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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 25,805 students in 2016 and was lowest at 18,563 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 25,805 to 19,342 students, a net loss of 6,463 (25%).

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