Enrollment Trends at Houston CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 53,030 where 53,253 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 57,200 students in 2019 and was lowest at 46,780 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 56,522 to 53,253 students, a net loss of 3,269 (5.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	56,522	23,742	32,780
2016-17	57,032 510	24,246 504	32,786 6
2017-18	57,120 88	23,957 -289	33,163 377
2018-19	57,200 80	23,356 -601	33,844 681
2019-20	56,151 -1,049	22,684 -672	33,467 -377
2020-21	48,329 -7,822	18,506 -4,178	29,823 -3,644
2021-22	46,780 -1,549	18,363 -143	28,417 -1,406
2022-23	48,159 1,379	19,467 1,104	28,692 275
2023-24	49,749 1,590	20,691 1,224	29,058 366
2024-25	53,253 3,504	22,304 1,613	30,949 1,891
Average	53,030	21,732	31,298

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.64% and the percentage of black students is 24.43% at Houston City College. 10.20% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 38.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 13.97% to 10.64%. Asian enrollment grew from 9.43% to 10.20%. Black student enrollment decreased from 29.77% to 24.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 32.50% to 38.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7665 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7771 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Houston City 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	97	5,332	16,825	18,369	127	7,898	853
2016-17	91	5,566	16,127	19,050	105	7,714	893
2017-18	89	5,609	15,941	19,314	102	7,571	954
2018-19	97	5,645	15,919	20,067	96	7,050	1,033
2019-20	84	5,672	15,131	20,773	80	6,769	1,038
2020-21	66	5,258	12,928	17,501	48	6,291	1,063
2021-22	55	4,889	12,814	17,503	40	5,800	1,077
2022-23	71	4,996	12,582	18,424	27	5,473	1,065
2023-24	67	5,178	12,276	19,303	33	5,475	1,128
2024-25	83	5,431	13,009	20,733	34	5,666	1,237
Average	80	5,358	14,355	19,104	69	6,571	1,034