Enrollment Trends at PCCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,218 where 4,782 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PCCC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,389	3,342	5,047
2016-17	8,148 -241	3,237 -105	4,911 -136
2017-18	6,975 -1,173	2,796 -441	4,179 -732
2018-19	6,480 -495	2,540 -256	3,940 -239
2019-20	6,497 17	2,501 -39	3,996 56
2020-21	5,549 -948	1,997 -504	3,552 -444
2021-22	5,076 -473	1,917 -80	3,159 -393
2022-23	5,119 43	1,914 -3	3,205 46
2023-24	5,165 46	2,025 111	3,140 -65
2024-25	4,782 -383	1,849 -176	2,933 -207
Average	6,218	2,412	3,806

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.93% and the percentage of black students is 10.96% at Passaic County Community College. 4.73% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 64.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 17.36% to 13.93%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.07% to 4.73%. Black student enrollment decreased from 15.66% to 10.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 53.39% to 64.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5542 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6576 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Passaic County 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	18	425	1,314	4,479	22	1,456	68
2016-17	22	474	1,214	4,389	24	1,435	70
2017-18	14	434	929	3,776	15	1,318	63
2018-19	11	390	772	3,565	20	1,231	63
2019-20	11	385	744	3,668	18	1,174	50
2020-21	8	340	603	3,165	22	1,017	54
2021-22	10	265	509	3,078	14	843	59
2022-23	4	243	568	3,186	8	803	70
2023-24	3	282	538	3,231	10	764	86
2024-25	0	226	524	3,069	6	666	85
Average	10	346	772	3,561	16	1,071	67