Enrollment Trends at Jones College

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,528 where 4,753 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,753 students in 2025 and was lowest at 4,305 in 2024. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,712 to 4,753 students, a net gain of 41 (0.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,712	1,981	2,731
2016-17	4,680 -32	2,001 20	2,679 -52
2017-18	4,517 -163	1,901 -100	2,616 -63
2018-19	4,496 -21	1,794 -107	2,702 86
2019-20	4,536 40	1,779 -15	2,757 55
2020-21	4,535 -1	1,735 -44	2,800 43
2021-22	4,345 -190	1,687 -48	2,658 -142
2022-23	4,399 54	1,667 -20	2,732 74
2023-24	4,305 -94	1,672 5	2,633 -99
2024-25	4,753 448	1,772 100	2,981 348
Average	4,528	1,799	2,729

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.59%. The percentage was 63.73% 10 years ago and Jones College still has a high percentage of white students. 0.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 32.93% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.73% to 58.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.42% to 0.53%. Black student enrollment increased from 32.26% to 32.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.85% to 3.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5461 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4895 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Jones County Junior 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	30	20	1,520	40	3	3,003	52
2016-17	30	24	1,502	40	1	2,963	58
2017-18	25	22	1,463	45	4	2,854	52
2018-19	27	23	1,417	68	7	2,866	35
2019-20	38	26	1,378	50	5	2,933	77
2020-21	35	31	1,470	25	2	2,866	94
2021-22	31	27	1,371	52	0	2,755	100
2022-23	44	19	1,375	79	0	2,742	123
2023-24	29	23	1,299	94	0	2,693	124
2024-25	36	25	1,565	174	0	2,785	126
Average	33	24	1,436	67	2	2,846	84