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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 74,781 students in 2021 and was lowest at 10,024 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 10,024 to 69,749 students, a net gain of 59,725 (595.8%).

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