Enrollment Trends at CVCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,539 where 4,904 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in CVCC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,571	1,942	2,629
2016-17	4,703 132	2,061 119	2,642 13
2017-18	4,827 124	2,095 34	2,732 90
2018-19	4,610 -217	2,046 -49	2,564 -168
2019-20	4,693 83	2,035 -11	2,658 94
2020-21	4,328 -365	1,808 -227	2,520 -138
2021-22	4,168 -160	1,754 -54	2,414 -106
2022-23	4,172 4	1,814 60	2,358 -56
2023-24	4,413 241	1,984 170	2,429 71
2024-25	4,904 491	2,217 233	2,687 258
Average	4,539	1,976	2,563

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.15%. The percentage was 70.01% 10 years ago and CVCC still has a high percentage of white students. 6.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 18.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.01% to 62.15%. Asian enrollment declined from 8.16% to 6.97%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.25% to 6.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.30% to 18.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5702 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4875 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Catawba Valley 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	36	373	377	425	9	3,200	65
2016-17	32	355	360	495	5	3,293	92
2017-18	28	377	361	545	4	3,334	77
2018-19	22	335	321	565	4	3,150	98
2019-20	9	364	284	635	7	3,129	138
2020-21	6	345	257	612	2	2,883	114
2021-22	11	285	224	620	6	2,768	136
2022-23	12	274	253	677	5	2,686	151
2023-24	13	298	263	762	8	2,804	162
2024-25	18	342	318	894	12	3,048	170
Average	19	335	302	623	6	3,030	120