Enrollment Trends at SIC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,561 where 1,446 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in SIC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,034	848	1,186
2016-17	1,820 -214	785 -63	1,035 -151
2017-18	1,655 -165	729 -56	926 -109
2018-19	1,650 -5	731 2	919 -7
2019-20	1,732 82	710 -21	1,022 103
2020-21	1,263 -469	533 -177	730 -292
2021-22	1,239 -24	539 6	700 -30
2022-23	1,379 140	616 77	763 63
2023-24	1,392 13	632 16	760 -3
2024-25	1,446 54	661 29	785 25
Average	1,561	678	883

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.41%. The percentage was 86.82% 10 years ago and SIC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.49% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.04% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 86.82% to 87.41%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.39% to 0.83%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.47% to 2.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.38% to 3.04%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2333 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.2432 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southeastern Illinois 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	6	8	91	28	0	1,766	55
2016-17	3	11	51	34	0	1,584	53
2017-18	3	10	55	31	0	1,416	46
2018-19	3	11	46	23	1	1,453	40
2019-20	6	11	53	31	0	1,513	43
2020-21	5	11	32	24	0	1,107	28
2021-22	2	4	35	26	0	1,076	31
2022-23	4	7	34	36	0	1,205	38
2023-24	6	7	45	33	2	1,207	40
2024-25	4	12	36	44	2	1,264	45
Average	4	9	48	31	1	1,359	42