Enrollment Trends at SSC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,878 where 3,818 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,232 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,366 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,205 to 3,818 students, a net loss of 387 (9.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,205	1,348	2,857
2016-17	3,703 -502	1,233 -115	2,470 -387
2017-18	3,921 218	1,360 127	2,561 91
2018-19	4,232 311	1,559 199	2,673 112
2019-20	4,066 -166	1,535 -24	2,531 -142
2020-21	3,366 -700	1,216 -319	2,150 -381
2021-22	3,691 325	1,389 173	2,302 152
2022-23	3,905 214	1,591 202	2,314 12
2023-24	3,873 -32	1,501 -90	2,372 58
2024-25	3,818 -55	1,470 -31	2,348 -24
Average	3,878	1,420	2,458

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 15.27% and the percentage of black students is 54.16% at South Suburban College. 1.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 16.08% to 15.27%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.07% to 1.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 61.24% to 54.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.00% to 22.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6304 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5695 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Suburban 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	12	45	2,575	715	15	676	103
2016-17	7	35	2,243	683	7	614	89
2017-18	13	59	2,118	848	7	734	103
2018-19	23	63	2,327	891	12	767	99
2019-20	20	60	2,155	853	4	771	120
2020-21	11	57	1,826	688	4	598	96
2021-22	30	46	2,057	828	2	517	95
2022-23	15	61	2,014	998	6	549	113
2023-24	15	63	1,968	997	11	575	105
2024-25	20	56	2,068	872	8	583	87
Average	17	55	2,135	837	8	638	101