Enrollment Trends at GHC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,721 where 1,577 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in GHC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,804	910	894
2016-17	1,973 169	974 64	999 105
2017-18	1,971 -2	970 -4	1,001 2
2018-19	1,868 -103	855 -115	1,013 12
2019-20	1,853 -15	857 2	996 -17
2020-21	1,553 -300	708 -149	845 -151
2021-22	1,469 -84	694 -14	775 -70
2022-23	1,475 6	657 -37	818 43
2023-24	1,663 188	764 107	899 81
2024-25	1,577 -86	739 -25	838 -61
Average	1,721	813	908

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.57%. The percentage was 66.30% 10 years ago and GHC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 19.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.30% to 52.57%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.22% to 1.40%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.60% to 2.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.20% to 19.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6787 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5385 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grays Harbor 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	74	40	65	202	7	1,196	139
2016-17	73	47	71	230	6	1,201	173
2017-18	55	44	70	242	6	1,207	171
2018-19	53	35	53	247	12	1,126	172
2019-20	53	27	81	267	7	1,096	166
2020-21	27	26	60	224	8	972	166
2021-22	47	31	53	219	8	917	126
2022-23	39	34	40	239	6	905	128
2023-24	36	33	57	323	4	924	110
2024-25	34	22	45	305	2	829	123
Average	49	34	60	250	7	1,037	147