Enrollment Trends at Colby CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,345 where 1,409 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 2.03 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Colby CC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,243	393	850
2016-17	1,227 -16	390 -3	837 -13
2017-18	1,345 118	402 12	943 106
2018-19	1,412 67	443 41	969 26
2019-20	1,410 -2	411 -32	999 30
2020-21	1,327 -83	383 -28	944 -55
2021-22	1,317 -10	399 16	918 -26
2022-23	1,380 63	429 30	951 33
2023-24	1,375 -5	405 -24	970 19
2024-25	1,409 34	465 60	944 -26
Average	1,345	412	933

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.35%. The percentage was 79.40% 10 years ago and Colby CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.62% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.40% to 79.35%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.45% to 0.35%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.91% to 4.33%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 6.03% to 3.62%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3654 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3631 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colby 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	15	18	61	75	2	987	0
2016-17	8	14	45	95	2	930	0
2017-18	19	12	59	116	4	1,000	0
2018-19	11	8	43	56	0	1,016	145
2019-20	9	7	32	67	4	1,019	126
2020-21	8	5	51	48	0	1,023	117
2021-22	4	11	40	22	0	1,004	116
2022-23	7	7	46	15	3	1,063	90
2023-24	9	7	39	42	6	1,071	39
2024-25	4	5	61	51	1	1,118	60
Average	9	9	48	59	2	1,023	69