Enrollment Trends at Dallas

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 40,070 where 69,749 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Dallas than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,024	3,340	6,684
2016-17	10,750 726	3,597 257	7,153 469
2017-18	10,797 47	3,650 53	7,147 -6
2018-19	11,729 932	3,989 339	7,740 593
2019-20	12,947 1,218	4,349 360	8,598 858
2020-21	74,781 61,834	29,237 24,888	45,544 36,946
2021-22	69,171 -5,610	27,460 -1,777	41,711 -3,833
2022-23	64,156 -5,015	26,171 -1,289	37,985 -3,726
2023-24	66,592 2,436	27,454 1,283	39,138 1,153
2024-25	69,749 3,157	28,600 1,146	41,149 2,011
Average	40,070	15,785	24,285

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.44% and the percentage of black students is 21.05% at Dallas College. 6.54% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 49.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 19.49% to 13.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.20% to 6.54%. Black student enrollment decreased from 25.98% to 21.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 43.79% to 49.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6901 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6998 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dallas 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	39	521	2,604	4,390	3	1,954	146
2016-17	53	632	2,605	4,891	8	1,889	194
2017-18	48	677	2,467	5,252	9	1,716	164
2018-19	38	695	2,635	5,910	9	1,758	187
2019-20	36	779	2,901	6,597	6	1,919	215
2020-21	198	5,790	15,571	36,153	27	12,508	1,458
2021-22	188	4,249	14,256	32,044	19	10,904	1,181
2022-23	160	3,905	12,366	30,854	12	9,589	1,039
2023-24	202	4,381	13,253	33,869	17	9,318	1,004
2024-25	196	4,559	14,681	34,387	9	9,371	1,091
Average	116	2,619	8,334	19,435	12	6,093	668