Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan Community College Area

The student population at Metropolitan Community College Area is 14,541 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 1,211 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

3,384 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 18.03% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,569 where 14,541 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Metropolitan Community College Area.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,752	7,107	8,645
2014-15	14,675 -1,077	6,557 -550	8,118 -527
2015-16	14,812 137	6,747 190	8,065 -53
2016-17	14,788 -24	6,792 45	7,996 -69
2017-18	14,954 166	7,003 211	7,951 -45
2018-19	14,913 -41	6,864 -139	8,049 98
2019-20	14,300 -613	6,552 -312	7,748 -301
2020-21	13,244 -1,056	6,020 -532	7,224 -524
2021-22	13,709 465	6,445 425	7,264 40
2022-23	14,541 832	7,129 684	7,412 148
Average	14,569	6,722	7,847

Metropolitan Community College Area Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.43% and the percentage of black students is 9.12% at Metropolitan Community College Area. 2.75% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Metropolitan Community College Area 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	111	498	1,985	1,513	30	10,508	175
2014-15	117	524	1,746	1,549	35	9,539	265
2015-16	139	540	1,663	1,759	23	9,214	352
2016-17	147	541	1,692	1,793	18	8,955	410
2017-18	89	524	1,607	1,954	21	8,581	469
2018-19	82	445	1,559	1,968	24	8,203	508
2019-20	66	463	1,352	2,098	21	7,651	533
2020-21	56	353	1,120	1,927	17	7,175	516
2021-22	61	366	1,179	2,098	17	7,430	596
2022-23	72	400	1,326	2,617	23	7,188	661
Average	94	465	1,523	1,928	23	8,444	449

Metropolitan Community College Area Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,384 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 18.03% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Metropolitan Community College Area from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,675	2,867	1,648	10,160
2015-16	14,812	2,801	1,635	10,376
2016-17	14,788	2,678	1,749	10,361
2017-18	14,954	939	3,472	10,543
2018-19	14,913	2,745	1,730	10,438
2019-20	14,300	2,709	1,735	9,856
2020-21	13,244	7,712	1,332	4,200
2021-22	13,709	4,279	1,858	7,572
2022-23	14,541	3,384	1,781	9,376
Average	14,437	3,346	1,882	9,209

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