Enrollment Trends at SFCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,046 where 4,469 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,880 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,266 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,880 to 4,469 students, a net loss of 411 (8.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,880	1,963	2,917
2016-17	4,739 -141	1,818 -145	2,921 4
2017-18	4,581 -158	1,819 1	2,762 -159
2018-19	4,207 -374	1,683 -136	2,524 -238
2019-20	4,110 -97	1,630 -53	2,480 -44
2020-21	3,459 -651	1,170 -460	2,289 -191
2021-22	3,266 -193	1,158 -12	2,108 -181
2022-23	3,266	1,222 64	2,044 -64
2023-24	3,478 212	1,353 131	2,125 81
2024-25	4,469 991	1,610 257	2,859 734
Average	4,046	1,543	2,503

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.44% and the percentage of black students is 1.12% at Santa Fe Community College. 1.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 47.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 36.39% to 37.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.33% to 1.70%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.05% to 1.12%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 49.49% to 47.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6299 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6189 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Santa Fe 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	262	65	100	2,415	10	1,776	72
2016-17	265	86	90	2,344	6	1,750	67
2017-18	293	85	78	2,290	4	1,645	67
2018-19	266	82	60	2,041	6	1,463	50
2019-20	290	65	52	1,976	5	1,422	51
2020-21	163	63	48	1,847	4	1,024	49
2021-22	205	50	43	1,683	2	1,031	47
2022-23	230	48	47	1,688	6	1,004	45
2023-24	234	61	53	1,840	5	1,025	46
2024-25	202	76	50	2,130	7	1,673	79
Average	241	68	62	2,025	6	1,381	57