Enrollment Trends at SCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,002 where 1,135 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 2.20 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in SCC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,140	492	648
2016-17	993 -147	379 -113	614 -34
2017-18	916 -77	329 -50	587 -27
2018-19	879 -37	297 -32	582 -5
2019-20	996 117	330 33	666 84
2020-21	865 -131	312 -18	553 -113
2021-22	889 24	335 23	554 1
2022-23	1,111 222	391 56	720 166
2023-24	1,094 -17	363 -28	731 11
2024-25	1,135 41	355 -8	780 49
Average	1,002	358	644

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.61% and the percentage of black students is 27.40% at Salem Community College. 2.64% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.54% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 50.35% to 43.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.40% to 2.64%. Black student enrollment increased from 16.40% to 27.40%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.04% to 14.54%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7107 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7155 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Salem 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	5	16	187	46	5	574	54
2016-17	6	13	167	74	6	527	23
2017-18	5	10	152	97	7	513	26
2018-19	3	17	139	95	3	491	24
2019-20	7	14	191	96	5	507	20
2020-21	6	16	167	92	5	466	20
2021-22	4	11	231	111	2	400	18
2022-23	4	32	233	133	0	460	34
2023-24	4	25	275	141	3	489	38
2024-25	4	30	311	165	2	495	53
Average	5	18	205	105	4	492	31