The race/ethnicity of students across the system are as follows: 48% Hispanic, 23% White, 11% Asian, 5% African American, 4% Multi-ethnic, 2% Filipino, less than 1% American Indian and Alaskan Native, less than 1% Pacific Islander, and about 5% unknown.
Fifty-four percent of students are female, 44% are male, less than 1% are non-binary. The gender of 2% of students is unknown.
Approximately 60% of California community college students are traditional aged (24 years old or younger) and about 40% are adult students (25 years old or older). The system uses the Perkins Economically Disadvantaged metric as a measure of students’ income status based on their receipt of financial aid and other social benefits. In 2021-2022, 65% of students across the system were classified as Perkins Economically Disadvantaged, 35% were not Perkins Economically Disadvantaged.
Data comes from Data Mart, with the exception of Perkins data, which comes from LaunchBoard 21-22
