Enrollment Trends at C of the Canyons

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 18,796 where 18,075 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 20,850 students in 2019 and was lowest at 15,443 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 18,437 to 18,075 students, a net loss of 362 (2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	18,437	9,474	8,963
2016-17	19,966 1,529	10,708 1,234	9,258 295
2017-18	20,008 42	10,598 -110	9,410 152
2018-19	20,850 842	11,280 682	9,570 160
2019-20	19,089 -1,761	9,993 -1,287	9,096 -474
2020-21	20,573 1,484	10,953 960	9,620 524
2021-22	15,443 -5,130	7,415 -3,538	8,028 -1,592
2022-23	18,075 2,632	10,118 2,703	7,957 -71
2023-24	17,439 -636	9,538 -580	7,901 -56
2024-25	18,075 636	9,860 322	8,215 314
Average	18,796	9,994	8,802

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.01% and the percentage of black students is 5.61% at College of the Canyons. 9.63% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 50.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 35.67% to 26.01%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.55% to 9.63%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.37% to 5.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 45.85% to 50.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6583 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6521 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at College of the Canyons 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	58	1,576	806	8,453	37	6,577	650
2016-17	75	1,823	957	9,144	40	7,046	564
2017-18	83	1,999	1,063	9,476	55	6,292	480
2018-19	89	2,217	1,157	10,004	58	6,275	387
2019-20	81	2,116	983	9,446	48	5,407	333
2020-21	64	2,224	1,084	10,381	49	5,579	554
2021-22	27	1,693	741	7,779	39	4,248	588
2022-23	37	1,846	1,008	9,154	47	4,753	641
2023-24	19	1,755	892	9,043	57	4,411	692
2024-25	31	1,740	1,014	9,215	42	4,701	744
Average	56	1,899	971	9,210	47	5,529	563