How Student Population Changes at Rio Salado

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 18,602 where 17,078 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 Rio Salado than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21,472	8,163	13,309
2014-15	20,215 -1,257	7,718 -445	12,497 -812
2015-16	20,533 318	7,953 235	12,580 83
2016-17	18,636 -1,897	7,061 -892	11,575 -1,005
2017-18	17,635 -1,001	6,544 -517	11,091 -484
2018-19	18,304 669	6,876 332	11,428 337
2019-20	19,103 799	7,205 329	11,898 470
2020-21	17,362 -1,741	6,579 -626	10,783 -1,115
2021-22	15,682 -1,680	6,363 -216	9,319 -1,464
2022-23	17,078 1,396	6,879 516	10,199 880
Average	18,602	7,134	11,468

Rio Salado College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.95%. The percentage was 57.68% 10 years ago and Rio Salado still has a high percentage of white students. 4.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rio Salado 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	350	737	1,854	3,658	42	12,385	303
2014-15	355	658	1,532	3,461	40	10,709	273
2015-16	346	681	1,479	3,811	43	10,622	393
2016-17	264	645	1,257	3,694	49	9,159	382
2017-18	282	646	1,200	3,819	49	8,984	571
2018-19	278	694	1,126	4,266	57	9,778	716
2019-20	292	719	1,221	4,866	51	10,043	839
2020-21	258	710	1,029	4,518	35	9,225	888
2021-22	230	662	811	4,174	34	8,308	842
2022-23	227	741	1,003	4,756	46	8,701	947
Average	288	689	1,251	4,102	45	9,791	615

Rio Salado College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,355 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -46.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rio Salado College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,215	11,866	618	7,731
2015-16	20,533	11,591	501	8,441
2016-17	18,636	10,815	514	7,307
2017-18	17,635	10,268	469	6,898
2018-19	18,304	10,146	537	7,621
2019-20	19,103	9,669	488	8,946
2020-21	17,362	8,677	511	8,174
2021-22	15,682	6,068	514	9,100
2022-23	17,078	6,355	465	10,258
Average	18,283	9,495	513	8,275

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Enrollment Trends at Rio Salado

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes