Enrollment Trends at Pasadena City

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,171 where 24,597 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 27,324 students in 2018 and was lowest at 21,192 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 27,050 to 24,597 students, a net loss of 2,453 (9.1%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	27,050	12,891	14,159
2016-17	27,165 115	12,953 62	14,212 53
2017-18	27,324 159	13,023 70	14,301 89
2018-19	26,862 -462	12,792 -231	14,070 -231
2019-20	26,971 109	12,783 -9	14,188 118
2020-21	25,034 -1,937	11,068 -1,715	13,966 -222
2021-22	21,192 -3,842	9,676 -1,392	11,516 -2,450
2022-23	21,923 731	10,051 375	11,872 356
2023-24	23,592 1,669	11,006 955	12,586 714
2024-25	24,597 1,005	11,416 410	13,181 595
Average	25,171	11,766	13,405

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 15.88% and the percentage of black students is 4.06% at Pasadena City College. 23.06% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 47.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 7.13% to 15.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 23.56% to 23.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.90% to 4.06%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 49.70% to 47.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6924 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6786 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pasadena City 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	32	6,372	1,056	13,444	27	1,929	2,997
2016-17	26	6,266	1,032	13,813	26	3,973	874
2017-18	31	6,230	1,003	13,912	27	4,018	935
2018-19	33	6,393	1,057	13,484	23	3,830	980
2019-20	28	6,398	1,059	13,677	32	3,647	1,012
2020-21	28	5,794	966	12,549	49	3,718	967
2021-22	23	5,051	841	10,309	29	3,285	837
2022-23	32	5,124	844	10,794	36	3,337	925
2023-24	35	5,468	910	11,162	29	4,067	968
2024-25	50	5,671	998	11,652	29	3,905	1,379
Average	32	5,877	977	12,480	31	3,571	1,187