Enrollment Trends at San Diego Mesa

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 20,955 where 19,212 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 24,208 students in 2016 and was lowest at 18,028 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 24,208 to 19,212 students, a net loss of 4,996 (20.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at San Diego Mesa College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	24,208	11,651	12,557
2016-17	23,560 -648	11,209 -442	12,351 -206
2017-18	23,532 -28	10,905 -304	12,627 276
2018-19	22,284 -1,248	10,178 -727	12,106 -521
2019-20	20,712 -1,572	9,332 -846	11,380 -726
2020-21	20,693 -19	8,905 -427	11,788 408
2021-22	18,028 -2,665	7,896 -1,009	10,132 -1,656
2022-23	18,076 48	7,977 81	10,099 -33
2023-24	19,243 1,167	8,751 774	10,492 393
2024-25	19,212 -31	8,766 15	10,446 -46
Average	20,955	9,557	11,398

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.11% and the percentage of black students is 6.87% at San Diego Mesa College. 13.08% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 41.99% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.18% to 28.11%. Asian enrollment declined from 15.22% to 13.08%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.25% to 6.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 34.33% to 41.99%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7167 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7477 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at San Diego Mesa 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	75	3,684	1,512	8,311	155	7,789	1,488
2016-17	67	3,401	1,587	8,618	133	7,645	1,506
2017-18	67	3,503	1,515	8,785	135	7,378	1,513
2018-19	73	3,249	1,474	8,515	132	6,822	1,448
2019-20	66	3,133	1,254	8,066	83	6,004	1,409
2020-21	49	3,107	1,197	8,082	92	6,090	1,586
2021-22	46	2,700	1,099	7,197	83	5,213	1,366
2022-23	41	2,638	1,167	7,198	83	5,235	1,415
2023-24	41	2,670	1,250	7,869	78	5,464	1,574
2024-25	52	2,513	1,320	8,068	96	5,401	1,499
Average	58	3,060	1,338	8,071	107	6,304	1,480