Enrollment Trends at Odessa

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,345 where 9,981 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Odessa than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,473	2,181	3,292
2016-17	6,134 661	2,518 337	3,616 324
2017-18	6,282 148	2,370 -148	3,912 296
2018-19	7,083 801	2,704 334	4,379 467
2019-20	6,828 -255	2,575 -129	4,253 -126
2020-21	7,019 191	2,773 198	4,246 -7
2021-22	7,947 928	3,157 384	4,790 544
2022-23	7,995 48	3,242 85	4,753 -37
2023-24	8,708 713	3,698 456	5,010 257
2024-25	9,981 1,273	4,327 629	5,654 644
Average	7,345	2,955	4,391

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.47% and the percentage of black students is 4.45% at Odessa College. 1.22% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 66.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 28.32% to 19.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.43% to 1.22%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.64% to 4.45%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 59.09% to 66.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5195 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5682 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Odessa 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	31	78	254	3,234	6	1,550	35
2016-17	28	76	266	3,752	12	1,729	53
2017-18	29	71	276	3,954	6	1,705	66
2018-19	323	121	453	1,714	33	4,313	0
2019-20	28	79	341	4,469	0	1,753	0
2020-21	26	87	376	4,649	0	1,712	0
2021-22	29	91	442	5,319	13	1,723	0
2022-23	31	95	410	5,304	6	1,685	0
2023-24	36	119	389	5,857	9	1,766	0
2024-25	25	122	444	6,624	10	1,943	0
Average	59	94	365	4,488	10	1,988	15