Enrollment Trends at Southeast Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,982 where 2,331 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 2,331 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,838 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,059 to 2,331 students, a net gain of 272 (13.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,059	834	1,225
2016-17	2,039 -20	817 -17	1,222 -3
2017-18	1,920 -119	821 4	1,099 -123
2018-19	1,850 -70	842 21	1,008 -91
2019-20	1,930 80	941 99	989 -19
2020-21	1,912 -18	883 -58	1,029 40
2021-22	1,838 -74	832 -51	1,006 -23
2022-23	1,923 85	839 7	1,084 78
2023-24	2,020 97	866 27	1,154 70
2024-25	2,331 311	1,000 134	1,331 177
Average	1,982	868	1,115

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.53%. The percentage was 84.80% 10 years ago and Southeast Technical still has a high percentage of white students. 2.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.42% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.52% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.80% to 76.53%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.65% to 2.23%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.20% to 4.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.13% to 6.52%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4063 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2756 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minnesota State College Southeast 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	14	34	107	85	1	1,746	51
2016-17	9	40	94	76	1	1,745	52
2017-18	12	49	85	89	0	1,610	53
2018-19	10	46	85	82	1	1,528	68
2019-20	17	35	74	102	1	1,575	61
2020-21	8	37	55	103	0	1,594	59
2021-22	11	25	57	86	1	1,521	61
2022-23	9	39	75	86	0	1,572	47
2023-24	8	34	93	120	0	1,607	68
2024-25	14	52	103	152	2	1,784	80
Average	11	39	83	98	1	1,628	60