Enrollment Trends at Glendale CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,289 where 13,914 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 19,871 students in 2016 and was lowest at 13,342 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 19,871 to 13,914 students, a net loss of 5,957 (30%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	19,871	9,148	10,723
2016-17	19,000 -871	8,760 -388	10,240 -483
2017-18	19,033 33	8,866 106	10,167 -73
2018-19	17,942 -1,091	8,254 -612	9,688 -479
2019-20	18,054 112	8,045 -209	10,009 321
2020-21	14,374 -3,680	5,943 -2,102	8,431 -1,578
2021-22	13,882 -492	6,045 102	7,837 -594
2022-23	13,342 -540	5,915 -130	7,427 -410
2023-24	13,480 138	5,888 -27	7,592 165
2024-25	13,914 434	5,896 8	8,018 426
Average	16,289	7,276	9,013

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.54% and the percentage of black students is 5.82% at Glendale Community College. 4.82% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 44.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 43.78% to 35.54%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.32% to 4.82%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.35% to 5.82%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 34.80% to 44.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6714 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6806 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Glendale Community 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	290	859	1,262	6,916	53	8,700	443
2016-17	298	850	1,235	6,785	58	8,078	407
2017-18	259	827	1,163	7,075	58	7,940	528
2018-19	255	843	1,074	6,852	42	7,340	612
2019-20	253	822	1,089	7,090	41	7,261	701
2020-21	169	623	802	5,642	32	5,957	617
2021-22	169	634	817	5,515	29	5,634	636
2022-23	171	646	778	5,426	25	5,194	670
2023-24	158	658	769	5,814	18	4,949	663
2024-25	154	671	810	6,126	27	4,945	715
Average	218	743	980	6,324	38	6,600	599