Enrollment Trends at Big Sandy Community and Technica

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,380 where 2,618 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 5,057 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,162 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,938 to 2,618 students, a net loss of 2,320 (47%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,938	2,409	2,529
2016-17	5,057 119	2,374 -35	2,683 154
2017-18	4,346 -711	1,900 -474	2,446 -237
2018-19	4,375 29	2,097 197	2,278 -168
2019-20	2,718 -1,657	1,108 -989	1,610 -668
2020-21	2,426 -292	949 -159	1,477 -133
2021-22	2,162 -264	849 -100	1,313 -164
2022-23	2,576 414	1,091 242	1,485 172
2023-24	2,583 7	1,010 -81	1,573 88
2024-25	2,618 35	992 -18	1,626 53
Average	3,380	1,478	1,902

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 91.98%. The percentage was 75.31% 10 years ago and Big Sandy Community and Technica still has a high percentage of white students. 0.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.73% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 75.31% to 91.98%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.24% to 0.53%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.49% to 0.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.71% to 1.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1534 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.4327 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Big Sandy Community and Technical 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	9	12	24	35	0	3,719	27
2016-17	17	20	42	38	2	4,320	42
2017-18	4	10	22	37	1	4,001	39
2018-19	14	18	47	34	2	3,956	34
2019-20	5	9	26	33	1	2,534	36
2020-21	4	12	21	21	0	2,291	32
2021-22	4	11	18	31	1	2,028	28
2022-23	6	18	27	34	1	2,423	42
2023-24	6	16	37	47	0	2,405	46
2024-25	9	14	19	33	0	2,408	49
Average	8	14	28	34	1	3,009	38