Enrollment Trends at SKC

The student population at Salish Kootenai College is 671 (636 undergraduate and 35 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 113 (14.41%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SKC is 94.78% which is decreased by 148 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 35 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 44 male students for every 100 female students, down from 61 in 2015.
27 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 800.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 714 where 671 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 859 students in 2017 and was lowest at 619 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 784 to 671 students, a net loss of 113 (14.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Salish Kootenai College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	784	784	297	487	0	0	0
2016-17	859 75	859 75	308 11	551 64	0	0	0
2017-18	809 -50	809 -50	304 -4	505 -46	0	0	0
2018-19	720 -89	720 -89	257 -47	463 -42	0	0	0
2019-20	690 -30	690 -30	228 -29	462 -1	0	0	0
2020-21	716 26	716 26	231 3	485 23	0	0	0
2021-22	620 -96	615 -101	191 -40	424 -61	5 5	2 2	3 3
2022-23	619 -1	591 -24	170 -21	421 -3	28 23	7 5	21 18
2023-24	648 29	636 45	215 45	421	12 -16	5 -2	7 -14
2024-25	671 23	636	199 -16	437 16	35 23	6 1	29 22
Average	714	706	240	466	8	2	6

Salish Kootenai College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 706 where 636 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Salish Kootenai College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	784	639	261	378	145	36	109
2016-17	859	687	238	449	172	70	102
2017-18	809	634	242	392	175	62	113
2018-19	720	586	223	363	134	34	100
2019-20	690	558	192	366	132	36	96
2020-21	716	570	195	375	146	36	110
2021-22	615	463	149	314	152	42	110
2022-23	591	443	133	310	148	37	111
2023-24	636	484	178	306	152	37	115
2024-25	636	478	168	310	158	31	127
Average	706	706	198	356	706	42	109

Salish Kootenai College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8 where 35 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Salish Kootenai College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	5	3	1	2	2	1	1
2022-23	28	21	4	17	7	3	4
2023-24	12	5	2	3	7	3	4
2024-25	35	27	4	23	8	2	6
Average	8	8	1	5	8	1	2

Salish Kootenai College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.95% and the percentage of black students is 0.45% at Salish Kootenai College. 0.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 23.98% to 22.95%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.38% to 0.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.64% to 0.45%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.66% to 6.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4807 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4043 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Salish Kootenai College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	575	3	5	13	0	188	0
2016-17	633	0	3	17	3	203	0
2017-18	579	3	4	10	0	213	0
2018-19	537	1	3	14	0	161	2
2019-20	525	0	2	11	2	150	0
2020-21	538	3	2	9	0	164	0
2021-22	465	2	1	5	2	145	0
2022-23	453	4	4	8	0	150	0
2023-24	397	1	2	45	6	185	1
2024-25	456	1	3	45	0	154	12
Average	516	2	3	18	1	171	2

Salish Kootenai College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

27 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 800.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Salish Kootenai College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	784	3	0	781
2016-17	859	0	45	814
2017-18	809	0	120	689
2018-19	720	0	128	592
2019-20	690	3	229	458
2020-21	716	7	545	164
2021-22	620	8	467	145
2022-23	619	0	342	277
2023-24	648	126	336	186
2024-25	671	27	332	312
Average	714	17	254	442

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Enrollment Trends at SKC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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