Enrollment Trends at Galveston

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,170 where 2,405 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 2,429 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,870 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,071 to 2,405 students, a net gain of 334 (16.1%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,071	797	1,274
2016-17	2,201 130	920 123	1,281 7
2017-18	2,208 7	858 -62	1,350 69
2018-19	2,429 221	930 72	1,499 149
2019-20	2,306 -123	891 -39	1,415 -84
2020-21	2,060 -246	762 -129	1,298 -117
2021-22	1,870 -190	651 -111	1,219 -79
2022-23	2,026 156	689 38	1,337 118
2023-24	2,119 93	714 25	1,405 68
2024-25	2,405 286	838 124	1,567 162
Average	2,170	805	1,365

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.02% and the percentage of black students is 15.72% at Galveston College. 2.25% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 42.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.39% to 29.02%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.70% to 2.25%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.84% to 15.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 37.23% to 42.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7062 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6644 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Galveston College 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	10	56	266	771	4	878	8
2016-17	8	48	314	822	4	926	10
2017-18	7	61	345	836	4	861	36
2018-19	8	89	364	962	3	897	42
2019-20	6	73	337	933	5	845	43
2020-21	10	65	315	860	5	723	35
2021-22	7	60	308	771	0	652	26
2022-23	9	52	343	846	5	647	40
2023-24	13	43	358	912	3	627	63
2024-25	8	54	378	1,030	2	698	74
Average	9	60	333	874	4	775	38