Enrollment Trends at TCAT

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 401 where 812 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.56 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in TCAT than female students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	276	163	113
2016-17	306 30	159 -4	147 34
2017-18	258 -48	170 11	88 -59
2018-19	249 -9	155 -15	94 6
2019-20	274 25	207 52	67 -27
2020-21	269 -5	205 -2	64 -3
2021-22	336 67	253 48	83 19
2022-23	577 241	445 192	132 49
2023-24	656 79	485 40	171 39
2024-25	812 156	521 36	291 120
Average	401	276	125

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.65%. The percentage was 89.86% 10 years ago and TCAT still has a high percentage of white students. 0.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.34% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 89.86% to 73.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.36% to 0.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.81% to 2.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.16% to 13.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4377 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1881 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-McMinnville 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	5	17	0	248	5
2016-17	0	2	13	23	0	261	3
2017-18	0	2	9	23	0	219	3
2018-19	2	2	5	17	0	217	4
2019-20	1	1	7	14	0	246	4
2020-21	1	1	5	14	0	243	4
2021-22	0	0	4	26	0	293	5
2022-23	0	0	10	70	0	444	16
2023-24	1	2	18	82	0	500	17
2024-25	1	5	19	108	0	598	33
Average	1	2	10	39	0	327	9

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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