Enrollment Trends at Rio Salado

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 18,181 where 18,841 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 20,533 students in 2016 and was lowest at 15,682 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 20,533 to 18,841 students, a net loss of 1,692 (8.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	20,533	7,953	12,580
2016-17	18,636 -1,897	7,061 -892	11,575 -1,005
2017-18	17,635 -1,001	6,544 -517	11,091 -484
2018-19	18,304 669	6,876 332	11,428 337
2019-20	19,103 799	7,205 329	11,898 470
2020-21	17,362 -1,741	6,579 -626	10,783 -1,115
2021-22	15,682 -1,680	6,363 -216	9,319 -1,464
2022-23	17,078 1,396	6,879 516	10,199 880
2023-24	18,631 1,553	7,524 645	11,107 908
2024-25	18,841 210	7,423 -101	11,418 311
Average	18,181	7,041	11,140

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.12% and the percentage of black students is 7.25% at Rio Salado College. 4.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.73% to 46.12%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.32% to 4.85%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.20% to 7.25%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 18.56% to 29.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6867 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6910 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rio Salado 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	346	681	1,479	3,811	43	10,622	393
2016-17	264	645	1,257	3,694	49	9,159	382
2017-18	282	646	1,200	3,819	49	8,984	571
2018-19	278	694	1,126	4,266	57	9,778	716
2019-20	292	719	1,221	4,866	51	10,043	839
2020-21	258	710	1,029	4,518	35	9,225	888
2021-22	230	662	811	4,174	34	8,308	842
2022-23	227	741	1,003	4,756	46	8,701	947
2023-24	257	814	1,244	5,466	41	9,068	1,029
2024-25	239	914	1,366	5,631	31	8,689	1,124
Average	267	723	1,174	4,500	44	9,258	773