Enrollment Trends at MCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,818 where 9,399 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 9,399 students in 2025 and was lowest at 6,371 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 6,561 to 9,399 students, a net gain of 2,838 (43.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,561	3,056	3,505
2016-17	6,371 -190	2,929 -127	3,442 -63
2017-18	6,843 472	3,213 284	3,630 188
2018-19	7,031 188	3,365 152	3,666 36
2019-20	7,473 442	3,498 133	3,975 309
2020-21	7,814 341	3,565 67	4,249 274
2021-22	8,765 951	3,836 271	4,929 680
2022-23	8,874 109	3,909 73	4,965 36
2023-24	9,051 177	3,943 34	5,108 143
2024-25	9,399 348	4,153 210	5,246 138
Average	7,818	3,547	4,272

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.42%. The percentage was 65.04% 10 years ago and MCC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.96% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 28.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.04% to 59.42%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.97% to 2.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.28% to 1.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.38% to 28.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5626 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5346 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at McHenry County 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	6	129	84	1,337	8	4,267	122
2016-17	7	134	98	1,290	9	4,267	168
2017-18	8	167	123	1,485	7	4,428	211
2018-19	18	174	126	1,626	11	4,409	228
2019-20	17	187	105	1,921	4	4,546	294
2020-21	11	154	143	1,924	1	5,023	292
2021-22	19	245	132	2,098	3	5,491	318
2022-23	35	249	155	2,236	3	5,661	266
2023-24	31	261	174	2,442	8	5,584	255
2024-25	33	277	184	2,692	7	5,585	303
Average	19	198	132	1,905	6	4,926	246