Enrollment Trends at Universal Technical Institute-Southern California

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,133 where 1,701 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 1,701 students in 2025 and was lowest at 285 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 285 to 1,701 students, a net gain of 1,416 (496.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Universal Technical Institute-Southern California since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	285	278	7
2016-17	864 579	841 563	23 16
2017-18	947 83	902 61	45 22
2018-19	983 36	937 35	46 1
2019-20	1,075 92	1,041 104	34 -12
2020-21	1,182 107	1,148 107	34
2021-22	1,341 159	1,285 137	56 22
2022-23	1,507 166	1,445 160	62 6
2023-24	1,447 -60	1,362 -83	85 23
2024-25	1,701 254	1,600 238	101 16
Average	1,133	1,084	49

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 11.58% and the percentage of black students is 4.00% at Universal Technical Institute-Southern California. 4.64% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 65.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 8.42% to 11.58%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.91% to 4.64%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.16% to 4.00%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 67.37% to 65.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5417 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.5278 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Universal Technical Institute-Southern California 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	14	9	192	4	24	25
2016-17	3	55	23	567	8	88	81
2017-18	2	36	30	623	8	126	88
2018-19	1	48	30	658	4	121	86
2019-20	5	51	41	701	9	144	89
2020-21	5	47	34	643	12	135	86
2021-22	6	69	47	741	12	165	102
2022-23	10	62	53	982	16	187	155
2023-24	11	49	61	957	12	168	146
2024-25	6	79	68	1,118	8	197	162
Average	5	51	40	718	9	136	102

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Universal Technical Institute-Southern California does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.