Enrollment Trends at Highland CC

The student population at Highland Community College is 1,184 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 847 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

126 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 0.80% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,587 where 1,184 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Highland CC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,031	792	1,239
2014-15	1,730 -301	685 -107	1,045 -194
2015-16	1,804 74	703 18	1,101 56
2016-17	1,857 53	769 66	1,088 -13
2017-18	1,678 -179	652 -117	1,026 -62
2018-19	1,596 -82	613 -39	983 -43
2019-20	1,511 -85	585 -28	926 -57
2020-21	1,276 -235	467 -118	809 -117
2021-22	1,203 -73	456 -11	747 -62
2022-23	1,184 -19	478 22	706 -41
Average	1,587	620	967

Highland Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.53%. The percentage was 81.24% 10 years ago and Highland CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.78% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Highland 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	35	19	181	53	0	1,650	57
2014-15	25	13	140	50	2	1,398	60
2015-16	43	19	135	49	2	1,461	62
2016-17	29	20	143	51	1	1,502	70
2017-18	12	19	126	51	1	1,367	49
2018-19	7	16	135	58	2	1,275	43
2019-20	8	13	121	73	4	1,192	48
2020-21	6	17	93	76	4	1,012	23
2021-22	8	25	110	60	4	915	41
2022-23	6	14	104	63	3	918	33
Average	18	18	129	58	2	1,269	49

Highland Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

126 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 0.80% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Highland Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,730	125	452	1,153
2015-16	1,804	122	444	1,238
2016-17	1,857	103	420	1,334
2017-18	1,678	92	460	1,126
2018-19	1,596	94	402	1,100
2019-20	1,511	104	350	1,057
2020-21	1,276	127	536	613
2021-22	1,203	120	465	618
2022-23	1,184	126	426	632
Average	1,538	113	439	986

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