Enrollment Trends at Wilkes CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,527 where 2,593 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 2,692 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,315 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,636 to 2,593 students, a net loss of 43 (1.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,636	1,202	1,434
2016-17	2,609 -27	1,195 -7	1,414 -20
2017-18	2,665 56	1,173 -22	1,492 78
2018-19	2,601 -64	1,166 -7	1,435 -57
2019-20	2,692 91	1,141 -25	1,551 116
2020-21	2,435 -257	979 -162	1,456 -95
2021-22	2,315 -120	960 -19	1,355 -101
2022-23	2,321 6	968 8	1,353 -2
2023-24	2,405 84	1,042 74	1,363 10
2024-25	2,593 188	1,073 31	1,520 157
Average	2,527	1,090	1,437

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.17%. The percentage was 86.65% 10 years ago and Wilkes CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.47% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.50% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.65% to 76.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.49% to 0.93%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.15% to 2.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.59% to 15.50%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3946 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2423 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• 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	3	13	83	200	0	2,284	30
2016-17	5	10	69	232	1	2,222	47
2017-18	4	11	58	276	0	2,127	56
2018-19	5	17	59	245	0	1,982	43
2019-20	7	17	65	271	1	2,032	52
2020-21	8	14	56	259	0	1,922	43
2021-22	5	22	53	262	0	1,869	48
2022-23	7	22	60	272	1	1,867	40
2023-24	5	23	62	316	1	1,908	51
2024-25	5	24	64	402	3	1,975	61
Average	5	17	63	274	1	2,019	47