Enrollment Trends at WPCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,799 where 1,813 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.66 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WPCC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,950	801	1,149
2016-17	1,789 -161	695 -106	1,094 -55
2017-18	1,834 45	730 35	1,104 10
2018-19	1,779 -55	689 -41	1,090 -14
2019-20	1,820 41	689	1,131 41
2020-21	1,792 -28	606 -83	1,186 55
2021-22	1,670 -122	582 -24	1,088 -98
2022-23	1,749 79	640 58	1,109 21
2023-24	1,791 42	678 38	1,113 4
2024-25	1,813 22	682 4	1,131 18
Average	1,799	679	1,120

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.99%. The percentage was 79.79% 10 years ago and WPCC still has a high percentage of white students. 6.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.79% to 70.99%. Asian enrollment declined from 8.21% to 6.40%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.31% to 5.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.08% to 15.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4656 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3500 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Piedmont Community 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	6	160	123	99	3	1,556	0
2016-17	5	136	111	109	4	1,419	0
2017-18	13	126	131	136	2	1,420	0
2018-19	11	144	102	118	2	1,383	1
2019-20	6	131	94	155	1	1,417	1
2020-21	3	118	99	166	3	1,389	0
2021-22	4	88	98	166	2	1,305	0
2022-23	7	95	104	222	1	1,305	5
2023-24	10	114	99	263	4	1,276	9
2024-25	12	116	99	277	6	1,287	6
Average	8	123	106	171	3	1,376	2