Enrollment Trends at Middlesex

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,928 where 12,044 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Middlesex than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,662	5,436	6,226
2016-17	11,390 -272	5,406 -30	5,984 -242
2017-18	11,381 -9	5,395 -11	5,986 2
2018-19	10,894 -487	5,195 -200	5,699 -287
2019-20	11,142 248	5,216 21	5,926 227
2020-21	10,084 -1,058	4,454 -762	5,630 -296
2021-22	9,477 -607	4,249 -205	5,228 -402
2022-23	9,736 259	4,471 222	5,265 37
2023-24	11,471 1,735	5,188 717	6,283 1,018
2024-25	12,044 573	5,442 254	6,602 319
Average	10,928	5,045	5,883

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.75% and the percentage of black students is 9.66% at Middlesex College. 20.32% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 35.19% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.97% to 19.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 14.00% to 20.32%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.26% to 9.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 30.42% to 35.19%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7855 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7784 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Middlesex 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	44	1,633	1,313	3,548	57	3,612	319
2016-17	42	1,736	1,308	3,550	36	3,336	315
2017-18	42	1,746	1,358	3,734	33	3,271	288
2018-19	34	1,690	1,313	3,692	22	3,017	274
2019-20	38	1,741	1,303	3,753	32	3,028	348
2020-21	32	1,639	1,178	3,267	32	2,723	346
2021-22	30	1,526	1,146	3,140	24	2,444	315
2022-23	27	1,786	1,079	3,231	24	2,298	310
2023-24	38	2,264	1,175	3,884	20	2,491	378
2024-25	40	2,447	1,163	4,238	22	2,379	385
Average	37	1,821	1,234	3,604	30	2,860	328