Enrollment Trends at DSCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,888 where 3,296 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 3,296 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,650 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,857 to 3,296 students, a net gain of 439 (15.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dyersburg State Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,857	1,005	1,852
2016-17	2,816 -41	973 -32	1,843 -9
2017-18	2,843 27	960 -13	1,883 40
2018-19	2,977 134	957 -3	2,020 137
2019-20	2,840 -137	870 -87	1,970 -50
2020-21	2,650 -190	748 -122	1,902 -68
2021-22	2,778 128	830 82	1,948 46
2022-23	2,683 -95	834 4	1,849 -99
2023-24	3,143 460	942 108	2,201 352
2024-25	3,296 153	1,064 122	2,232 31
Average	2,888	918	1,970

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.93%. The percentage was 75.04% 10 years ago and DSCC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 20.30% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.04% to 65.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.70% to 0.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 18.69% to 20.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.49% to 5.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5184 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4009 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	9	20	534	71	1	2,144	50
2016-17	8	30	447	70	1	2,178	57
2017-18	14	22	465	76	3	2,178	65
2018-19	14	18	503	84	1	2,244	82
2019-20	19	14	492	99	0	2,114	77
2020-21	9	12	456	114	1	1,972	65
2021-22	4	27	520	120	2	1,982	85
2022-23	7	19	532	126	1	1,867	92
2023-24	7	31	615	158	2	2,141	129
2024-25	9	27	669	192	3	2,173	156
Average	10	22	523	111	2	2,099	86