Enrollment Trends at Central Alabama CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,782 where 2,140 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 2,140 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,546 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,787 to 2,140 students, a net gain of 353 (19.8%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,787	796	991
2016-17	1,769 -18	769 -27	1,000 9
2017-18	1,835 66	808 39	1,027 27
2018-19	1,681 -154	766 -42	915 -112
2019-20	1,799 118	795 29	1,004 89
2020-21	1,546 -253	643 -152	903 -101
2021-22	1,578 32	646 3	932 29
2022-23	1,777 199	751 105	1,026 94
2023-24	1,910 133	771 20	1,139 113
2024-25	2,140 230	835 64	1,305 166
Average	1,782	758	1,024

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.26%. The percentage was 73.31% 10 years ago and Central Alabama CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.43% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.31% to 66.26%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.39% to 0.75%. Black student enrollment decreased from 24.23% to 22.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.23% to 5.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5056 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4037 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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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	3	7	433	22	0	1,310	6
2016-17	6	3	444	23	1	1,267	11
2017-18	7	5	435	27	0	1,345	14
2018-19	5	9	340	40	0	1,267	12
2019-20	3	18	359	45	1	1,338	21
2020-21	2	9	233	27	3	1,141	44
2021-22	2	6	259	44	1	1,177	48
2022-23	5	8	338	67	1	1,268	75
2023-24	4	14	420	93	1	1,311	59
2024-25	6	16	480	124	2	1,418	87
Average	4	10	374	51	1	1,284	38