Enrollment Trends at Garden State Science and Technology Institute

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 231 where 917 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2017 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 917 students in 2025 and was lowest at 43 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 43 to 917 students, a net gain of 874 (2032.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Garden State Science and Technology Institute since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	43	5	38
2017-18	49 6	7 2	42 4
2018-19	61 12	9 2	52 10
2019-20	75 14	3 -6	72 20
2020-21	55 -20	1 -2	54 -18
2021-22	83 28	2 1	81 27
2022-23	224 141	12 10	212 131
2023-24	576 352	18 6	558 346
2024-25	917 341	33 15	884 326
Average	231	10	221

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.84% and the percentage of black students is 65.21% at Garden State Science and Technology Institute. 0.55% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 2.33% to 2.84%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 27.91% to 65.21%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 58.14% to 26.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5040 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5830 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Garden State Science and Technology Institute over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

• 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
	2016-17	0	0	12	25	1	1	0
2017-18	0	0	17	26	0	3	0
2018-19	0	4	22	29	3	3	0
2019-20	0	2	28	27	0	3	7
2020-21	1	4	21	19	1	2	4
2021-22	1	6	42	30	0	0	1
2022-23	3	6	96	97	1	4	7
2023-24	5	8	314	215	1	9	16
2024-25	10	5	598	241	1	26	24
Average	2	4	128	79	1	6	7

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Garden State Science and Technology Institute does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.