Enrollment Trends at Tidewater CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,521 where 16,884 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 25,927 students in 2016 and was lowest at 15,912 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 25,927 to 16,884 students, a net loss of 9,043 (34.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,927	10,755	15,172
2016-17	23,945 -1,982	9,885 -870	14,060 -1,112
2017-18	22,776 -1,169	9,376 -509	13,400 -660
2018-19	20,941 -1,835	8,434 -942	12,507 -893
2019-20	19,064 -1,877	7,765 -669	11,299 -1,208
2020-21	16,769 -2,295	6,567 -1,198	10,202 -1,097
2021-22	16,797 28	6,526 -41	10,271 69
2022-23	16,195 -602	6,669 143	9,526 -745
2023-24	15,912 -283	6,740 71	9,172 -354
2024-25	16,884 972	7,251 511	9,633 461
Average	19,521	7,997	11,524

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.97% and the percentage of black students is 28.70% at Tidewater Community College. 4.98% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.66% to 41.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.19% to 4.98%. Black student enrollment decreased from 32.92% to 28.70%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.70% to 11.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7191 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6541 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tidewater Community 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	136	1,087	8,536	1,997	164	12,357	1,327
2016-17	125	1,064	7,621	1,959	128	11,402	1,315
2017-18	109	1,029	7,115	1,939	150	10,797	1,327
2018-19	88	911	6,259	1,959	109	9,888	1,326
2019-20	88	878	5,558	1,804	91	9,004	1,253
2020-21	68	819	4,654	1,420	86	8,115	1,130
2021-22	73	788	5,026	1,572	74	7,616	1,137
2022-23	73	806	4,636	1,646	64	7,249	1,176
2023-24	60	827	4,495	1,871	60	6,844	1,195
2024-25	71	840	4,845	1,969	62	7,086	1,343
Average	89	905	5,875	1,814	99	9,036	1,253