Enrollment Trends at Coastline CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,648 where 9,008 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 11,525 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,792 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,525 to 9,008 students, a net loss of 2,517 (21.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,525	6,803	4,722
2016-17	10,706 -819	6,280 -523	4,426 -296
2017-18	11,172 466	6,619 339	4,553 127
2018-19	10,977 -195	6,368 -251	4,609 56
2019-20	10,822 -155	6,116 -252	4,706 97
2020-21	8,826 -1,996	4,705 -1,411	4,121 -585
2021-22	6,792 -2,034	3,463 -1,242	3,329 -792
2022-23	8,077 1,285	4,452 989	3,625 296
2023-24	8,576 499	4,892 440	3,684 59
2024-25	9,008 432	5,150 258	3,858 174
Average	9,648	5,485	4,163

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.71% and the percentage of black students is 9.26% at Coastline Community College. 19.11% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 33.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 29.70% to 26.71%. Asian enrollment declined from 21.33% to 19.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.05% to 9.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 28.82% to 33.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7704 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7670 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Coastline 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	84	2,458	1,389	3,321	50	3,423	476
2016-17	70	2,253	1,155	3,233	36	3,198	458
2017-18	74	2,230	1,240	3,394	57	3,413	507
2018-19	70	2,199	1,068	3,458	50	3,351	506
2019-20	63	2,127	1,049	3,529	47	3,100	456
2020-21	42	1,821	629	2,769	43	2,554	436
2021-22	39	1,418	484	2,160	32	1,996	303
2022-23	51	1,514	770	2,623	35	2,324	341
2023-24	50	1,734	804	2,826	36	2,297	360
2024-25	49	1,721	834	3,004	39	2,406	394
Average	59	1,948	942	3,032	43	2,806	424