Enrollment Trends at Clark

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,570 where 7,463 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 10,477 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,593 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 10,477 to 7,463 students, a net loss of 3,014 (28.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,477	4,485	5,992
2016-17	10,318 -159	4,429 -56	5,889 -103
2017-18	10,000 -318	4,228 -201	5,772 -117
2018-19	9,878 -122	4,183 -45	5,695 -77
2019-20	9,233 -645	3,798 -385	5,435 -260
2020-21	7,665 -1,568	2,998 -800	4,667 -768
2021-22	6,921 -744	2,734 -264	4,187 -480
2022-23	6,593 -328	2,610 -124	3,983 -204
2023-24	7,149 556	2,871 261	4,278 295
2024-25	7,463 314	2,928 57	4,535 257
Average	8,570	3,526	5,043

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.77% and the percentage of black students is 2.44% at Clark College. 5.52% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.69% to 49.77%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.89% to 5.52%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.93% to 2.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.01% to 16.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7143 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5389 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clark 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	60	408	202	944	56	6,987	833
2016-17	60	424	171	1,038	69	6,729	841
2017-18	52	435	142	1,065	69	6,398	864
2018-19	37	404	185	1,098	67	6,177	870
2019-20	34	443	173	1,089	62	5,862	674
2020-21	21	431	138	956	56	5,053	479
2021-22	28	384	133	951	54	4,596	493
2022-23	29	380	185	1,000	45	4,163	470
2023-24	27	408	205	1,171	24	3,916	539
2024-25	21	412	182	1,237	27	3,714	619
Average	37	413	172	1,055	53	5,360	668