Enrollment Trends at Community College of Aurora

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,047 where 8,833 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 8,833 students in 2025 and was lowest at 6,943 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 6,943 to 8,833 students, a net gain of 1,890 (27.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,943	2,859	4,084
2016-17	7,387 444	3,013 154	4,374 290
2017-18	8,026 639	3,352 339	4,674 300
2018-19	7,981 -45	3,349 -3	4,632 -42
2019-20	8,597 616	3,618 269	4,979 347
2020-21	7,835 -762	3,106 -512	4,729 -250
2021-22	7,839 4	3,307 201	4,532 -197
2022-23	8,343 504	3,484 177	4,859 327
2023-24	8,684 341	3,786 302	4,898 39
2024-25	8,833 149	3,742 -44	5,091 193
Average	8,047	3,362	4,685

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.71% and the percentage of black students is 16.98% at Community College of Aurora. 6.17% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 33.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.76% to 24.71%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.24% to 6.17%. Black student enrollment decreased from 20.21% to 16.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 22.50% to 33.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7938 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7602 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Community College of Aurora over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	38	364	1,403	1,562	23	2,622	377
2016-17	37	403	1,399	1,901	27	2,554	409
2017-18	39	473	1,471	2,308	32	2,470	460
2018-19	40	469	1,442	2,368	31	2,445	412
2019-20	35	527	1,504	2,618	38	2,552	467
2020-21	30	489	1,399	2,500	30	2,315	427
2021-22	25	496	1,357	2,449	30	2,324	418
2022-23	34	515	1,369	2,803	28	2,275	475
2023-24	37	532	1,408	2,880	32	2,265	476
2024-25	34	545	1,500	2,919	35	2,183	504
Average	35	481	1,425	2,431	31	2,401	443