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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,034 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,239 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,034 to 1,446 students, a net loss of 588 (28.9%).

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