Enrollment Trends at Halifax CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,049 where 1,061 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 2.47 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Halifax CC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,154	443	711
2016-17	1,136 -18	434 -9	702 -9
2017-18	1,113 -23	431 -3	682 -20
2018-19	996 -117	370 -61	626 -56
2019-20	1,087 91	390 20	697 71
2020-21	988 -99	310 -80	678 -19
2021-22	943 -45	299 -11	644 -34
2022-23	995 52	327 28	668 24
2023-24	1,013 18	338 11	675 7
2024-25	1,061 48	306 -32	755 80
Average	1,049	365	684

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.99% and the percentage of black students is 47.31% at Halifax Community College. 1.79% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.25% to 32.99%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.61% to 1.79%. Black student enrollment decreased from 49.91% to 47.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.91% to 7.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6598 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5798 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Halifax 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	23	7	576	22	0	476	15
2016-17	21	9	572	27	0	470	15
2017-18	26	7	576	31	1	376	66
2018-19	28	7	497	26	1	380	9
2019-20	23	8	571	35	0	392	12
2020-21	18	14	444	40	1	393	22
2021-22	15	8	427	38	2	383	9
2022-23	22	12	456	53	2	368	14
2023-24	32	10	500	57	2	333	12
2024-25	27	19	502	84	0	350	19
Average	24	10	512	41	1	392	19