Enrollment Trends for Guam Colleges

There are 3 active four-years colleges and universities in Guam - 2 public and 1 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 4,733 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Guam including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 20.89% from 3,915 to 4,733. The undergraduate population increased by 23.09% and the graduate population decreased by 4.87% in last 10 years at Guam Colleges.

By gender, there are 2,683 female students and 2,050 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.31 to 1. The female students increased by 17.42% and male students increased by 25.77% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 3,899, and 4,733 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 93.81% are undergraduate students and 6.19% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students increased by 833, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 15.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Guam Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Guam Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,915	3,607	1,516	2,091	308	114	194
2014-15	4,030 115	3,729 122	1,587 71	2,142 51	301 -7	114 0	187 -7
2015-16	4,061 31	3,761 32	1,644 57	2,117 -25	300 -1	106 -8	194 7
2016-17	3,942 -119	3,626 -135	1,558 -86	2,068 -49	316 16	104 -2	212 18
2017-18	3,972 30	3,634 8	1,569 11	2,065 -3	338 22	102 -2	236 24
2018-19	3,806 -166	3,480 -154	1,511 -58	1,969 -96	326 -12	104 2	222 -14
2019-20	3,619 -187	3,269 -211	1,448 -63	1,821 -148	350 24	120 16	230 8
2020-21	3,722 103	3,391 122	1,393 -55	1,998 177	331 -19	103 -17	228 -2
2021-22	3,187 -535	2,849 -542	1,191 -202	1,658 -340	338 7	115 12	223 -5
2022-23	4,733 1,546	4,440 1,591	1,949 758	2,491 833	293 -45	101 -14	192 -31
Average	3,899	3,579	1,537	2,042	320	108	212

Guam Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 3,579. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 833 from 3,607 to 4,440.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Guam Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,607	2,747	1,115	1,632	860	401	459
2014-15	3,729	2,854	1,192	1,662	875	395	480
2015-16	3,761	2,859	1,227	1,632	902	417	485
2016-17	3,626	2,808	1,215	1,593	818	343	475
2017-18	3,634	2,826	1,231	1,595	808	338	470
2018-19	3,480	2,755	1,195	1,560	725	316	409
2019-20	3,269	2,624	1,130	1,494	645	318	327
2020-21	3,391	2,632	1,057	1,575	759	336	423
2021-22	2,849	2,154	874	1,280	695	317	378
2022-23	4,440	2,799	1,168	1,631	1,641	781	860
Average	3,579	3,579	1,140	1,565	3,579	396	477

Guam Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 320. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 15 from 308 to 293.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Guam Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	308	103	40	63	205	74	131
2014-15	301	119	52	67	182	62	120
2015-16	300	117	45	72	183	61	122
2016-17	316	141	46	95	175	58	117
2017-18	338	124	42	82	214	60	154
2018-19	326	135	48	87	191	56	135
2019-20	350	139	53	86	211	67	144
2020-21	331	120	45	75	211	58	153
2021-22	338	127	44	83	211	71	140
2022-23	293	99	37	62	194	64	130
Average	320	320	45	77	320	63	135

Guam Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.43% and the percentage of black students is 0.59% at Guam Colleges. 44.62% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Guam Colleges over the past 10 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	5	1,612	22	29	1,972	157	0
2014-15	3	1,697	28	28	2,023	128	0
2015-16	3	1,768	29	25	1,982	134	0
2016-17	3	1,774	32	21	1,865	133	1
2017-18	4	1,738	29	22	1,905	133	0
2018-19	3	1,690	25	25	1,797	112	0
2019-20	5	1,640	17	24	1,683	106	0
2020-21	4	1,602	28	51	1,799	112	3
2021-22	2	1,465	13	28	1,440	92	0
2022-23	3	2,112	28	38	2,305	115	10
Average	4	1,710	25	29	1,877	122	1

Guam Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

205 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 925.00% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Guam Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	3,779	20	193	3,566
2013-14	3,915	33	475	3,407
2014-15	4,030	34	550	3,446
2015-16	4,061	61	578	3,422
2016-17	3,942	30	635	3,277
2017-18	3,972	64	502	3,406
2018-19	3,806	58	483	3,265
2019-20	3,619	57	501	3,061
2020-21	3,722	40	896	2,786
2021-22	3,187	326	1,929	932
2022-23	4,733	205	2,337	2,191
Average	3,888	84	825	2,978

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