Enrollment Trends at Macomb CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 18,651 where 16,300 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 22,182 students in 2016 and was lowest at 15,946 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 22,182 to 16,300 students, a net loss of 5,882 (26.5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,182	10,524	11,658
2016-17	21,734 -448	10,307 -217	11,427 -231
2017-18	21,014 -720	9,876 -431	11,138 -289
2018-19	20,220 -794	9,386 -490	10,834 -304
2019-20	19,628 -592	8,975 -411	10,653 -181
2020-21	16,736 -2,892	7,151 -1,824	9,585 -1,068
2021-22	16,762 26	6,868 -283	9,894 309
2022-23	15,946 -816	6,784 -84	9,162 -732
2023-24	15,983 37	6,803 19	9,180 18
2024-25	16,300 317	7,020 217	9,280 100
Average	18,651	8,369	10,281

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.13%. The percentage was 69.93% 10 years ago and Macomb CC still has a high percentage of white students. 6.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.49% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.93% to 62.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.16% to 6.18%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.64% to 15.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.53% to 5.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5811 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4970 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Macomb 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	112	923	2,360	561	23	15,511	399
2016-17	108	983	2,413	562	32	15,070	436
2017-18	108	1,026	2,374	622	30	14,461	439
2018-19	76	1,067	2,129	639	27	14,142	480
2019-20	65	1,075	2,104	699	23	13,793	591
2020-21	56	1,026	1,748	586	14	11,726	485
2021-22	63	1,017	2,149	615	14	11,496	515
2022-23	65	1,024	2,164	708	15	10,531	547
2023-24	66	1,025	2,260	819	17	10,257	587
2024-25	87	1,008	2,525	957	22	10,128	633
Average	81	1,017	2,223	677	22	12,712	511