Enrollment Trends at VHCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,260 where 2,082 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 2,491 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,052 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,365 to 2,082 students, a net loss of 283 (12%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,365	925	1,440
2016-17	2,491 126	1,036 111	1,455 15
2017-18	2,328 -163	931 -105	1,397 -58
2018-19	2,387 59	974 43	1,413 16
2019-20	2,286 -101	900 -74	1,386 -27
2020-21	2,086 -200	787 -113	1,299 -87
2021-22	2,451 365	917 130	1,534 235
2022-23	2,068 -383	783 -134	1,285 -249
2023-24	2,052 -16	766 -17	1,286 1
2024-25	2,082 30	743 -23	1,339 53
Average	2,260	876	1,383

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.22%. The percentage was 92.85% 10 years ago and VHCC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.88% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 92.85% to 87.22%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.80% to 1.01%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.82% to 2.88%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.86% to 3.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2361 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1365 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia Highlands Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	4	19	43	44	2	2,196	54
2016-17	4	19	54	60	4	2,284	57
2017-18	7	23	48	55	4	2,120	64
2018-19	5	19	56	56	3	2,173	66
2019-20	8	16	60	51	2	2,083	53
2020-21	8	22	42	45	2	1,896	44
2021-22	6	18	47	72	1	2,202	65
2022-23	5	21	49	69	1	1,849	46
2023-24	4	16	54	78	3	1,812	54
2024-25	5	21	60	81	1	1,816	54
Average	6	19	51	61	2	2,043	56