Enrollment Trends at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 858 where 1,628 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 508 to 1,628 students, a gain of 1,120 (220.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	508	281	227
2016-17	559 51	327 46	232 5
2017-18	582 23	324 -3	258 26
2018-19	713 131	432 108	281 23
2019-20	785 72	482 50	303 22
2020-21	798 13	489 7	309 6
2021-22	799 1	496 7	303 -6
2022-23	982 183	662 166	320 17
2023-24	1,229 247	863 201	366 46
2024-25	1,628 399	1,048 185	580 214
Average	858	540	318

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.47%. The percentage was 79.92% 10 years ago and Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson still has a high percentage of white students. 0.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.12% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.40% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.92% to 62.47%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.20% to 0.55%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.22% to 11.12%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.92% to 9.40%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5849 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3452 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson 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	0	1	57	25	1	406	16
2016-17	3	7	54	43	1	430	18
2017-18	4	10	60	42	2	443	18
2018-19	1	3	69	66	2	542	25
2019-20	4	11	82	60	1	578	24
2020-21	1	5	87	53	1	601	41
2021-22	3	3	98	67	4	561	47
2022-23	3	4	117	89	3	668	53
2023-24	4	9	139	115	3	808	67
2024-25	4	9	181	153	3	1,017	98
Average	3	6	94	71	2	605	41

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.