Enrollment Trends at GRC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,679 where 7,967 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 8,471 students in 2019 and was lowest at 6,252 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,153 to 7,967 students, a net loss of 186 (2.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,153	4,092	4,061
2016-17	8,050 -103	4,121 29	3,929 -132
2017-18	8,048 -2	4,149 28	3,899 -30
2018-19	8,471 423	4,301 152	4,170 271
2019-20	8,435 -36	4,206 -95	4,229 59
2020-21	7,493 -942	3,576 -630	3,917 -312
2021-22	6,559 -934	3,165 -411	3,394 -523
2022-23	6,252 -307	2,898 -267	3,354 -40
2023-24	7,361 1,109	3,503 605	3,858 504
2024-25	7,967 606	3,796 293	4,171 313
Average	7,679	3,781	3,898

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.92% and the percentage of black students is 7.10% at Green River College. 14.08% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.16% to 25.92%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.57% to 14.08%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.05% to 7.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.41% to 14.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8810 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7832 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Green River 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	53	617	330	686	59	3,600	696
2016-17	45	666	344	719	62	3,428	703
2017-18	41	751	359	751	58	3,333	757
2018-19	52	834	448	885	72	3,286	868
2019-20	53	898	455	1,015	62	3,271	896
2020-21	39	906	435	885	57	2,944	855
2021-22	48	932	453	849	53	2,474	571
2022-23	30	967	518	878	57	2,347	525
2023-24	38	1,116	567	1,096	40	2,166	591
2024-25	37	1,122	566	1,138	30	2,065	644
Average	44	881	448	890	55	2,891	711