Enrollment Trends at Howard

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,190 where 4,101 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Howard than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,187	1,694	2,493
2016-17	4,448 261	1,800 106	2,648 155
2017-18	4,264 -184	1,652 -148	2,612 -36
2018-19	4,485 221	1,737 85	2,748 136
2019-20	4,293 -192	1,582 -155	2,711 -37
2020-21	3,674 -619	1,321 -261	2,353 -358
2021-22	4,050 376	1,561 240	2,489 136
2022-23	4,264 214	1,727 166	2,537 48
2023-24	4,136 -128	1,676 -51	2,460 -77
2024-25	4,101 -35	1,552 -124	2,549 89
Average	4,190	1,630	2,560

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.94% and the percentage of black students is 4.29% at Howard College. 1.05% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 46.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.07% to 42.94%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.86% to 1.05%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.53% to 4.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 46.72% to 46.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5939 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5768 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Howard 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	16	36	148	1,956	5	1,887	97
2016-17	28	37	139	2,103	7	2,007	85
2017-18	16	46	141	2,123	2	1,805	90
2018-19	17	44	150	2,222	4	1,920	94
2019-20	18	42	122	2,131	5	1,791	110
2020-21	14	39	101	1,810	3	1,576	90
2021-22	13	45	118	2,044	2	1,681	104
2022-23	9	52	132	2,125	3	1,809	104
2023-24	23	53	122	2,044	4	1,760	92
2024-25	29	43	176	1,921	2	1,761	66
Average	18	44	135	2,048	4	1,800	93