Enrollment Trends at RBC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,433 where 2,788 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in RBC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,255	824	1,431
2016-17	2,409 154	930 106	1,479 48
2017-18	2,487 78	990 60	1,497 18
2018-19	2,475 -12	1,011 21	1,464 -33
2019-20	2,375 -100	953 -58	1,422 -42
2020-21	2,218 -157	864 -89	1,354 -68
2021-22	2,670 452	1,084 220	1,586 232
2022-23	2,051 -619	871 -213	1,180 -406
2023-24	2,598 547	1,122 251	1,476 296
2024-25	2,788 190	1,185 63	1,603 127
Average	2,433	983	1,449

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.93% and the percentage of black students is 23.92% at Richard Bland College. 14.89% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.55% to 41.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.87% to 14.89%. Black student enrollment decreased from 27.49% to 23.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.75% to 6.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7362 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6405 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Richard Bland 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	10	155	620	62	0	1,185	107
2016-17	6	230	681	43	0	1,193	111
2017-18	11	298	544	133	0	1,326	92
2018-19	12	402	535	141	0	1,227	58
2019-20	11	376	585	138	0	1,087	56
2020-21	11	127	545	135	0	961	29
2021-22	16	367	520	153	0	1,257	173
2022-23	13	363	456	123	2	866	147
2023-24	13	407	572	155	0	1,099	225
2024-25	12	415	667	170	0	1,169	195
Average	12	314	573	125	0	1,137	119