Enrollment Trends at Blue Ridge Community and Technic

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,039 where 4,203 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 6,532 students in 2020 and was lowest at 3,912 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,552 to 4,203 students, a net loss of 1,349 (24.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,552	2,075	3,477
2016-17	5,598 46	1,992 -83	3,606 129
2017-18	5,708 110	2,081 89	3,627 21
2018-19	6,273 565	2,287 206	3,986 359
2019-20	6,532 259	2,493 206	4,039 53
2020-21	3,912 -2,620	1,304 -1,189	2,608 -1,431
2021-22	4,060 148	1,511 207	2,549 -59
2022-23	4,247 187	1,662 151	2,585 36
2023-24	4,309 62	1,692 30	2,617 32
2024-25	4,203 -106	1,574 -118	2,629 12
Average	5,039	1,867	3,172

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.59%. The percentage was 84.87% 10 years ago and Blue Ridge Community and Technic still has a high percentage of white students. 1.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.61% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.87% to 75.59%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.66% to 1.21%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.47% to 7.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.96% to 8.61%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4139 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2732 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Blue Ridge 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	18	92	359	220	11	4,712	119
2016-17	19	92	342	197	9	4,780	132
2017-18	19	87	330	229	15	4,859	123
2018-19	17	96	344	300	16	5,330	123
2019-20	23	104	369	290	19	5,544	157
2020-21	15	31	224	215	14	3,213	120
2021-22	22	31	223	249	12	3,372	122
2022-23	12	43	246	287	5	3,452	140
2023-24	13	53	287	324	7	3,398	155
2024-25	10	51	309	362	9	3,177	178
Average	17	68	303	267	12	4,184	137