How Student Population Changes at Orion Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 134 where 75 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Orion Technical than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	177	99	78
2014-15	153 -24	83 -16	70 -8
2015-16	150 -3	85 2	65 -5
2016-17	163 13	102 17	61 -4
2017-18	134 -29	88 -14	46 -15
2018-19	134 0	76 -12	58 12
2019-20	134 0	59 -17	75 17
2020-21	120 -14	47 -12	73 -2
2021-22	103 -17	41 -6	62 -11
2022-23	75 -28	32 -9	43 -19
Average	134	71	63

Orion Technical College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.33%. The percentage was 79.10% 10 years ago and Orion Technical still has a high percentage of white students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Orion Technical 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	0	2	9	17	0	140	4
2014-15	1	1	23	11	0	112	2
2015-16	0	1	16	17	0	110	2
2016-17	0	1	15	24	0	118	2
2017-18	1	2	18	22	0	87	3
2018-19	0	2	15	21	0	90	6
2019-20	0	0	17	21	0	93	3
2020-21	0	0	18	18	0	73	11
2021-22	0	1	11	34	0	45	11
2022-23	0	0	11	9	0	46	7
Average	0	1	15	19	0	91	5

Orion Technical College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Orion Technical College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	153	0	0	153
2015-16	150	0	0	150
2016-17	163	0	0	163
2017-18	134	0	0	134
2018-19	134	0	0	134
2019-20	134	0	0	134
2020-21	120	0	0	120
2021-22	103	17	82	4
2022-23	75	7	68	0
Average	130	3	17	110

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Enrollment Trends at Orion Technical

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes