Enrollment Trends at Peninsula

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,956 where 2,153 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Peninsula than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,271	1,011	1,260
2016-17	2,173 -98	1,002 -9	1,171 -89
2017-18	2,094 -79	977 -25	1,117 -54
2018-19	2,052 -42	930 -47	1,122 5
2019-20	1,966 -86	818 -112	1,148 26
2020-21	1,727 -239	671 -147	1,056 -92
2021-22	1,702 -25	606 -65	1,096 40
2022-23	1,583 -119	544 -62	1,039 -57
2023-24	1,837 254	670 126	1,167 128
2024-25	2,153 316	769 99	1,384 217
Average	1,956	800	1,156

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.23%. The percentage was 59.00% 10 years ago and Peninsula still has a high percentage of white students. 2.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.18% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.00% to 51.23%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.07% to 2.23%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.21% to 2.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.09% to 13.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7094 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6401 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Peninsula 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	95	47	73	161	10	1,340	135
2016-17	104	53	72	182	8	1,231	159
2017-18	87	41	69	169	7	1,254	139
2018-19	78	54	61	167	4	1,175	170
2019-20	77	45	56	159	5	1,120	163
2020-21	67	37	51	165	5	1,042	114
2021-22	67	55	52	189	4	1,012	134
2022-23	81	43	43	171	7	952	130
2023-24	69	36	53	219	5	1,005	161
2024-25	69	48	47	292	7	1,103	189
Average	79	46	58	187	6	1,123	149