Enrollment Trends at South Texas

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 30,336 where 27,431 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 34,371 students in 2016 and was lowest at 26,440 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 34,371 to 27,431 students, a net loss of 6,940 (20.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	34,371	15,117	19,254
2016-17	33,700 -671	14,956 -161	18,744 -510
2017-18	31,321 -2,379	13,887 -1,069	17,434 -1,310
2018-19	31,949 628	13,878 -9	18,071 637
2019-20	33,054 1,105	14,201 323	18,853 782
2020-21	28,233 -4,821	11,589 -2,612	16,644 -2,209
2021-22	28,962 729	12,198 609	16,764 120
2022-23	27,894 -1,068	12,006 -192	15,888 -876
2023-24	26,440 -1,454	11,635 -371	14,805 -1,083
2024-25	27,431 991	12,013 378	15,418 613
Average	30,336	13,148	17,188

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.89% and the percentage of black students is 0.42% at South Texas College. 0.62% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 95.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 2.87% to 1.89%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.78% to 0.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.27% to 0.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 94.01% to 95.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0817 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1153 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Texas 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	18	269	92	32,312	17	988	62
2016-17	16	289	90	31,757	16	944	52
2017-18	18	289	96	29,656	14	756	52
2018-19	20	263	94	30,419	7	724	48
2019-20	19	246	126	31,439	4	759	57
2020-21	22	214	115	26,882	4	641	45
2021-22	25	196	122	27,590	6	676	43
2022-23	25	142	122	26,627	10	586	45
2023-24	24	168	106	25,296	5	537	38
2024-25	24	169	114	26,280	4	518	36
Average	21	225	108	28,826	9	713	48