Enrollment Trends at Highland CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,793 where 2,190 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,343 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,182 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,343 to 2,190 students, a net loss of 1,153 (34.5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,343	1,471	1,872
2016-17	3,304 -39	1,464 -7	1,840 -32
2017-18	3,260 -44	1,442 -22	1,818 -22
2018-19	3,109 -151	1,367 -75	1,742 -76
2019-20	2,866 -243	1,268 -99	1,598 -144
2020-21	2,700 -166	1,195 -73	1,505 -93
2021-22	2,640 -60	1,174 -21	1,466 -39
2022-23	2,339 -301	1,043 -131	1,296 -170
2023-24	2,182 -157	977 -66	1,205 -91
2024-25	2,190 8	982 5	1,208 3
Average	2,793	1,238	1,555

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.09%. The percentage was 73.17% 10 years ago and Highland CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.17% to 69.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.26% to 1.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.20% to 11.74%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.43% to 4.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5020 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4525 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Highland 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	107	42	274	148	9	2,446	161
2016-17	89	39	295	142	5	2,404	172
2017-18	74	43	347	149	7	2,343	171
2018-19	83	39	283	148	4	2,226	176
2019-20	71	44	267	139	3	2,023	171
2020-21	58	45	275	127	1	1,879	175
2021-22	59	41	300	119	3	1,797	182
2022-23	52	36	268	104	2	1,603	164
2023-24	48	32	258	97	4	1,503	144
2024-25	47	34	257	93	5	1,513	146
Average	69	40	282	127	4	1,974	166