Enrollment Trends at SSCC

-866

Total Enrollment

-310

Men

-556

Women

The student population at South Seattle College is 5,210 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 866 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 0.44 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

833 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 72.82% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,708 where 5,210 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.44 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in SSCC than female students.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2015-166,0763,9242,152
2016-176,346
270
4,191
267
2,155
3
2017-186,716
370
4,459
268
2,257
102
2018-196,177
-539
4,105
-354
2,072
-185
2019-206,141
-36
4,128
23
2,013
-59
2020-215,324
-817
3,579
-549
1,745
-268
2021-224,893
-431
3,486
-93
1,407
-338
2022-234,901
8
3,621
135
1,280
-127
2023-245,295
394
3,805
184
1,490
210
2024-255,210
-85
3,614
-191
1,596
106
Average5,7083,8911,817
South Seattle College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.92% and the percentage of black students is 8.46% at South Seattle College. 9.54% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.86% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.26% to 30.92%. Asian enrollment declined from 9.66% to 9.54%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.20% to 8.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.32% to 13.86%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8649 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7952 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Seattle College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

YearAmerican Indian or Native AmericanAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderWhiteTwo or More Races
2015-1662587559445442,568322
2016-1750553565472522,570414
2017-1852572506495482,562448
2018-1948545480427412,262470
2019-2046509529461482,205482
2020-2132467434398451,890436
2021-2235470462510371,903260
2022-2328477509641471,671312
2023-2420488452689261,731289
2024-2520497441722201,611330
Average39517494526412,097376
South Seattle College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

833 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 72.82% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South Seattle College from 2015 to 2025.

YearTotal EnrollmentOnline CompletelyEnrolled in Some Online CoursesNot Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-166,0764825685,026
2016-176,3465075335,306
2017-186,7165476405,529
2018-196,1775006195,058
2019-206,1415026225,017
2020-215,3242,0542513,019
2021-224,8931,3663593,168
2022-234,9019895683,344
2023-245,2957766343,885
2024-255,2108337333,644
Average5,7088565534,300

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