Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares ARC's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California.
ARC has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 13,308 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California average (11,761 students).
TotalUndergraduate
American River College30,46230,462
Similarly Ranked Schools13,30813,308
All Colleges2,9312,685
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges5,7965,801
2-4 Years Colleges3,0353,125
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California11,76111,761
The below chart compares the student population between American River College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 15,384 male and 15,078 female students attending ARC. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.02 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).
The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at ARC.
Population by Gender/Attending Status at ARC
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total30,4625,33725,125
Men15,3842,45912,925
Women15,0782,87812,200

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 11,183 White students (36.71%) and 9,459 Hispanic students (31.05%) at American River College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at American River College.
Population by Race/Ethnicity at American River College
TotalMenWomen
American Indian or Alaska Native1557877
Asian4,2692,0352,234
Black or African American1,9218511,070
Hispanic9,4595,2394,220
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander263145118
White11,1835,4095,774
Two or More Races1,9939101,083
Race/Ethnicity Unknown1,172691481
Total 30,46215,38415,078

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 16,965 students whose age under twenty five and 9,318 students whose age is over thirty years old at American River College.
Especially, 3,303 students are younger than eighteen and 228 students are older than sixty five.
The following table and chart show the student population by student age at American River College.
Population by Student Age at American River College
TotalMenWomen
Total30,462 15,38415,078
Under 183,303 1,3651,938
18-195,754 2,9602,794
20-214,123 2,1042,019
22-243,785 2,0311,754
25-294,179 2,2851,894
30-343,241 1,7511,490
35-392,327 1,1931,134
40-492,405 1,1311,274
50-641,117 472645
65 and over228 92136
Total 30,462 15,38415,078

Online Student Population

At American River College, 19,877 students (65.25% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 13,443 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.
By location of enrolled students, 13,249 students live in California where American River College is located in and 0 students have enrolled from other states.
Enrollment TypeStudent Location
Online Student Population
Number of Students
Total30,462
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes13,443
Enrolled Some in Online Classes6,434
Not Enrolled in Online Classes10,585
Online Student Population by Student Location
Number of Students
Total (Enrolled Excl.)13,443
California Residents13,249
Other State in U.S.0
Outside of U.S.7
Unknown187