Enrollment Trends at WCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,398 where 2,107 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,915 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,089 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,915 to 2,107 students, a net loss of 808 (27.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,915	1,119	1,796
2016-17	2,745 -170	1,061 -58	1,684 -112
2017-18	2,676 -69	1,036 -25	1,640 -44
2018-19	2,514 -162	945 -91	1,569 -71
2019-20	2,450 -64	900 -45	1,550 -19
2020-21	2,244 -206	793 -107	1,451 -99
2021-22	2,089 -155	716 -77	1,373 -78
2022-23	2,116 27	799 83	1,317 -56
2023-24	2,119 3	792 -7	1,327 10
2024-25	2,107 -12	805 13	1,302 -25
Average	2,398	897	1,501

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.87%. The percentage was 89.16% 10 years ago and WCC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.80% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 89.16% to 82.87%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.75% to 0.66%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.19% to 3.80%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.33% to 7.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3058 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2019 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wytheville 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	10	22	122	97	3	2,599	48
2016-17	11	20	106	101	2	2,436	59
2017-18	8	20	102	110	3	2,360	58
2018-19	10	21	83	111	1	2,215	52
2019-20	10	17	83	117	1	2,138	51
2020-21	5	7	71	84	2	1,986	49
2021-22	8	10	62	113	0	1,800	54
2022-23	7	10	54	136	2	1,829	43
2023-24	6	14	64	141	1	1,819	48
2024-25	9	14	80	148	2	1,746	69
Average	8	16	83	116	2	2,093	53