How Student Population Changes at OTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,538 where 10,889 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in OTC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,798	6,262	8,536
2014-15	14,396 -402	6,067 -195	8,329 -207
2015-16	13,614 -782	5,687 -380	7,927 -402
2016-17	13,260 -354	5,494 -193	7,766 -161
2017-18	12,692 -568	5,184 -310	7,508 -258
2018-19	12,221 -471	4,956 -228	7,265 -243
2019-20	11,762 -459	4,803 -153	6,959 -306
2020-21	11,237 -525	4,664 -139	6,573 -386
2021-22	10,506 -731	4,422 -242	6,084 -489
2022-23	10,889 383	4,594 172	6,295 211
Average	12,538	5,213	7,324

Ozarks Technical Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.75%. The percentage was 89.47% 10 years ago and OTC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.76% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ozarks Technical 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	113	142	461	458	0	13,240	23
2014-15	106	228	427	551	15	12,357	407
2015-16	70	173	380	600	23	11,457	668
2016-17	72	163	361	613	23	11,087	676
2017-18	60	163	350	632	25	10,500	663
2018-19	76	167	315	615	17	10,150	613
2019-20	68	200	312	658	22	9,622	607
2020-21	60	188	295	678	14	9,235	591
2021-22	68	163	321	684	19	8,566	575
2022-23	81	188	301	751	25	8,793	628
Average	77	178	352	624	18	10,501	545

Ozarks Technical Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,632 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 11.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ozarks Technical Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,396	2,357	2,408	9,631
2015-16	13,614	2,475	2,335	8,804
2016-17	13,260	2,475	2,335	8,450
2017-18	12,692	2,372	2,636	7,684
2018-19	12,221	2,232	2,696	7,293
2019-20	11,762	2,141	2,681	6,940
2020-21	11,237	2,141	2,681	6,415
2021-22	10,506	3,104	2,470	4,932
2022-23	10,889	2,632	2,657	5,600
Average	12,286	2,437	2,544	7,305

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Enrollment Trends at OTC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes