Enrollment Trends at Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 85 where 50 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 182 students in 2017 and was lowest at 31 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 174 to 50 students, a net loss of 124 (71.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	174	15	159
2016-17	182 8	13 -2	169 10
2017-18	135 -47	3 -10	132 -37
2018-19	103 -32	5 2	98 -34
2019-20	31 -72	1 -4	30 -68
2020-21	50 19	1	49 19
2021-22	45 -5	1	44 -5
2022-23	36 -9	2 1	34 -10
2023-24	46 10	2	44 10
2024-25	50 4	3 1	47 3
Average	85	5	81

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.00% and the percentage of black students is 30.00% at Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek. Hispanic students comprise 12.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.84% to 36.00%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.37% to 30.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.47% to 12.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7556 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4564 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek 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	2	0	25	13	0	125	6
2016-17	0	1	34	8	0	127	12
2017-18	0	0	14	6	0	108	7
2018-19	0	1	14	8	0	77	2
2019-20	0	0	9	4	0	16	2
2020-21	0	1	16	3	0	24	6
2021-22	0	0	5	4	0	25	6
2022-23	0	1	5	4	0	10	1
2023-24	0	1	11	4	0	7	0
2024-25	1	0	15	6	0	18	5
Average	0	1	15	6	0	54	5

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.