Enrollment Trends at PPCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,779 where 12,556 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PPCC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,311	5,778	7,533
2016-17	13,154 -157	5,631 -147	7,523 -10
2017-18	13,275 121	5,733 102	7,542 19
2018-19	13,204 -71	5,547 -186	7,657 115
2019-20	13,655 451	5,732 185	7,923 266
2020-21	12,506 -1,149	4,952 -780	7,554 -369
2021-22	11,845 -661	4,713 -239	7,132 -422
2022-23	11,899 54	4,858 145	7,041 -91
2023-24	12,388 489	5,144 286	7,244 203
2024-25	12,556 168	5,194 50	7,362 118
Average	12,779	5,328	7,451

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.02%. The percentage was 62.65% 10 years ago and PPCC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 25.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.65% to 53.02%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.58% to 3.40%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.30% to 25.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6430 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5770 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pikes Peak State 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	128	344	979	1,904	87	8,339	828
2016-17	113	337	969	2,124	84	7,969	801
2017-18	107	359	942	2,356	72	7,873	769
2018-19	99	390	913	2,472	87	7,505	793
2019-20	105	396	1,031	2,797	77	7,687	835
2020-21	77	366	892	2,641	71	7,218	779
2021-22	73	370	789	2,690	53	6,692	814
2022-23	82	391	850	2,833	50	6,515	800
2023-24	83	439	915	2,986	59	6,600	898
2024-25	88	427	923	3,165	59	6,657	947
Average	96	382	920	2,597	70	7,306	826