Enrollment Trends at Southern West Virginia Community

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,507 where 1,482 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 1,680 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,365 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,644 to 1,482 students, a net loss of 162 (9.9%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,644	590	1,054
2016-17	1,680 36	663 73	1,017 -37
2017-18	1,621 -59	614 -49	1,007 -10
2018-19	1,458 -163	484 -130	974 -33
2019-20	1,449 -9	484	965 -9
2020-21	1,474 25	468 -16	1,006 41
2021-22	1,439 -35	454 -14	985 -21
2022-23	1,365 -74	413 -41	952 -33
2023-24	1,461 96	443 30	1,018 66
2024-25	1,482 21	484 41	998 -20
Average	1,507	510	998

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 95.28%. The percentage was 93.43% 10 years ago and Southern West Virginia Community still has a high percentage of white students. 0.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.81% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 93.43% to 95.28%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.18% to 0.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.22% to 0.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.18% to 1.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0915 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1269 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	3	20	3	0	1,536	6
2016-17	1	4	15	0	0	1,562	6
2017-18	0	1	14	0	0	1,598	8
2018-19	1	2	16	0	2	1,430	7
2019-20	0	2	12	0	0	1,427	8
2020-21	1	1	17	0	0	1,439	16
2021-22	6	2	23	0	1	1,388	19
2022-23	4	3	11	0	1	1,330	13
2023-24	3	1	23	26	0	1,388	20
2024-25	1	4	12	27	0	1,412	26
Average	2	2	16	6	0	1,451	13