Enrollment Trends at BC3

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,968 where 2,317 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 3,573 to 2,317 students, a loss of 1,256 (35.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,573	1,467	2,106
2016-17	3,496 -77	1,456 -11	2,040 -66
2017-18	3,338 -158	1,405 -51	1,933 -107
2018-19	3,305 -33	1,314 -91	1,991 58
2019-20	3,176 -129	1,296 -18	1,880 -111
2020-21	2,984 -192	1,112 -184	1,872 -8
2021-22	2,529 -455	972 -140	1,557 -315
2022-23	2,496 -33	934 -38	1,562 5
2023-24	2,468 -28	945 11	1,523 -39
2024-25	2,317 -151	895 -50	1,422 -101
Average	2,968	1,180	1,789

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.83%. The percentage was 76.57% 10 years ago and BC3 still has a high percentage of white students. 1.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.16% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 76.57% to 87.83%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.31% to 1.34%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.85% to 2.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.60% to 2.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2260 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.4124 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Butler County 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	5	11	102	57	1	2,736	47
2016-17	7	36	127	73	4	3,122	61
2017-18	9	30	126	63	2	2,999	60
2018-19	9	41	130	65	4	2,898	49
2019-20	8	32	87	74	6	2,441	52
2020-21	3	29	53	79	1	2,038	30
2021-22	3	33	49	70	0	2,262	60
2022-23	3	39	64	66	0	2,182	73
2023-24	1	40	61	66	1	2,152	87
2024-25	0	31	50	51	1	2,035	88
Average	5	32	85	66	2	2,487	61