Enrollment Trends at GateWay CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,065 where 5,553 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 5,637 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,670 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,637 to 5,553 students, a net loss of 84 (1.5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,637	2,421	3,216
2016-17	5,058 -579	2,076 -345	2,982 -234
2017-18	5,087 29	2,187 111	2,900 -82
2018-19	5,081 -6	2,162 -25	2,919 19
2019-20	5,067 -14	2,075 -87	2,992 73
2020-21	4,670 -397	1,696 -379	2,974 -18
2021-22	4,673 3	1,600 -96	3,073 99
2022-23	4,699 26	1,663 63	3,036 -37
2023-24	5,123 424	1,713 50	3,410 374
2024-25	5,553 430	1,811 98	3,742 332
Average	5,065	1,940	3,124

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.93% and the percentage of black students is 10.43% at GateWay Community College. 3.21% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 54.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 34.81% to 21.93%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.64% to 3.21%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.80% to 10.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 37.22% to 54.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6369 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7256 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at GateWay Community 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	215	205	609	2,098	11	1,962	87
2016-17	166	173	556	2,143	10	1,615	98
2017-18	167	179	525	2,389	14	1,528	111
2018-19	195	187	560	2,343	16	1,505	137
2019-20	172	167	552	2,506	19	1,381	147
2020-21	147	169	487	2,198	8	1,369	175
2021-22	145	189	482	2,241	12	1,336	180
2022-23	124	142	487	2,540	14	1,159	147
2023-24	112	168	519	2,866	14	1,150	199
2024-25	125	178	579	3,041	14	1,218	289
Average	157	176	536	2,437	13	1,422	157