Enrollment Trends at CVTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,456 where 8,330 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 8,364 students in 2023 and was lowest at 6,017 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 6,017 to 8,330 students, a net gain of 2,313 (38.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,017	2,715	3,302
2016-17	6,584 567	3,040 325	3,544 242
2017-18	7,134 550	3,399 359	3,735 191
2018-19	7,645 511	3,527 128	4,118 383
2019-20	7,924 279	3,682 155	4,242 124
2020-21	7,367 -557	3,230 -452	4,137 -105
2021-22	6,998 -369	3,002 -228	3,996 -141
2022-23	8,364 1,366	3,764 762	4,600 604
2023-24	8,198 -166	3,761 -3	4,437 -163
2024-25	8,330 132	3,834 73	4,496 59
Average	7,456	3,395	4,061

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.16%. The percentage was 82.22% 10 years ago and CVTC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.38% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.22% to 80.16%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.41% to 3.64%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.43% to 1.38%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.33% to 4.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3527 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3221 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chippewa Valley 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	49	205	86	80	7	4,947	111
2016-17	56	270	116	139	9	5,652	94
2017-18	47	275	104	164	11	6,039	136
2018-19	71	303	123	187	6	6,486	141
2019-20	83	297	124	214	7	6,702	146
2020-21	62	270	122	215	6	6,148	191
2021-22	68	236	136	206	6	5,847	123
2022-23	67	305	180	323	13	6,887	183
2023-24	51	294	155	317	8	6,679	250
2024-25	49	303	115	369	0	6,677	294
Average	60	276	126	221	7	6,206	167