How Student Population Changes at Grand Rapids CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,953 where 11,803 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Grand Rapids CC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,590	7,963	8,627
2014-15	15,668 -922	7,673 -290	7,995 -632
2015-16	14,926 -742	7,220 -453	7,706 -289
2016-17	14,463 -463	7,182 -38	7,281 -425
2017-18	14,269 -194	6,907 -275	7,362 81
2018-19	13,788 -481	6,551 -356	7,237 -125
2019-20	13,270 -518	6,212 -339	7,058 -179
2020-21	12,107 -1,163	5,232 -980	6,875 -183
2021-22	12,642 535	5,347 115	7,295 420
2022-23	11,803 -839	5,161 -186	6,642 -653
Average	13,953	6,545	7,408

Grand Rapids Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.04%. The percentage was 69.29% 10 years ago and Grand Rapids CC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.89% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.39% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grand Rapids 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	123	567	1,898	1,376	5	11,495	126
2014-15	131	562	1,580	1,541	9	10,794	262
2015-16	92	580	1,379	1,696	8	10,213	327
2016-17	76	616	1,253	1,812	9	9,822	390
2017-18	60	589	1,274	1,952	8	9,495	448
2018-19	69	525	1,182	1,920	8	8,529	440
2019-20	60	529	1,182	2,054	7	8,164	418
2020-21	53	492	1,021	1,594	9	7,677	389
2021-22	61	482	1,224	1,861	11	7,767	380
2022-23	70	459	1,108	2,038	9	7,086	418
Average	80	540	1,310	1,784	8	9,104	360

Grand Rapids Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,211 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 265.54% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Grand Rapids Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,668	1,152	2,837	11,679
2015-16	14,926	1,110	2,733	11,083
2016-17	14,463	1,194	2,614	10,655
2017-18	14,269	1,238	2,251	10,780
2018-19	13,788	1,282	2,124	10,382
2019-20	13,270	1,384	2,109	9,777
2020-21	12,107	9,766	1,807	534
2021-22	12,642	5,080	4,279	3,283
2022-23	11,803	4,211	3,191	4,401
Average	13,660	2,935	2,661	8,064

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Enrollment Trends at Grand Rapids CC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes