Student Population at Palo Alto

The following chart compares Palo Alto's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas.

Palo Alto has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,450 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas average (16,031 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Palo Alto College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,762 male and 7,633 female students attending Palo Alto. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.62 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 Palo Alto.

At Palo Alto College, 8,608 students (69.45% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 4,882 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, 4,719 students live in Texas where Palo Alto College is located in and 153 students have enrolled from other states.