Enrollment Trends at Kennebec Valley CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,383 where 2,489 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 2,554 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,108 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,450 to 2,489 students, a net gain of 39 (1.6%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,450	877	1,573
2016-17	2,551 101	910 33	1,641 68
2017-18	2,554 3	946 36	1,608 -33
2018-19	2,473 -81	869 -77	1,604 -4
2019-20	2,406 -67	835 -34	1,571 -33
2020-21	2,297 -109	772 -63	1,525 -46
2021-22	2,108 -189	696 -76	1,412 -113
2022-23	2,119 11	697 1	1,422 10
2023-24	2,381 262	848 151	1,533 111
2024-25	2,489 108	831 -17	1,658 125
Average	2,383	828	1,555

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 86.30%. The percentage was 86.65% 10 years ago and Kennebec Valley CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.65% to 86.30%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.61% to 0.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.86% to 1.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.39% to 3.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2520 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2487 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kennebec Valley Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	21	15	21	34	0	2,123	24
2016-17	17	14	25	33	1	2,217	33
2017-18	18	18	27	34	2	2,205	23
2018-19	23	13	26	40	11	1,970	27
2019-20	17	11	27	46	7	1,939	18
2020-21	23	11	25	55	2	1,927	29
2021-22	16	18	24	54	2	1,859	45
2022-23	16	15	43	67	0	1,848	49
2023-24	14	16	24	101	2	2,076	77
2024-25	10	14	33	94	3	2,148	99
Average	18	15	28	56	3	2,031	42