Enrollment Trends at TCAT-Pulaski

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 666 where 742 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 1,003 students in 2016 and was lowest at 561 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,003 to 742 students, a net loss of 261 (26%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,003	626	377
2016-17	692 -311	477 -149	215 -162
2017-18	592 -100	451 -26	141 -74
2018-19	619 27	480 29	139 -2
2019-20	602 -17	488 8	114 -25
2020-21	576 -26	455 -33	121 7
2021-22	561 -15	429 -26	132 11
2022-23	565 4	437 8	128 -4
2023-24	705 140	544 107	161 33
2024-25	742 37	537 -7	205 44
Average	666	492	173

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.27%. The percentage was 83.65% 10 years ago and TCAT-Pulaski still has a high percentage of white students. 0.54% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.91% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.65% to 81.27%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.20% to 0.54%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.68% to 3.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.69% to 8.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3300 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2914 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-Pulaski over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	7	2	77	37	1	839	40
2016-17	1	2	51	36	0	581	21
2017-18	1	1	29	24	0	521	16
2018-19	0	3	37	23	0	549	6
2019-20	4	4	27	18	1	506	16
2020-21	2	1	37	17	1	484	27
2021-22	0	4	31	18	2	465	23
2022-23	3	2	34	33	1	458	22
2023-24	2	6	34	36	0	437	13
2024-25	3	4	29	61	0	603	26
Average	2	3	39	30	1	544	21

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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