Enrollment Trends at Butte

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,467 where 10,968 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Butte than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,669	5,573	6,096
2016-17	11,300 -369	5,295 -278	6,005 -91
2017-18	11,386 86	5,382 87	6,004 -1
2018-19	10,872 -514	5,005 -377	5,867 -137
2019-20	10,100 -772	4,554 -451	5,546 -321
2020-21	9,335 -765	3,926 -628	5,409 -137
2021-22	9,470 135	4,144 218	5,326 -83
2022-23	9,362 -108	4,172 28	5,190 -136
2023-24	10,211 849	4,486 314	5,725 535
2024-25	10,968 757	4,864 378	6,104 379
Average	10,467	4,740	5,727

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.25% and the percentage of black students is 2.55% at Butte College. 5.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 34.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.74% to 47.25%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.46% to 5.70%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.72% to 2.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 22.67% to 34.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6507 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5870 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Butte 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	200	637	317	2,645	49	6,971	321
2016-17	171	676	292	2,866	43	6,411	437
2017-18	148	625	272	3,092	45	6,288	514
2018-19	131	686	228	3,100	31	5,869	624
2019-20	109	598	212	3,065	33	5,085	613
2020-21	98	569	201	2,906	41	4,674	562
2021-22	101	531	240	2,978	33	4,762	603
2022-23	134	509	205	3,154	31	4,576	544
2023-24	163	595	226	3,449	20	4,903	639
2024-25	184	625	280	3,768	34	5,182	684
Average	144	605	247	3,102	36	5,472	554