Enrollment Trends at Iowa Central CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,239 where 4,949 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 5,788 students in 2018 and was lowest at 4,704 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,634 to 4,949 students, a net loss of 685 (12.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,634	2,808	2,826
2016-17	5,712 78	2,825 17	2,887 61
2017-18	5,788 76	2,855 30	2,933 46
2018-19	5,390 -398	2,667 -188	2,723 -210
2019-20	5,237 -153	2,638 -29	2,599 -124
2020-21	4,704 -533	2,287 -351	2,417 -182
2021-22	5,009 305	2,572 285	2,437 20
2022-23	5,058 49	2,431 -141	2,627 190
2023-24	4,909 -149	2,252 -179	2,657 30
2024-25	4,949 40	2,226 -26	2,723 66
Average	5,239	2,556	2,683

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.20%. The percentage was 73.07% 10 years ago and Iowa Central CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.27% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.07% to 59.20%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.37% to 1.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.12% to 9.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.90% to 13.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6178 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4511 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Iowa Central 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	34	77	514	445	12	4,117	73
2016-17	73	88	562	442	10	4,013	52
2017-18	75	111	588	530	11	3,933	73
2018-19	56	89	570	520	12	3,610	111
2019-20	44	114	532	526	14	3,503	119
2020-21	19	71	412	442	15	2,979	196
2021-22	34	77	387	517	14	3,208	275
2022-23	24	82	430	593	15	3,129	334
2023-24	20	64	402	612	4	2,763	318
2024-25	31	63	459	667	15	2,930	341
Average	41	84	486	529	12	3,419	189