Enrollment Trends at Southside Virginia CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,442 where 3,306 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,439 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,961 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,439 to 3,306 students, a net loss of 1,133 (25.5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,439	1,603	2,836
2016-17	3,958 -481	1,440 -163	2,518 -318
2017-18	3,611 -347	1,336 -104	2,275 -243
2018-19	3,430 -181	1,230 -106	2,200 -75
2019-20	3,219 -211	1,140 -90	2,079 -121
2020-21	3,123 -96	1,045 -95	2,078 -1
2021-22	2,961 -162	951 -94	2,010 -68
2022-23	3,112 151	1,059 108	2,053 43
2023-24	3,258 146	1,182 123	2,076 23
2024-25	3,306 48	1,154 -28	2,152 76
Average	3,442	1,214	2,228

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.94% and the percentage of black students is 35.15% at Southside Virginia Community College. 0.88% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.65% to 48.94%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.79% to 0.88%. Black student enrollment decreased from 35.41% to 35.15%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.37% to 5.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6310 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5412 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southside Virginia Community 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	19	35	1,572	105	7	2,559	88
2016-17	14	24	1,365	95	8	2,293	122
2017-18	11	31	1,192	117	4	2,107	120
2018-19	8	26	1,140	120	6	1,970	124
2019-20	10	39	1,100	143	4	1,745	127
2020-21	6	36	1,096	140	3	1,641	120
2021-22	15	25	1,036	149	4	1,538	109
2022-23	8	27	1,114	180	4	1,561	111
2023-24	11	31	1,183	177	4	1,580	157
2024-25	13	29	1,162	197	4	1,618	157
Average	12	30	1,196	142	5	1,861	124