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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 18,258 students in 2025 and was lowest at 14,642 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 17,739 to 18,258 students, a net gain of 519 (2.9%).

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