Enrollment Trends at Chaffey

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,231 where 22,460 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 22,969 students in 2019 and was lowest at 18,688 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 21,054 to 22,460 students, a net gain of 1,406 (6.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,054	8,875	12,179
2016-17	22,002 948	9,258 383	12,744 565
2017-18	22,508 506	9,304 46	13,204 460
2018-19	22,969 461	9,419 115	13,550 346
2019-20	22,731 -238	9,141 -278	13,590 40
2020-21	20,025 -2,706	7,349 -1,792	12,676 -914
2021-22	18,688 -1,337	7,173 -176	11,515 -1,161
2022-23	19,238 550	7,552 379	11,686 171
2023-24	20,632 1,394	8,204 652	12,428 742
2024-25	22,460 1,828	8,871 667	13,589 1,161
Average	21,231	8,515	12,716

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.58% and the percentage of black students is 6.37% at Chaffey College. 8.16% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 64.39% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 16.49% to 12.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.65% to 8.16%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.04% to 6.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 63.33% to 64.39%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5577 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.5612 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chaffey 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	43	1,190	1,693	13,333	46	3,472	643
2016-17	35	1,315	1,746	14,088	46	3,412	694
2017-18	34	1,272	1,755	14,794	45	3,317	707
2018-19	30	1,426	1,751	15,214	44	3,299	662
2019-20	47	1,426	1,662	15,131	48	2,860	629
2020-21	39	1,374	1,443	13,160	55	2,764	605
2021-22	31	1,360	1,390	11,961	50	2,872	564
2022-23	38	1,454	1,520	12,185	39	2,901	635
2023-24	40	1,687	1,367	12,718	43	2,881	664
2024-25	46	1,832	1,430	14,463	51	2,826	737
Average	38	1,434	1,576	13,705	47	3,060	654