Enrollment Trends at OCtech

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,324 where 2,106 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 2.40 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in OCtech than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,774	1,002	1,772
2016-17	2,640 -134	926 -76	1,714 -58
2017-18	2,479 -161	848 -78	1,631 -83
2018-19	2,387 -92	794 -54	1,593 -38
2019-20	2,298 -89	771 -23	1,527 -66
2020-21	2,257 -41	691 -80	1,566 39
2021-22	2,145 -112	623 -68	1,522 -44
2022-23	2,012 -133	590 -33	1,422 -100
2023-24	2,146 134	648 58	1,498 76
2024-25	2,106 -40	620 -28	1,486 -12
Average	2,324	751	1,573

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.24% and the percentage of black students is 57.60% at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. 1.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.52% to 34.24%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.61% to 1.47%. Black student enrollment increased from 54.11% to 57.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.55% to 3.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5487 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.5427 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical 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	15	17	1,501	43	0	1,124	16
2016-17	15	18	1,445	49	2	1,054	16
2017-18	14	20	1,349	40	4	992	16
2018-19	14	22	1,226	47	3	1,014	31
2019-20	12	20	1,158	53	2	995	36
2020-21	5	22	1,207	43	1	928	37
2021-22	6	23	1,191	65	1	808	38
2022-23	6	22	1,187	68	0	681	41
2023-24	7	30	1,269	87	0	695	57
2024-25	7	31	1,213	83	0	721	49
Average	10	23	1,275	58	1	901	34