Enrollment Trends at Sierra

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,640 where 19,125 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 19,125 students in 2025 and was lowest at 15,766 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 18,218 to 19,125 students, a net gain of 907 (5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	18,218	8,276	9,942
2016-17	17,833 -385	8,131 -145	9,702 -240
2017-18	18,221 388	8,125 -6	10,096 394
2018-19	18,314 93	8,258 133	10,056 -40
2019-20	18,226 -88	8,180 -78	10,046 -10
2020-21	17,503 -723	7,456 -724	10,047 1
2021-22	15,773 -1,730	6,972 -484	8,801 -1,246
2022-23	15,766 -7	7,123 151	8,643 -158
2023-24	17,420 1,654	7,927 804	9,493 850
2024-25	19,125 1,705	8,856 929	10,269 776
Average	17,640	7,930	9,710

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.40%. The percentage was 57.56% 10 years ago and Sierra still has a high percentage of white students. 8.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.11% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 22.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.56% to 54.40%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.90% to 8.98%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.78% to 3.11%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 26.90% to 22.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6368 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5903 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sierra 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	104	892	506	4,901	76	10,486	959
2016-17	102	1,006	527	4,774	58	10,088	996
2017-18	103	1,098	518	4,781	61	10,321	1,094
2018-19	83	1,177	533	4,861	64	10,226	1,152
2019-20	80	1,216	523	5,046	92	9,410	1,112
2020-21	87	1,282	511	4,857	78	9,129	1,134
2021-22	85	1,270	432	3,813	64	8,687	1,139
2022-23	87	1,245	501	3,629	75	8,764	1,223
2023-24	96	1,455	559	4,015	75	9,496	1,416
2024-25	106	1,718	595	4,352	85	10,404	1,529
Average	93	1,236	521	4,503	73	9,701	1,175