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.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Ventura than male students.

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