Enrollment Trends at MDC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 51,604 where 58,941 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MDC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	62,332	26,250	36,082
2016-17	55,206 -7,126	23,611 -2,639	31,595 -4,487
2017-18	56,001 795	23,843 232	32,158 563
2018-19	54,973 -1,028	23,410 -433	31,563 -595
2019-20	51,679 -3,294	21,950 -1,460	29,729 -1,834
2020-21	46,523 -5,156	18,735 -3,215	27,788 -1,941
2021-22	44,002 -2,521	17,898 -837	26,104 -1,684
2022-23	47,245 3,243	19,732 1,834	27,513 1,409
2023-24	39,139 -8,106	16,202 -3,530	22,937 -4,576
2024-25	58,941 19,802	24,915 8,713	34,026 11,089
Average	51,604	21,655	29,950

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.78% and the percentage of black students is 14.85% at Miami Dade College. 1.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 71.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 6.00% to 3.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.00% to 1.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.98% to 14.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 69.12% to 71.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4719 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4961 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Miami Dade 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	48	623	9,339	43,085	30	3,737	243
2016-17	42	547	7,795	38,170	30	3,396	252
2017-18	51	534	7,885	39,262	30	3,231	336
2018-19	46	541	7,613	38,213	30	3,229	442
2019-20	38	550	7,105	36,621	29	2,635	428
2020-21	26	497	6,301	33,473	25	2,353	406
2021-22	23	464	6,343	31,631	13	2,058	373
2022-23	16	518	6,923	33,658	18	2,085	457
2023-24	16	437	5,226	28,239	17	1,654	335
2024-25	25	612	8,753	41,864	16	2,229	511
Average	33	532	7,328	36,422	24	2,661	378