Enrollment Trends at SAC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 26,286 where 27,248 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 29,808 students in 2016 and was lowest at 20,118 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 29,808 to 27,248 students, a net loss of 2,560 (8.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	29,808	18,363	11,445
2016-17	28,260 -1,548	16,988 -1,375	11,272 -173
2017-18	28,083 -177	16,896 -92	11,187 -85
2018-19	28,425 342	16,881 -15	11,544 357
2019-20	27,052 -1,373	15,810 -1,071	11,242 -302
2020-21	20,118 -6,934	10,380 -5,430	9,738 -1,504
2021-22	23,936 3,818	14,029 3,649	9,907 169
2022-23	23,852 -84	13,558 -471	10,294 387
2023-24	26,073 2,221	15,308 1,750	10,765 471
2024-25	27,248 1,175	15,931 623	11,317 552
Average	26,286	15,414	10,871

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.38% and the percentage of black students is 1.48% at Santa Ana College. 7.88% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 53.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 20.74% to 18.38%. Asian enrollment declined from 7.96% to 7.88%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.38% to 1.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 51.81% to 53.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6720 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6818 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Santa Ana 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	74	2,373	411	15,445	87	6,182	386
2016-17	46	2,130	414	15,166	84	5,122	369
2017-18	66	1,987	401	15,217	69	5,189	397
2018-19	58	2,066	390	15,428	60	5,152	400
2019-20	63	2,027	333	15,180	61	4,649	370
2020-21	42	1,848	289	12,144	55	3,319	383
2021-22	54	1,944	321	12,646	50	4,473	425
2022-23	41	1,827	370	13,214	69	3,905	436
2023-24	53	2,043	384	14,464	64	4,308	509
2024-25	45	2,147	404	14,604	62	5,007	617
Average	54	2,039	372	14,351	66	4,731	429