Enrollment Trends at SCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,558 where 11,897 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.57 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in SCC than female students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,187	6,575	4,612
2016-17	12,065 878	7,506 931	4,559 -53
2017-18	12,307 242	7,612 106	4,695 136
2018-19	11,373 -934	6,783 -829	4,590 -105
2019-20	11,911 538	7,179 396	4,732 142
2020-21	9,003 -2,908	4,495 -2,684	4,508 -224
2021-22	12,159 3,156	8,114 3,619	4,045 -463
2022-23	11,696 -463	7,519 -595	4,177 132
2023-24	11,979 283	7,517 -2	4,462 285
2024-25	11,897 -82	7,557 40	4,340 -122
Average	11,558	7,086	4,472

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.35% and the percentage of black students is 2.17% at Santiago Canyon College. 6.76% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 58.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 36.36% to 25.35%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.91% to 6.76%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.90% to 2.17%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 47.05% to 58.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5887 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6395 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Santiago Canyon 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	27	773	213	5,263	35	4,068	476
2016-17	21	770	263	6,093	34	4,081	434
2017-18	22	787	260	6,340	40	3,970	458
2018-19	43	837	241	5,946	30	3,510	459
2019-20	30	927	199	6,353	41	3,346	481
2020-21	22	869	145	4,555	26	2,634	429
2021-22	27	769	265	7,180	35	3,103	472
2022-23	37	775	267	6,818	33	2,963	466
2023-24	37	861	294	6,921	37	2,985	492
2024-25	36	804	258	6,941	35	3,016	468
Average	30	817	241	6,241	35	3,368	464