Enrollment Trends at UEI College-Bakersfield

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,084 where 1,415 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 1,415 students in 2025 and was lowest at 746 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 771 to 1,415 students, a net gain of 644 (83.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at UEI College-Bakersfield since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	771	142	629
2016-17	746 -25	129 -13	617 -12
2017-18	840 94	289 160	551 -66
2018-19	904 64	394 105	510 -41
2019-20	990 86	406 12	584 74
2020-21	1,225 235	443 37	782 198
2021-22	1,204 -21	512 69	692 -90
2022-23	1,358 154	630 118	728 36
2023-24	1,385 27	748 118	637 -91
2024-25	1,415 30	832 84	583 -54
Average	1,084	453	631

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.25% and the percentage of black students is 2.69% at UEI College-Bakersfield. 0.64% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 20.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 17.12% to 3.25%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.17% to 0.64%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.69% to 2.69%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 70.04% to 20.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9553 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.4723 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at UEI College-Bakersfield 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	7	9	67	540	1	132	8
2016-17	8	15	57	481	2	128	15
2017-18	9	14	54	526	3	215	16
2018-19	4	7	32	329	1	87	15
2019-20	6	4	26	195	1	44	7
2020-21	1	8	45	231	3	54	4
2021-22	1	6	29	237	4	49	4
2022-23	4	8	34	257	1	43	7
2023-24	3	6	23	279	1	33	5
2024-25	5	9	38	291	3	46	33
Average	5	9	41	337	2	83	11

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

UEI College-Bakersfield does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.