Enrollment Trends at Dodge City CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,669 where 1,655 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 1,804 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,459 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,779 to 1,655 students, a net loss of 124 (7%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,779	970	809
2016-17	1,804 25	950 -20	854 45
2017-18	1,773 -31	923 -27	850 -4
2018-19	1,548 -225	728 -195	820 -30
2019-20	1,513 -35	736 8	777 -43
2020-21	1,459 -54	644 -92	815 38
2021-22	1,731 272	835 191	896 81
2022-23	1,670 -61	821 -14	849 -47
2023-24	1,757 87	872 51	885 36
2024-25	1,655 -102	834 -38	821 -64
Average	1,669	831	838

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.27% and the percentage of black students is 7.25% at Dodge City Community College. 0.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 51.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.23% to 32.27%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.01% to 0.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.77% to 7.25%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 38.79% to 51.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6262 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6087 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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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	23	18	156	690	1	858	33
2016-17	23	24	164	722	4	839	28
2017-18	18	19	160	745	1	799	31
2018-19	13	16	143	688	1	657	28
2019-20	7	26	140	667	2	631	34
2020-21	4	21	129	634	3	540	30
2021-22	10	21	140	735	2	689	35
2022-23	5	16	130	776	2	597	39
2023-24	7	15	130	855	2	612	42
2024-25	4	14	120	850	5	534	41
Average	11	19	141	736	2	676	34