Enrollment Trends at GCC

The student population at Glendale Community College is 10,658 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 5,086 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,429 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 573.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,873 where 10,658 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in GCC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Glendale Community College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,744	7,124	8,620
2014-15	15,112 -632	6,814 -310	8,298 -322
2015-16	15,588 476	7,267 453	8,321 23
2016-17	15,178 -410	6,933 -334	8,245 -76
2017-18	14,598 -580	6,591 -342	8,007 -238
2018-19	13,892 -706	6,244 -347	7,648 -359
2019-20	13,584 -308	6,098 -146	7,486 -162
2020-21	12,973 -611	5,538 -560	7,435 -51
2021-22	11,398 -1,575	4,958 -580	6,440 -995
2022-23	10,658 -740	4,798 -160	5,860 -580
Average	13,873	6,237	7,636

Glendale Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.54%. The percentage was 47.57% 10 years ago and GCC still has a high percentage of white students. 7.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.35% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Glendale Community College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	12	1,531	411	4,774	15	7,490	415
2014-15	17	1,488	373	4,686	13	7,051	418
2015-16	17	1,511	408	5,023	12	7,159	443
2016-17	14	1,253	334	5,021	10	7,108	429
2017-18	10	1,128	316	4,682	5	7,025	424
2018-19	11	1,035	306	4,279	6	6,933	424
2019-20	9	1,031	302	4,093	10	6,711	350
2020-21	12	1,041	311	3,669	18	6,727	398
2021-22	13	905	280	3,114	13	6,162	338
2022-23	8	818	250	2,958	16	5,813	311
Average	12	1,174	329	4,230	12	6,818	395

Glendale Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,429 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 573.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Glendale Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,112	509	2,574	12,029
2015-16	15,588	537	2,518	12,533
2016-17	15,178	532	2,363	12,283
2017-18	14,598	574	2,398	11,626
2018-19	13,892	954	3,049	9,889
2019-20	13,584	1,004	3,430	9,150
2020-21	12,973	2,101	5,417	5,455
2021-22	11,398	2,712	4,735	3,951
2022-23	10,658	3,429	4,032	3,197
Average	13,665	1,372	3,391	8,901

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