Enrollment Trends at Bishop State CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,027 where 4,001 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 4,001 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,176 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,111 to 4,001 students, a net gain of 890 (28.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,111	1,253	1,858
2016-17	3,028 -83	1,224 -29	1,804 -54
2017-18	3,233 205	1,285 61	1,948 144
2018-19	2,860 -373	1,193 -92	1,667 -281
2019-20	2,846 -14	1,108 -85	1,738 71
2020-21	2,176 -670	744 -364	1,432 -306
2021-22	2,479 303	822 78	1,657 225
2022-23	2,968 489	1,040 218	1,928 271
2023-24	3,568 600	1,315 275	2,253 325
2024-25	4,001 433	1,468 153	2,533 280
Average	3,027	1,145	1,882

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.94% and the percentage of black students is 59.61% at Bishop State Community College. 2.55% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 27.90% to 25.94%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.80% to 2.55%. Black student enrollment decreased from 62.75% to 59.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.03% to 3.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5725 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5275 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bishop State 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	25	56	1,952	63	3	868	35
2016-17	31	54	1,902	52	1	841	56
2017-18	45	75	1,985	70	2	934	45
2018-19	30	83	1,788	70	4	790	43
2019-20	28	67	1,790	67	3	801	46
2020-21	26	43	1,238	52	0	624	85
2021-22	16	37	1,552	70	5	610	83
2022-23	25	57	1,707	92	4	912	130
2023-24	44	82	2,106	104	4	1,003	167
2024-25	37	102	2,385	135	3	1,038	218
Average	31	66	1,841	78	3	842	91