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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,950 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,670 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,950 to 1,813 students, a net loss of 137 (7%).

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