Enrollment Trends at Montgomery

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 20,616 where 18,835 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 25,320 students in 2016 and was lowest at 17,137 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 25,320 to 18,835 students, a net loss of 6,485 (25.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,320	11,963	13,357
2016-17	23,916 -1,404	11,255 -708	12,661 -696
2017-18	22,875 -1,041	10,664 -591	12,211 -450
2018-19	21,720 -1,155	10,064 -600	11,656 -555
2019-20	21,260 -460	9,797 -267	11,463 -193
2020-21	20,037 -1,223	8,857 -940	11,180 -283
2021-22	17,284 -2,753	7,773 -1,084	9,511 -1,669
2022-23	17,137 -147	7,931 158	9,206 -305
2023-24	17,780 643	8,265 334	9,515 309
2024-25	18,835 1,055	8,409 144	10,426 911
Average	20,616	9,498	11,119

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.60% and the percentage of black students is 24.13% at Montgomery College. 12.57% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 30.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 24.80% to 18.60%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.75% to 12.57%. Black student enrollment decreased from 28.39% to 24.13%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 22.64% to 30.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7999 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7944 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Montgomery 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	68	2,721	7,188	5,732	80	6,279	673
2016-17	54	2,688	6,769	5,640	56	5,767	689
2017-18	58	2,640	6,269	5,620	60	5,228	682
2018-19	54	2,500	5,890	5,489	43	4,891	663
2019-20	63	2,482	5,582	5,418	55	4,674	710
2020-21	48	2,491	5,291	5,224	42	4,383	695
2021-22	40	2,164	4,580	4,562	29	3,576	615
2022-23	33	2,114	4,325	4,807	30	3,377	659
2023-24	28	2,274	4,524	5,161	21	3,377	700
2024-25	32	2,367	4,545	5,650	23	3,503	739
Average	48	2,444	5,496	5,330	44	4,506	683