Enrollment Trends at Mt. San Jacinto

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,559 where 17,627 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 17,627 students in 2025 and was lowest at 13,988 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 15,010 to 17,627 students, a net gain of 2,617 (17.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mt San Jacinto Community College District since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,010	6,278	8,732
2016-17	15,497 487	6,417 139	9,080 348
2017-18	15,718 221	6,443 26	9,275 195
2018-19	15,751 33	6,382 -61	9,369 94
2019-20	15,597 -154	6,308 -74	9,289 -80
2020-21	13,988 -1,609	5,193 -1,115	8,795 -494
2021-22	14,035 47	5,609 416	8,426 -369
2022-23	15,153 1,118	5,918 309	9,235 809
2023-24	17,215 2,062	6,884 966	10,331 1,096
2024-25	17,627 412	7,169 285	10,458 127
Average	15,559	6,260	9,299

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.01% and the percentage of black students is 5.62% at Mt San Jacinto Community College District. 7.59% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 51.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.03% to 21.01%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.51% to 7.59%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.50% to 5.62%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 47.19% to 51.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6777 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6627 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mt San Jacinto Community College District 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	75	827	1,126	7,083	52	4,807	870
2016-17	74	869	1,121	7,655	52	4,663	912
2017-18	62	953	1,042	7,927	38	4,529	922
2018-19	71	975	1,012	8,217	36	4,379	952
2019-20	74	938	1,015	8,043	50	3,959	950
2020-21	61	952	746	7,132	50	3,541	838
2021-22	65	916	733	6,761	45	3,755	775
2022-23	73	1,095	913	7,954	66	3,229	787
2023-24	61	1,312	946	8,815	72	3,829	875
2024-25	70	1,338	991	9,103	66	3,703	894
Average	69	1,018	965	7,869	53	4,039	878