Enrollment Trends at Flathead Valley CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,213 where 2,234 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 2,406 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,015 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,169 to 2,234 students, a net gain of 65 (3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,169	911	1,258
2016-17	2,266 97	970 59	1,296 38
2017-18	2,307 41	999 29	1,308 12
2018-19	2,351 44	1,035 36	1,316 8
2019-20	2,406 55	1,096 61	1,310 -6
2020-21	2,049 -357	907 -189	1,142 -168
2021-22	2,015 -34	934 27	1,081 -61
2022-23	2,129 114	939 5	1,190 109
2023-24	2,201 72	961 22	1,240 50
2024-25	2,234 33	1,027 66	1,207 -33
Average	2,213	978	1,235

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.08%. The percentage was 83.31% 10 years ago and Flathead Valley CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.03% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.58% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.12% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.31% to 80.08%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.01% to 1.03%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.18% to 0.58%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.01% to 4.12%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3552 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3051 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Flathead Valley Community 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	54	22	4	22	1	1,807	0
2016-17	44	35	12	24	5	1,878	0
2017-18	53	23	13	15	6	1,864	0
2018-19	60	16	10	13	8	1,805	72
2019-20	63	26	9	37	4	1,767	61
2020-21	48	29	13	54	3	1,599	51
2021-22	40	26	13	57	8	1,594	43
2022-23	40	35	11	74	4	1,674	64
2023-24	48	26	13	93	3	1,719	86
2024-25	32	23	13	92	3	1,789	85
Average	48	26	11	48	5	1,750	46