Enrollment Trends at Ventura

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,170 where 12,222 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 13,312 students in 2019 and was lowest at 10,559 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 12,989 to 12,222 students, a net loss of 767 (5.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,989	5,806	7,183
2016-17	12,851 -138	5,839 33	7,012 -171
2017-18	13,174 323	5,866 27	7,308 296
2018-19	13,312 138	5,829 -37	7,483 175
2019-20	12,696 -616	5,647 -182	7,049 -434
2020-21	11,789 -907	4,744 -903	7,045 -4
2021-22	10,741 -1,048	4,441 -303	6,300 -745
2022-23	10,559 -182	4,548 107	6,011 -289
2023-24	11,367 808	4,892 344	6,475 464
2024-25	12,222 855	5,241 349	6,981 506
Average	12,170	5,285	6,885

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.47% and the percentage of black students is 1.85% at Ventura College. 4.92% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 64.91% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 29.71% to 21.47%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.57% to 4.92%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.16% to 1.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 58.59% to 64.91%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5274 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5646 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ventura 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	46	594	280	7,610	21	3,859	471
2016-17	47	577	287	7,644	32	3,665	482
2017-18	45	588	248	8,073	32	3,570	500
2018-19	34	554	276	8,199	29	3,561	522
2019-20	25	528	224	8,076	25	2,888	471
2020-21	32	555	222	7,308	26	2,884	443
2021-22	21	532	227	6,765	26	2,484	486
2022-23	28	496	240	6,746	20	2,291	477
2023-24	31	515	232	7,414	22	2,424	529
2024-25	33	601	226	7,933	29	2,624	602
Average	34	554	246	7,577	26	3,025	498