Student Population at DMACC

The following chart compares DMACC'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 Iowa.

DMACC has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,941 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Iowa average (5,589 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Des Moines Area Community College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 10,383 male and 13,314 female students attending DMACC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.78 to 1 and the ratio is similar to 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 DMACC.

By age, there are 20,170 students whose age under twenty five and 2,360 students whose age is over thirty years old at Des Moines Area Community College.

Especially, 13,996 students are younger than eighteen and 19 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Des Moines Area Community College.

At Des Moines Area Community College, 10,414 students (43.95% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 5,497 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, 4,836 students live in Iowa where Des Moines Area Community College is located in and 655 students have enrolled from other states.