Enrollment Trends at CGTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,978 where 11,527 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 11,527 students in 2025 and was lowest at 7,762 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 7,832 to 11,527 students, a net gain of 3,695 (47.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,832	2,898	4,934
2016-17	7,762 -70	2,779 -119	4,983 49
2017-18	8,045 283	2,864 85	5,181 198
2018-19	8,219 174	2,943 79	5,276 95
2019-20	8,244 25	3,066 123	5,178 -98
2020-21	8,140 -104	2,965 -101	5,175 -3
2021-22	9,614 1,474	3,704 739	5,910 735
2022-23	9,683 69	3,841 137	5,842 -68
2023-24	10,710 1,027	4,270 429	6,440 598
2024-25	11,527 817	4,657 387	6,870 430
Average	8,978	3,399	5,579

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.18% and the percentage of black students is 49.87% at Central Georgia Technical College. 1.54% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.42% to 35.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.94% to 1.54%. Black student enrollment decreased from 51.06% to 49.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.49% to 7.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6189 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5663 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Georgia Technical 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	22	74	3,999	273	3	3,244	89
2016-17	23	85	3,890	236	7	3,339	107
2017-18	20	80	3,950	276	7	3,515	128
2018-19	16	86	3,903	317	9	3,681	147
2019-20	23	83	3,905	347	6	3,674	165
2020-21	17	118	3,853	392	5	3,512	187
2021-22	39	160	4,368	564	7	4,134	290
2022-23	20	166	4,599	661	8	3,783	383
2023-24	36	187	5,147	816	10	3,981	483
2024-25	34	178	5,748	908	13	4,055	547
Average	25	122	4,336	479	8	3,692	253