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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 12,307 students in 2018 and was lowest at 9,003 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 11,187 to 11,897 students, a net gain of 710 (6.3%).

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