Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan Community College Area

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,787 where 16,642 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 16,642 students in 2025 and was lowest at 13,244 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 14,812 to 16,642 students, a net gain of 1,830 (12.4%).

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

• Trends Table
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,812	6,747	8,065
2016-17	14,788 -24	6,792 45	7,996 -69
2017-18	14,954 166	7,003 211	7,951 -45
2018-19	14,913 -41	6,864 -139	8,049 98
2019-20	14,300 -613	6,552 -312	7,748 -301
2020-21	13,244 -1,056	6,020 -532	7,224 -524
2021-22	13,709 465	6,445 425	7,264 40
2022-23	14,541 832	7,129 684	7,412 148
2023-24	15,964 1,423	7,782 653	8,182 770
2024-25	16,642 678	7,987 205	8,655 473
Average	14,787	6,932	7,855

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.66% and the percentage of black students is 8.82% at Metropolitan Community College Area. 3.11% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.21% to 48.66%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.65% to 3.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.23% to 8.82%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.88% to 18.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7189 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5843 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Metropolitan Community College Area over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	139	540	1,663	1,759	23	9,214	352
2016-17	147	541	1,692	1,793	18	8,955	410
2017-18	89	524	1,607	1,954	21	8,581	469
2018-19	82	445	1,559	1,968	24	8,203	508
2019-20	66	463	1,352	2,098	21	7,651	533
2020-21	56	353	1,120	1,927	17	7,175	516
2021-22	61	366	1,179	2,098	17	7,430	596
2022-23	72	400	1,326	2,617	23	7,188	661
2023-24	57	480	1,386	2,839	22	7,737	730
2024-25	57	517	1,468	3,025	15	8,098	841
Average	83	463	1,435	2,208	20	8,023	562