Enrollment Trends at IVC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,001 where 8,873 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 8,873 students in 2025 and was lowest at 7,123 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 7,811 to 8,873 students, a net gain of 1,062 (13.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,811	3,339	4,472
2016-17	7,824 13	3,465 126	4,359 -113
2017-18	8,449 625	3,821 356	4,628 269
2018-19	8,340 -109	3,660 -161	4,680 52
2019-20	8,511 171	3,736 76	4,775 95
2020-21	7,123 -1,388	2,838 -898	4,285 -490
2021-22	7,225 102	3,007 169	4,218 -67
2022-23	7,747 522	3,376 369	4,371 153
2023-24	8,111 364	3,607 231	4,504 133
2024-25	8,873 762	4,054 447	4,819 315
Average	8,001	3,490	4,511

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 8.51% and the percentage of black students is 1.15% at Imperial Valley College. 0.39% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 86.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 2.70% to 8.51%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.37% to 0.39%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.67% to 1.15%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 91.32% to 86.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2452 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1653 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Imperial Valley 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	2	29	52	7,133	0	211	30
2016-17	6	47	93	7,116	0	309	31
2017-18	15	58	136	7,711	2	333	40
2018-19	16	55	116	7,684	3	323	33
2019-20	15	58	111	7,765	1	306	42
2020-21	5	52	85	6,505	3	283	44
2021-22	7	43	84	6,565	4	311	50
2022-23	7	51	83	7,066	3	288	52
2023-24	10	47	70	7,386	3	307	49
2024-25	10	35	102	7,671	5	755	47
Average	9	48	93	7,260	2	343	42