Enrollment Trends at Owens CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,874 where 7,854 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 11,531 students in 2016 and was lowest at 7,516 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,531 to 7,854 students, a net loss of 3,677 (31.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,531	6,075	5,456
2016-17	10,171 -1,360	5,099 -976	5,072 -384
2017-18	10,038 -133	5,119 20	4,919 -153
2018-19	9,460 -578	4,850 -269	4,610 -309
2019-20	9,310 -150	4,919 69	4,391 -219
2020-21	7,536 -1,774	3,614 -1,305	3,922 -469
2021-22	7,516 -20	3,776 162	3,740 -182
2022-23	7,559 43	3,838 62	3,721 -19
2023-24	7,762 203	3,903 65	3,859 138
2024-25	7,854 92	3,871 -32	3,983 124
Average	8,874	4,506	4,367

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.39%. The percentage was 72.21% 10 years ago and Owens CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.97% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.21% to 71.39%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.85% to 1.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.74% to 9.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.57% to 9.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4702 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4622 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Owens Community 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	40	98	1,238	758	7	8,326	260
2016-17	28	101	1,066	727	4	6,972	236
2017-18	27	89	1,005	728	6	6,606	256
2018-19	30	72	886	729	9	6,162	233
2019-20	28	76	855	702	10	6,435	256
2020-21	20	89	694	617	7	5,490	210
2021-22	13	75	664	604	5	5,574	230
2022-23	20	90	686	657	9	5,550	256
2023-24	20	92	737	703	6	5,608	268
2024-25	22	98	783	744	7	5,607	256
Average	25	88	861	697	7	6,233	246