Enrollment Trends at Danville Area CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,384 where 2,297 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,692 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,924 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,692 to 2,297 students, a net loss of 395 (14.7%).

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

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• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,692	1,202	1,490
2016-17	2,666 -26	1,158 -44	1,508 18
2017-18	2,645 -21	1,142 -16	1,503 -5
2018-19	2,620 -25	1,107 -35	1,513 10
2019-20	2,644 24	1,231 124	1,413 -100
2020-21	2,171 -473	922 -309	1,249 -164
2021-22	2,032 -139	860 -62	1,172 -77
2022-23	1,924 -108	803 -57	1,121 -51
2023-24	2,149 225	886 83	1,263 142
2024-25	2,297 148	962 76	1,335 72
Average	2,384	1,027	1,357

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.73%. The percentage was 70.28% 10 years ago and Danville Area CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.07% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.28% to 62.73%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.15% to 0.74%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.82% to 19.07%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.05% to 7.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5633 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4813 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Danville Area Community College 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	7	31	399	136	3	1,892	19
2016-17	7	34	344	128	4	1,911	34
2017-18	2	35	375	123	3	1,842	34
2018-19	8	22	376	147	3	1,832	42
2019-20	5	27	403	145	2	1,851	30
2020-21	6	24	244	102	0	1,608	35
2021-22	8	22	347	130	1	1,402	0
2022-23	6	28	361	128	0	1,258	0
2023-24	6	18	444	134	2	1,358	46
2024-25	10	17	438	180	12	1,441	52
Average	7	26	373	135	3	1,640	29