Enrollment Trends at BTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,361 where 2,811 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 2,894 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,034 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,249 to 2,811 students, a net gain of 562 (25%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,249	934	1,315
2016-17	2,034 -215	863 -71	1,171 -144
2017-18	2,098 64	848 -15	1,250 79
2018-19	2,222 124	853 5	1,369 119
2019-20	2,257 35	813 -40	1,444 75
2020-21	2,232 -25	755 -58	1,477 33
2021-22	2,424 192	821 66	1,603 126
2022-23	2,391 -33	878 57	1,513 -90
2023-24	2,894 503	1,018 140	1,876 363
2024-25	2,811 -83	1,043 25	1,768 -108
Average	2,361	883	1,479

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.56%. The percentage was 78.75% 10 years ago and BTC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.15% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.75% to 67.56%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.24% to 1.00%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.36% to 7.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.71% to 16.15%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5103 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3676 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Blackhawk 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	19	28	143	196	3	1,771	49
2016-17	13	24	130	196	0	1,578	50
2017-18	7	27	115	221	0	1,629	60
2018-19	10	29	147	308	1	1,639	66
2019-20	11	31	153	326	0	1,638	65
2020-21	7	30	134	272	1	1,631	73
2021-22	13	24	155	282	2	1,769	92
2022-23	10	27	167	310	2	1,722	79
2023-24	8	43	184	435	1	2,025	94
2024-25	10	28	211	454	3	1,899	109
Average	11	29	154	300	1	1,730	74