Enrollment Trends at Central Arizona

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,043 where 5,053 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,849 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,076 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,849 to 5,053 students, a net loss of 796 (13.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,849	2,207	3,642
2016-17	5,585 -264	2,105 -102	3,480 -162
2017-18	5,405 -180	2,048 -57	3,357 -123
2018-19	5,044 -361	1,873 -175	3,171 -186
2019-20	4,793 -251	1,852 -21	2,941 -230
2020-21	4,076 -717	1,432 -420	2,644 -297
2021-22	4,841 765	1,773 341	3,068 424
2022-23	4,652 -189	1,781 8	2,871 -197
2023-24	5,131 479	1,908 127	3,223 352
2024-25	5,053 -78	1,967 59	3,086 -137
Average	5,043	1,895	3,148

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.86% and the percentage of black students is 6.21% at Central Arizona College. 1.80% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 43.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 43.85% to 27.86%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.15% to 1.80%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.58% to 6.21%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 29.05% to 43.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7319 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7149 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Arizona 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	275	126	385	1,699	26	2,565	221
2016-17	289	121	374	1,728	29	2,301	202
2017-18	268	110	359	1,763	21	2,139	233
2018-19	244	93	329	1,557	23	1,995	218
2019-20	217	82	269	1,771	18	1,835	188
2020-21	169	78	243	1,509	12	1,601	196
2021-22	167	91	285	1,763	16	1,940	200
2022-23	133	102	314	1,967	24	1,739	158
2023-24	109	85	276	2,154	28	1,641	124
2024-25	131	91	314	2,173	20	1,408	133
Average	200	98	315	1,808	22	1,916	187