Enrollment Trends at Southern Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 881 where 550 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 1,294 students in 2022 and was lowest at 532 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,023 to 550 students, a net loss of 473 (46.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,023	219	804
2016-17	1,015 -8	219	796 -8
2017-18	887 -128	183 -36	704 -92
2018-19	858 -29	127 -56	731 27
2019-20	950 92	159 32	791 60
2020-21	1,125 175	255 96	870 79
2021-22	1,294 169	344 89	950 80
2022-23	578 -716	244 -100	334 -616
2023-24	532 -46	239 -5	293 -41
2024-25	550 18	284 45	266 -27
Average	881	227	654

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.00% and the percentage of black students is 32.00% at Southern Technical College. 0.91% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.92% to 44.00%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.56% to 0.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 20.04% to 32.00%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 24.73% to 16.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6768 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6759 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Technical 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	5	16	205	253	2	480	50
2016-17	3	14	227	234	1	466	54
2017-18	4	14	196	206	0	408	42
2018-19	2	16	207	231	0	339	37
2019-20	3	9	242	271	2	381	22
2020-21	2	19	282	195	4	565	39
2021-22	7	22	307	184	5	675	63
2022-23	4	5	146	85	3	269	32
2023-24	2	6	150	69	4	266	19
2024-25	2	5	176	88	2	242	21
Average	3	13	214	182	2	409	38

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Southern Technical College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.