Enrollment Trends at Southern Tech

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 654 where 679 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 796 students in 2016 and was lowest at 547 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 796 to 679 students, a net loss of 117 (14.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Oklahoma Technology Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	796	401	395
2016-17	624 -172	318 -83	306 -89
2017-18	656 32	327 9	329 23
2018-19	678 22	364 37	314 -15
2019-20	669 -9	340 -24	329 15
2020-21	547 -122	289 -51	258 -71
2021-22	633 86	347 58	286 28
2022-23	563 -70	274 -73	289 3
2023-24	694 131	364 90	330 41
2024-25	679 -15	358 -6	321 -9
Average	654	338	316

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.74% and the percentage of black students is 2.21% at Southern Oklahoma Technology Center. 0.74% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.44% to 43.74%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.38% to 0.74%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.77% to 2.21%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.41% to 10.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7543 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5631 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Oklahoma Technology Center 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	89	3	38	51	0	505	99
2016-17	73	2	36	58	0	384	62
2017-18	74	7	32	76	1	385	61
2018-19	87	3	21	105	3	370	80
2019-20	94	6	24	105	0	362	73
2020-21	71	4	26	86	3	309	42
2021-22	58	5	23	65	1	380	90
2022-23	60	3	23	55	0	267	91
2023-24	78	5	25	66	0	307	125
2024-25	75	5	15	71	1	297	119
Average	76	4	26	74	1	357	84

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Southern Oklahoma Technology Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.