Enrollment Trends at Potomac State College of West Vi

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,271 where 1,077 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Potomac State College of West Vi than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Potomac State College of West Virginia University since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,475	672	803
2016-17	1,452 -23	643 -29	809 6
2017-18	1,410 -42	614 -29	796 -13
2018-19	1,340 -70	583 -31	757 -39
2019-20	1,300 -40	601 18	699 -58
2020-21	1,193 -107	524 -77	669 -30
2021-22	1,174 -19	554 30	620 -49
2022-23	1,145 -29	485 -69	660 40
2023-24	1,143 -2	473 -12	670 10
2024-25	1,077 -66	411 -62	666 -4
Average	1,271	556	715

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.31%. The percentage was 72.14% 10 years ago and Potomac State College of West Vi still has a high percentage of white students. 0.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.11% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 72.14% to 84.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.61% to 0.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.86% to 5.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.25% to 4.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2833 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.4389 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Potomac State College of West Virginia University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	18	9	293	48	2	1,064	7
2016-17	3	4	195	41	2	1,137	57
2017-18	5	11	169	35	1	1,115	50
2018-19	3	13	106	44	1	1,091	57
2019-20	1	9	86	42	1	1,062	65
2020-21	3	9	88	35	1	971	63
2021-22	3	6	71	36	0	954	63
2022-23	3	4	49	39	0	954	55
2023-24	3	5	55	30	0	962	57
2024-25	3	7	55	47	0	908	39
Average	5	8	117	40	1	1,022	51