Enrollment Trends at Fullerton

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,377 where 19,521 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 24,613 students in 2016 and was lowest at 17,813 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 24,613 to 19,521 students, a net loss of 5,092 (20.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	24,613	11,967	12,646
2016-17	24,073 -540	11,745 -222	12,328 -318
2017-18	24,124 51	11,607 -138	12,517 189
2018-19	22,644 -1,480	10,704 -903	11,940 -577
2019-20	22,613 -31	10,710 6	11,903 -37
2020-21	21,427 -1,186	9,590 -1,120	11,837 -66
2021-22	17,813 -3,614	8,081 -1,509	9,732 -2,105
2022-23	18,370 557	8,571 490	9,799 67
2023-24	18,569 199	8,698 127	9,871 72
2024-25	19,521 952	9,186 488	10,335 464
Average	21,377	10,086	11,291

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.31% and the percentage of black students is 2.91% at Fullerton College. 13.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 61.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 21.68% to 14.31%. Asian enrollment declined from 13.75% to 13.13%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.06% to 2.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 53.70% to 61.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5857 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6438 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fullerton 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	65	3,384	754	13,217	90	5,335	767
2016-17	61	3,279	717	13,199	74	4,900	758
2017-18	59	3,267	772	13,363	79	4,602	776
2018-19	50	2,985	656	12,608	65	4,177	729
2019-20	54	2,931	651	12,807	53	3,903	697
2020-21	39	3,054	596	12,611	48	3,457	925
2021-22	29	2,587	518	10,569	36	2,863	838
2022-23	24	2,486	511	10,824	35	2,972	908
2023-24	26	2,508	553	11,233	44	2,722	977
2024-25	28	2,564	568	11,917	45	2,793	1,081
Average	44	2,905	630	12,235	57	3,772	846