2024-25	12	92	26	346	2	1,052	137
Average	19	80	27	259	5	1,265	143