Enrollment Trends at De Anza

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 18,889 where 17,425 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 22,512 students in 2016 and was lowest at 16,335 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 22,512 to 17,425 students, a net loss of 5,087 (22.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,512	11,574	10,938
2016-17	21,443 -1,069	10,897 -677	10,546 -392
2017-18	20,674 -769	10,492 -405	10,182 -364
2018-19	19,482 -1,192	9,908 -584	9,574 -608
2019-20	18,669 -813	9,445 -463	9,224 -350
2020-21	18,649 -20	9,019 -426	9,630 406
2021-22	16,706 -1,943	8,233 -786	8,473 -1,157
2022-23	16,335 -371	8,276 43	8,059 -414
2023-24	16,990 655	8,665 389	8,325 266
2024-25	17,425 435	9,014 349	8,411 86
Average	18,889	9,552	9,336

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.47% and the percentage of black students is 2.70% at De Anza College. 36.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 19.57% to 20.47%. Asian enrollment grew from 34.67% to 36.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.14% to 2.70%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 26.86% to 25.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7533 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7664 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at De Anza 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	7,806	706	6,047	94	4,405	999
2016-17	26	7,455	662	5,921	86	4,106	982
2017-18	32	7,345	640	5,675	92	3,852	934
2018-19	21	7,041	545	5,294	72	3,586	920
2019-20	21	6,844	520	5,099	92	3,248	833
2020-21	28	7,173	519	5,083	100	3,271	971
2021-22	28	6,713	461	4,675	79	2,823	874
2022-23	24	6,479	436	4,521	73	2,826	871
2023-24	20	6,584	483	4,720	86	2,883	910
2024-25	26	6,387	471	4,520	59	3,567	848
Average	27	6,983	544	5,156	83	3,457	914