Enrollment Trends at Tarrant County College District

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 46,241 where 43,928 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 52,957 students in 2018 and was lowest at 36,264 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 51,688 to 43,928 students, a net loss of 7,760 (15%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	51,688	21,741	29,947
2016-17	51,350 -338	21,766 25	29,584 -363
2017-18	52,957 1,607	22,187 421	30,770 1,186
2018-19	51,100 -1,857	20,922 -1,265	30,178 -592
2019-20	50,519 -581	20,870 -52	29,649 -529
2020-21	43,000 -7,519	16,899 -3,971	26,101 -3,548
2021-22	36,264 -6,736	14,506 -2,393	21,758 -4,343
2022-23	40,131 3,867	16,816 2,310	23,315 1,557
2023-24	41,472 1,341	17,607 791	23,865 550
2024-25	43,928 2,456	18,463 856	25,465 1,600
Average	46,241	19,178	27,063

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.34% and the percentage of black students is 17.64% at Tarrant County College District. 6.90% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 37.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.77% to 26.34%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.86% to 6.90%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.89% to 17.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 30.48% to 37.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7551 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7048 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tarrant County College District 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	226	3,027	9,249	15,755	110	21,073	1,245
2016-17	190	3,091	8,835	16,570	103	20,111	1,367
2017-18	203	3,261	9,149	17,941	84	19,501	1,473
2018-19	184	3,259	8,646	18,068	69	17,923	1,569
2019-20	161	3,258	8,564	18,467	74	17,029	1,690
2020-21	145	2,858	7,101	14,990	63	14,443	1,588
2021-22	103	2,481	6,130	12,830	58	11,426	1,449
2022-23	123	2,617	6,586	14,643	64	11,389	1,543
2023-24	137	2,755	6,855	15,117	58	10,810	1,526
2024-25	144	3,032	7,750	16,314	61	11,570	1,822
Average	162	2,964	7,887	16,070	74	15,528	1,527