Enrollment Trends at SSC

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,878 where 3,818 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.60 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SSC than male students.

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

The percentage of white students is 15.27% and the percentage of black students is 54.16% at South Suburban College. 1.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 16.08% to 15.27%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.07% to 1.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 61.24% to 54.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.00% to 22.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6304 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5695 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

691 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 288.20% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South Suburban College from 2015 to 2025.