How Student Population Changes at Southwest Tech

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,466 where 2,710 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southwest Tech than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,386	1,696	1,690
2013-14	2,424 -962	1,178 -518	1,246 -444
2014-15	2,334 -90	1,119 -59	1,215 -31
2015-16	2,114 -220	962 -157	1,152 -63
2016-17	2,039 -75	876 -86	1,163 11
2017-18	2,367 328	1,014 138	1,353 190
2018-19	2,009 -358	842 -172	1,167 -186
2019-20	2,640 631	1,162 320	1,478 311
2020-21	2,581 -59	983 -179	1,598 120
2021-22	2,520 -61	988 5	1,532 -66
2022-23	2,710 190	1,090 102	1,620 88
Average	2,466	1,083	1,383

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 85.87%. The percentage was 94.65% 10 years ago and Southwest Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 0.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.99% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	15	23	42	25	4	3,205	59
2013-14	11	27	30	48	1	2,259	39
2014-15	10	25	41	31	2	2,162	54
2015-16	6	18	38	31	1	1,971	45
2016-17	6	14	29	24	2	1,931	29
2017-18	8	20	29	45	1	2,194	65
2018-19	9	12	36	45	0	1,833	58
2019-20	20	14	44	50	0	2,373	84
2020-21	18	13	41	53	1	2,333	94
2021-22	28	17	65	54	0	2,231	91
2022-23	44	22	81	56	0	2,327	139
Average	16	19	43	42	1	2,256	69

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

537 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 146.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,334	218	262	1,854
2015-16	2,114	268	248	1,598
2016-17	2,039	352	226	1,461
2017-18	2,367	447	256	1,664
2018-19	2,009	454	235	1,320
2019-20	2,640	450	240	1,950
2020-21	2,581	549	312	1,720
2021-22	2,520	584	297	1,639
2022-23	2,710	537	378	1,795
Average	2,368	429	273	1,667

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Enrollment Trends at Southwest Tech

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes