Enrollment Trends at WCCCD

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,783 where 11,887 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WCCCD than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wayne County Community College District since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,654	5,790	10,864
2016-17	16,822 168	5,936 146	10,886 22
2017-18	14,806 -2,016	5,333 -603	9,473 -1,413
2018-19	14,957 151	5,276 -57	9,681 208
2019-20	14,436 -521	5,364 88	9,072 -609
2020-21	10,748 -3,688	3,705 -1,659	7,043 -2,029
2021-22	12,749 2,001	4,276 571	8,473 1,430
2022-23	12,219 -530	4,130 -146	8,089 -384
2023-24	12,554 335	4,736 606	7,818 -271
2024-25	11,887 -667	4,733 -3	7,154 -664
Average	13,783	4,928	8,855

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.36% and the percentage of black students is 58.11% at Wayne County Community College District. 0.76% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 17.44% to 25.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.54% to 0.76%. Black student enrollment decreased from 65.60% to 58.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.46% to 4.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5917 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5330 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wayne County Community College District 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	40	90	10,925	243	28	2,904	1,288
2016-17	44	88	11,326	149	12	3,345	715
2017-18	31	142	9,811	275	23	2,478	743
2018-19	19	86	9,927	192	13	2,247	742
2019-20	15	87	9,264	221	20	2,731	719
2020-21	24	165	7,058	213	15	2,219	536
2021-22	75	123	7,997	259	12	2,078	1,002
2022-23	27	143	8,337	516	9	1,435	645
2023-24	22	81	8,739	248	9	2,395	500
2024-25	14	90	6,907	499	7	3,015	802
Average	31	110	9,029	282	15	2,485	769