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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 13,655 students in 2020 and was lowest at 11,845 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 13,311 to 12,556 students, a net loss of 755 (5.7%).

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