Enrollment Trends at Southwest Tech

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,455 where 2,849 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,849 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,009 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,114 to 2,849 students, a net gain of 735 (34.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,114	962	1,152
2016-17	2,039 -75	876 -86	1,163 11
2017-18	2,367 328	1,014 138	1,353 190
2018-19	2,009 -358	842 -172	1,167 -186
2019-20	2,640 631	1,162 320	1,478 311
2020-21	2,581 -59	983 -179	1,598 120
2021-22	2,520 -61	988 5	1,532 -66
2022-23	2,710 190	1,090 102	1,620 88
2023-24	2,717 7	1,158 68	1,559 -61
2024-25	2,849 132	1,227 69	1,622 63
Average	2,455	1,030	1,424

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.93%. The percentage was 93.24% 10 years ago and Southwest Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 0.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.88% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 93.24% to 87.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.85% to 0.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.80% to 2.88%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.47% to 4.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2235 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1296 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest Wisconsin Technical 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	18	38	31	1	1,971	45
2016-17	6	14	29	24	2	1,931	29
2017-18	8	20	29	45	1	2,194	65
2018-19	9	12	36	45	0	1,833	58
2019-20	20	14	44	50	0	2,373	84
2020-21	18	13	41	53	1	2,333	94
2021-22	28	17	65	54	0	2,231	91
2022-23	44	22	81	56	0	2,327	139
2023-24	33	22	100	95	0	2,314	130
2024-25	8	27	82	127	1	2,505	61
Average	18	18	55	58	1	2,201	80