Enrollment Trends at CNM

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,914 where 19,342 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.57 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CNM than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,805	11,265	14,540
2016-17	24,781 -1,024	10,598 -667	14,183 -357
2017-18	24,442 -339	10,571 -27	13,871 -312
2018-19	23,553 -889	9,840 -731	13,713 -158
2019-20	23,096 -457	9,456 -384	13,640 -73
2020-21	21,398 -1,698	8,265 -1,191	13,133 -507
2021-22	18,563 -2,835	7,154 -1,111	11,409 -1,724
2022-23	19,095 532	7,337 183	11,758 349
2023-24	19,067 -28	7,590 253	11,477 -281
2024-25	19,342 275	7,521 -69	11,821 344
Average	21,914	8,960	12,955

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.69% and the percentage of black students is 2.68% at Central New Mexico Community College. 2.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 54.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.22% to 24.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.95% to 2.02%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.64% to 2.68%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 48.83% to 54.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6348 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6639 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central New Mexico 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	1,775	503	682	12,601	53	7,799	574
2016-17	1,586	506	618	12,485	56	7,259	570
2017-18	1,589	541	654	12,509	55	6,924	567
2018-19	1,406	515	660	12,135	57	6,585	555
2019-20	1,422	530	608	12,338	60	6,176	633
2020-21	1,333	482	560	11,505	58	5,804	620
2021-22	1,228	398	518	9,976	52	4,814	558
2022-23	1,274	373	506	10,254	47	4,915	571
2023-24	1,251	400	521	10,380	46	4,721	577
2024-25	1,154	390	519	10,569	37	4,775	612
Average	1,402	464	585	11,475	52	5,977	584