Enrollment Trends at Delta Technical College-Mississippi

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,110 where 2,307 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 2,320 students in 2024 and was lowest at 178 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 178 to 2,307 students, a net gain of 2,129 (1196.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Delta Technical College-Mississippi since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	178	92	86
2016-17	464 286	291 199	173 87
2017-18	429 -35	206 -85	223 50
2018-19	688 259	296 90	392 169
2019-20	227 -461	131 -165	96 -296
2020-21	870 643	405 274	465 369
2021-22	1,637 767	695 290	942 477
2022-23	1,981 344	820 125	1,161 219
2023-24	2,320 339	1,043 223	1,277 116
2024-25	2,307 -13	1,179 136	1,128 -149
Average	1,110	516	594

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 9.19% and the percentage of black students is 84.22% at Delta Technical College-Mississippi. 0.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.45% to 9.19%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.30%. Black student enrollment increased from 57.87% to 84.22%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.56% to 4.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2799 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.5014 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Delta Technical College-Mississippi over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	0	0	103	1	0	72	2
2016-17	0	3	307	8	0	146	0
2017-18	1	1	288	10	0	123	3
2018-19	0	4	475	14	0	187	5
2019-20	0	0	172	14	0	39	2
2020-21	4	2	657	25	0	161	6
2021-22	3	3	1,365	40	0	206	5
2022-23	4	6	1,584	114	0	256	9
2023-24	9	7	1,983	88	1	213	15
2024-25	7	7	1,943	107	0	212	26
Average	3	3	888	42	0	162	7

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Delta Technical College-Mississippi does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.