Enrollment Trends at Skagit Valley

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,539 where 4,028 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 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,290 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,860 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,290 to 4,028 students, a net loss of 1,262 (23.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,290	2,288	3,002
2016-17	5,086 -204	2,276 -12	2,810 -192
2017-18	4,670 -416	2,052 -224	2,618 -192
2018-19	5,159 489	2,443 391	2,716 98
2019-20	5,085 -74	2,348 -95	2,737 21
2020-21	4,227 -858	1,894 -454	2,333 -404
2021-22	3,891 -336	1,698 -196	2,193 -140
2022-23	3,860 -31	1,757 59	2,103 -90
2023-24	4,098 238	1,843 86	2,255 152
2024-25	4,028 -70	1,693 -150	2,335 80
Average	4,539	2,029	2,510

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.13% and the percentage of black students is 2.18% at Skagit Valley College. 4.25% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.47% to 46.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.08% to 4.25%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.91% to 2.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.12% to 29.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6952 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4885 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Skagit Valley 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	45	163	101	853	25	3,675	201
2016-17	33	154	93	837	29	3,472	216
2017-18	31	138	70	796	21	3,154	275
2018-19	42	150	93	921	29	3,427	305
2019-20	28	140	75	1,098	29	3,270	329
2020-21	29	131	72	868	24	2,625	313
2021-22	28	154	77	843	19	2,233	229
2022-23	29	123	74	955	17	1,942	226
2023-24	31	143	73	981	5	1,811	264
2024-25	37	171	88	1,170	8	1,858	292
Average	33	147	82	932	21	2,747	265