Enrollment Trends at Crowder

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,494 where 3,959 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 5,584 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,865 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,584 to 3,959 students, a net loss of 1,625 (29.1%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,584	2,085	3,499
2016-17	5,434 -150	2,001 -84	3,433 -66
2017-18	4,960 -474	1,832 -169	3,128 -305
2018-19	4,521 -439	1,695 -137	2,826 -302
2019-20	4,401 -120	1,662 -33	2,739 -87
2020-21	4,194 -207	1,523 -139	2,671 -68
2021-22	3,989 -205	1,468 -55	2,521 -150
2022-23	4,034 45	1,507 39	2,527 6
2023-24	3,865 -169	1,470 -37	2,395 -132
2024-25	3,959 94	1,405 -65	2,554 159
Average	4,494	1,665	2,829

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.03%. The percentage was 80.59% 10 years ago and Crowder still has a high percentage of white students. 1.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.54% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.59% to 71.03%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.58% to 1.87%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.31% to 1.54%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.04% to 11.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4805 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3406 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Crowder 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	120	88	73	505	14	4,500	172
2016-17	92	87	65	484	28	4,347	226
2017-18	86	81	50	458	20	3,866	265
2018-19	70	61	44	458	17	3,536	226
2019-20	68	59	58	429	28	3,401	186
2020-21	65	60	55	428	20	3,218	210
2021-22	51	78	77	446	20	2,977	211
2022-23	68	91	56	522	20	2,914	202
2023-24	63	67	52	523	28	2,732	203
2024-25	93	74	61	444	30	2,812	139
Average	78	75	59	470	23	3,430	204