Enrollment Trends at MAC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,960 where 2,447 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,388 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,282 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,388 to 2,447 students, a net loss of 1,941 (44.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,388	1,981	2,407
2016-17	4,173 -215	1,875 -106	2,298 -109
2017-18	3,700 -473	1,631 -244	2,069 -229
2018-19	2,885 -815	1,089 -542	1,796 -273
2019-20	2,640 -245	906 -183	1,734 -62
2020-21	2,410 -230	808 -98	1,602 -132
2021-22	2,282 -128	787 -21	1,495 -107
2022-23	2,289 7	787	1,502 7
2023-24	2,389 100	882 95	1,507 5
2024-25	2,447 58	912 30	1,535 28
Average	2,960	1,166	1,795

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.69%. The percentage was 91.00% 10 years ago and MAC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.70% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 91.00% to 83.69%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.59% to 0.41%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.28% to 2.70%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.14% to 2.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2975 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1712 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mineral Area 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	29	26	100	50	2	3,993	0
2016-17	24	27	101	59	4	3,822	0
2017-18	44	29	89	63	1	3,377	0
2018-19	16	16	43	64	1	2,604	48
2019-20	13	9	48	50	2	2,377	59
2020-21	11	9	56	49	1	2,155	56
2021-22	9	12	45	58	0	2,018	51
2022-23	4	11	42	57	1	2,000	55
2023-24	12	12	49	67	0	2,049	51
2024-25	8	10	66	69	2	2,048	55
Average	17	16	64	59	1	2,644	38