Enrollment Trends at SMCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,879 where 1,758 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 2,128 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,673 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,884 to 1,758 students, a net loss of 126 (6.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,884	771	1,113
2016-17	1,917 33	796 25	1,121 8
2017-18	1,959 42	801 5	1,158 37
2018-19	2,025 66	768 -33	1,257 99
2019-20	2,128 103	820 52	1,308 51
2020-21	1,888 -240	713 -107	1,175 -133
2021-22	1,673 -215	635 -78	1,038 -137
2022-23	1,807 134	724 89	1,083 45
2023-24	1,752 -55	685 -39	1,067 -16
2024-25	1,758 6	701 16	1,057 -10
Average	1,879	741	1,138

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.64% and the percentage of black students is 45.05% at Southwest Mississippi Community College. 0.57% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.46% to 46.64%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.53% to 0.57%. Black student enrollment increased from 42.25% to 45.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.96% to 2.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5786 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5247 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest Mississippi Community 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	10	796	18	4	1,026	16
2016-17	5	9	781	29	2	1,055	20
2017-18	4	12	793	34	0	1,075	29
2018-19	7	10	847	37	0	1,075	29
2019-20	5	6	901	45	1	1,095	28
2020-21	5	6	751	40	0	1,037	40
2021-22	3	9	647	37	0	930	33
2022-23	2	12	775	32	0	909	35
2023-24	2	14	769	30	2	864	30
2024-25	3	10	792	40	3	820	32
Average	4	10	785	34	1	989	29