Des Moines Area Community College Student Population and Demographics

DMACC Student Population

Des Moines Area Community College has a total enrollment of 23,697 (all undergraduate students) for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 5,770 full-time and 17,927 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,383 male and 13,314 female students.

Des Moines Area Community College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 5,497 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Des Moines Area Community College has a total enrollment of 23,697 with a gender distribution of 43.82% male (10,383 students) and 56.18% female (13,314 students).

Student Population By Gender
Des Moines Area Community College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,697	10,383	13,314
Full-time	5,770	2,676	3,094
Part-time	17,927	7,707	10,220

[Chart] Des Moines Area Community College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Des Moines Area Community College has 5,770 full-time and 17,927 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,770 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 17,927 students are attending with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Des Moines Area Community College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,697	5,770	17,927
Men	10,383	2,676	7,707
Women	13,314	3,094	10,220

[Chart] Des Moines Area Community College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Des Moines Area Community College, 5,497 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,917 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,697 students.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Des Moines Area Community College
	Total	Undergraduate
Total	23,697	23,697
Online Exclusively	5,497	5,497
In Some Online Classes	4,917	4,917
Not In Online Classes	13,283	13,283

[Chart] Des Moines Area Community College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Des Moines Area Community College. There are 107 American Indian/Native American, 16,125 White, 1,708 Black/African American, 961 Asian, 2,110 Hispanic, 12 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,225 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Des Moines Area Community College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,697	10,383	13,314
American Indian/Native American	107	54	53
Asian	961	446	515
Black/African American	1,708	634	1,074
Hispanic	2,110	866	1,244
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	8	4
White	16,125	7,116	9,009
Two More	405	156	249
Race Un-Known	2,189	1,069	1,120

[Chart] Des Moines Area Community CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Student Age Distribution
Des Moines Area Community College
	Undergraduate
Total	23,697
Under 18	13,996
Age 18-19	3,430
Age 20-21	1,535
Age 22-24	1,209
Age 25-29	1,167
Age 30-34	776
Age 35-39	565
Age 40-49	690
Age 50-64	310
Over 64	19
Age Un-Known	0

[Chart] Des Moines Area Community College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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