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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,485 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,674 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,187 to 4,101 students, a net loss of 86 (2.1%).

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