Enrollment Trends at Southwest Texas Junior

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,430 where 6,525 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 6,911 students in 2020 and was lowest at 5,661 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 5,661 to 6,525 students, a net gain of 864 (15.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,661	2,389	3,272
2016-17	6,439 778	2,745 356	3,694 422
2017-18	6,660 221	2,827 82	3,833 139
2018-19	6,894 234	2,838 11	4,056 223
2019-20	6,911 17	2,809 -29	4,102 46
2020-21	6,480 -431	2,589 -220	3,891 -211
2021-22	5,875 -605	2,347 -242	3,528 -363
2022-23	6,278 403	2,600 253	3,678 150
2023-24	6,579 301	2,704 104	3,875 197
2024-25	6,525 -54	2,728 24	3,797 -78
Average	6,430	2,658	3,773

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 7.56% and the percentage of black students is 0.86% at Southwest Texas College. 0.51% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 87.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 13.21% to 7.56%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.37% to 0.51%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.13% to 0.86%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 82.88% to 87.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2227 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.2953 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest Texas 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	50	21	64	4,692	2	748	27
2016-17	60	19	86	5,429	3	773	21
2017-18	34	18	74	5,652	2	770	28
2018-19	38	22	66	5,894	5	741	38
2019-20	31	26	62	5,902	4	747	38
2020-21	20	25	32	5,610	4	666	45
2021-22	22	28	31	5,085	0	604	33
2022-23	35	43	50	5,507	0	567	0
2023-24	30	36	50	5,775	5	575	35
2024-25	33	33	56	5,731	1	493	39
Average	35	27	57	5,528	3	668	30