Enrollment Trends at Marshalltown CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,886 where 1,857 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,028 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,707 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,923 to 1,857 students, a net loss of 66 (3.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,923	846	1,077
2016-17	2,006 83	858 12	1,148 71
2017-18	2,028 22	901 43	1,127 -21
2018-19	1,931 -97	858 -43	1,073 -54
2019-20	1,947 16	839 -19	1,108 35
2020-21	1,836 -111	776 -63	1,060 -48
2021-22	1,754 -82	715 -61	1,039 -21
2022-23	1,707 -47	733 18	974 -65
2023-24	1,870 163	780 47	1,090 116
2024-25	1,857 -13	778 -2	1,079 -11
Average	1,886	808	1,078

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.35%. The percentage was 63.18% 10 years ago and Marshalltown CC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.39% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.23% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 25.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.18% to 57.35%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.46% to 3.39%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.65% to 3.23%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 15.39% to 25.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6025 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5754 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Marshalltown 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	48	28	51	296	2	1,215	24
2016-17	30	28	56	282	3	1,151	37
2017-18	34	28	44	276	3	1,010	38
2018-19	32	30	41	295	1	995	35
2019-20	39	35	51	299	13	883	33
2020-21	29	54	54	423	3	975	28
2021-22	33	59	41	364	2	1,000	27
2022-23	17	58	39	388	4	986	37
2023-24	33	61	55	452	4	1,046	30
2024-25	27	63	60	476	4	1,065	40
Average	32	44	49	355	4	1,033	33