Enrollment Trends at Riverside City

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 20,136 where 21,730 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 21,730 students in 2025 and was lowest at 17,960 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 19,086 to 21,730 students, a net gain of 2,644 (13.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	19,086	8,356	10,730
2016-17	19,644 558	8,543 187	11,101 371
2017-18	20,863 1,219	9,025 482	11,838 737
2018-19	21,292 429	9,052 27	12,240 402
2019-20	21,118 -174	8,809 -243	12,309 69
2020-21	20,080 -1,038	7,654 -1,155	12,426 117
2021-22	17,960 -2,120	7,009 -645	10,951 -1,475
2022-23	19,147 1,187	7,782 773	11,365 414
2023-24	20,437 1,290	8,466 684	11,971 606
2024-25	21,730 1,293	8,975 509	12,755 784
Average	20,136	8,367	11,769

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.81% and the percentage of black students is 7.02% at Riverside City College. 6.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 68.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 20.16% to 12.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.49% to 6.13%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.23% to 7.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 60.21% to 68.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5067 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5861 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Riverside City 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	61	1,048	1,571	11,492	70	3,848	579
2016-17	64	1,120	1,540	12,128	76	3,844	435
2017-18	62	1,128	1,623	13,086	78	4,083	386
2018-19	77	1,167	1,618	13,714	80	3,968	331
2019-20	81	1,138	1,427	13,151	109	3,524	323
2020-21	62	1,231	1,513	13,082	87	3,237	578
2021-22	40	1,188	1,298	11,846	68	2,677	653
2022-23	33	1,219	1,417	12,842	73	2,586	782
2023-24	37	1,237	1,468	13,884	60	2,688	853
2024-25	39	1,332	1,526	14,840	59	2,784	933
Average	56	1,181	1,500	13,007	76	3,324	585