Enrollment Trends at Marion Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,643 where 3,346 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 3,346 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,147 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,441 to 3,346 students, a net gain of 905 (37.1%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,441	992	1,449
2016-17	2,618 177	1,070 78	1,548 99
2017-18	2,524 -94	1,091 21	1,433 -115
2018-19	2,395 -129	963 -128	1,432 -1
2019-20	2,524 129	1,042 79	1,482 50
2020-21	2,147 -377	779 -263	1,368 -114
2021-22	2,662 515	1,125 346	1,537 169
2022-23	2,767 105	1,140 15	1,627 90
2023-24	3,008 241	1,301 161	1,707 80
2024-25	3,346 338	1,410 109	1,936 229
Average	2,643	1,091	1,552

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.79%. The percentage was 85.66% 10 years ago and Marion Technical still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.68% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 85.66% to 75.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.61% to 1.17%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.64% to 9.68%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.34% to 1.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4122 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2606 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Marion Technical 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	16	15	162	57	0	2,091	59
2016-17	9	10	178	63	0	2,254	0
2017-18	15	14	181	68	0	2,112	20
2018-19	20	22	166	48	0	1,987	49
2019-20	10	21	179	56	0	1,993	80
2020-21	11	14	124	32	0	1,751	82
2021-22	12	34	253	39	0	2,070	147
2022-23	7	45	234	41	0	2,182	153
2023-24	9	42	258	64	0	2,310	182
2024-25	18	39	324	53	0	2,536	200
Average	13	26	206	52	0	2,129	97