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.

The female to male ratio is 1.60 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SSC than male students.

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