Enrollment Trends at Gateway Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,098 where 10,100 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 10,134 students in 2024 and was lowest at 7,037 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,740 to 10,100 students, a net gain of 1,360 (15.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,740	3,787	4,953
2016-17	8,722 -18	3,822 35	4,900 -53
2017-18	9,166 444	4,223 401	4,943 43
2018-19	7,037 -2,129	2,765 -1,458	4,272 -671
2019-20	10,050 3,013	4,760 1,995	5,290 1,018
2020-21	7,839 -2,211	3,389 -1,371	4,450 -840
2021-22	9,311 1,472	4,493 1,104	4,818 368
2022-23	9,881 570	4,824 331	5,057 239
2023-24	10,134 253	4,867 43	5,267 210
2024-25	10,100 -34	4,764 -103	5,336 69
Average	9,098	4,169	4,929

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.75%. The percentage was 64.13% 10 years ago and Gateway Technical still has a high percentage of white students. 1.70% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.50% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 25.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.13% to 57.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.18% to 1.70%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.82% to 10.50%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.07% to 25.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5905 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5560 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gateway Technical 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	45	103	946	1,230	4	5,605	282
2016-17	42	102	833	1,273	6	5,547	279
2017-18	38	106	847	1,360	8	5,423	306
2018-19	20	83	732	1,345	3	4,310	251
2019-20	61	118	942	2,274	8	6,128	271
2020-21	25	107	723	1,599	3	4,989	229
2021-22	29	128	711	1,991	6	5,672	607
2022-23	21	156	795	2,291	5	5,889	483
2023-24	40	146	947	2,441	7	6,149	260
2024-25	34	172	1,061	2,550	10	5,833	300
Average	36	122	854	1,835	6	5,555	327