Enrollment Trends at MATC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 880 where 878 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 968 students in 2024 and was lowest at 777 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 870 to 878 students, a net gain of 8 (0.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Manhattan Area Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	870	439	431
2016-17	825 -45	410 -29	415 -16
2017-18	922 97	482 72	440 25
2018-19	777 -145	392 -90	385 -55
2019-20	912 135	495 103	417 32
2020-21	842 -70	471 -24	371 -46
2021-22	896 54	525 54	371
2022-23	909 13	523 -2	386 15
2023-24	968 59	580 57	388 2
2024-25	878 -90	544 -36	334 -54
Average	880	486	394

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.44%. The percentage was 78.51% 10 years ago and MATC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.15% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.51% to 72.44%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.07% to 0.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.29% to 6.15%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.24% to 12.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4539 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3731 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Manhattan Area Technical 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	5	18	46	63	3	683	40
2016-17	5	18	53	69	1	639	27
2017-18	11	22	51	79	3	716	33
2018-19	12	17	37	67	1	599	37
2019-20	7	19	59	95	1	679	46
2020-21	7	13	48	99	2	626	39
2021-22	5	18	47	81	2	690	51
2022-23	6	13	48	100	1	683	50
2023-24	6	15	50	122	4	721	48
2024-25	6	8	54	106	4	636	47
Average	7	16	49	88	2	667	42