Enrollment Trends at SWVCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,330 where 2,364 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 2,563 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,135 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,563 to 2,364 students, a net loss of 199 (7.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,563	1,047	1,516
2016-17	2,481 -82	974 -73	1,507 -9
2017-18	2,304 -177	886 -88	1,418 -89
2018-19	2,373 69	842 -44	1,531 113
2019-20	2,338 -35	849 7	1,489 -42
2020-21	2,295 -43	787 -62	1,508 19
2021-22	2,135 -160	767 -20	1,368 -140
2022-23	2,163 28	805 38	1,358 -10
2023-24	2,288 125	855 50	1,433 75
2024-25	2,364 76	910 55	1,454 21
Average	2,330	872	1,458

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 89.59%. The percentage was 94.85% 10 years ago and SWVCC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 94.85% to 89.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.47% to 0.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.79% to 3.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.70% to 2.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1949 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.0998 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest Virginia 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	12	12	46	18	1	2,431	30
2016-17	7	9	43	18	1	2,364	33
2017-18	9	9	59	15	0	2,172	33
2018-19	3	8	45	27	0	2,232	42
2019-20	3	9	35	28	0	2,184	52
2020-21	6	13	43	25	1	2,113	63
2021-22	9	13	53	22	1	1,961	37
2022-23	10	12	67	35	0	1,946	55
2023-24	6	18	66	41	0	2,058	55
2024-25	6	13	83	51	1	2,118	61
Average	7	12	54	28	1	2,158	46