Enrollment Trends at Carteret CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,429 where 1,614 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 1,614 students in 2025 and was lowest at 871 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,363 to 1,614 students, a net gain of 251 (18.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,363	419	944
2016-17	1,500 137	477 58	1,023 79
2017-18	1,536 36	491 14	1,045 22
2018-19	1,390 -146	488 -3	902 -143
2019-20	871 -519	307 -181	564 -338
2020-21	1,347 476	449 142	898 334
2021-22	1,535 188	497 48	1,038 140
2022-23	1,554 19	520 23	1,034 -4
2023-24	1,579 25	540 20	1,039 5
2024-25	1,614 35	584 44	1,030 -9
Average	1,429	477	952

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.23%. The percentage was 80.26% 10 years ago and Carteret CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.39% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.54% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.26% to 73.23%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.10% to 1.30%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.95% to 5.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.48% to 9.54%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4501 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3448 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carteret Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	9	15	122	61	3	1,094	37
2016-17	12	11	125	99	4	1,189	46
2017-18	9	10	112	87	4	1,237	44
2018-19	7	14	87	64	6	1,154	39
2019-20	4	5	64	53	5	693	30
2020-21	11	13	79	98	4	1,075	45
2021-22	11	17	140	117	3	1,166	57
2022-23	8	23	109	115	4	1,211	56
2023-24	7	21	117	140	1	1,211	53
2024-25	5	21	87	154	0	1,182	61
Average	8	15	104	99	3	1,121	47