Enrollment Trends at MJC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,192 where 18,258 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MJC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,739	7,558	10,181
2016-17	17,684 -55	7,400 -158	10,284 103
2017-18	17,880 196	7,355 -45	10,525 241
2018-19	17,908 28	7,142 -213	10,766 241
2019-20	18,068 160	7,268 126	10,800 34
2020-21	16,365 -1,703	6,069 -1,199	10,296 -504
2021-22	14,642 -1,723	5,516 -553	9,126 -1,170
2022-23	16,224 1,582	6,240 724	9,984 858
2023-24	17,152 928	6,742 502	10,410 426
2024-25	18,258 1,106	7,349 607	10,909 499
Average	17,192	6,864	10,328

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.25% and the percentage of black students is 3.22% at Modesto Junior College. 6.35% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 57.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.81% to 27.25%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.98% to 6.35%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.58% to 3.22%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 47.63% to 57.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5845 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6250 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Modesto Junior 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	110	1,060	635	8,449	174	6,708	248
2016-17	102	1,087	643	8,687	199	6,570	139
2017-18	101	1,083	623	9,147	195	6,470	63
2018-19	90	1,130	588	9,368	188	6,334	36
2019-20	118	1,151	598	9,715	217	5,907	16
2020-21	99	1,040	497	8,721	204	5,574	8
2021-22	77	953	461	7,821	169	4,980	5
2022-23	95	1,032	546	8,788	180	5,389	5
2023-24	95	1,112	563	9,583	164	5,446	19
2024-25	76	1,160	588	10,576	136	4,975	424
Average	96	1,081	574	9,086	183	5,835	96