Enrollment Trends at SC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,332 where 1,041 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,514 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,041 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,471 to 1,041 students, a net loss of 430 (29.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,471	1,190	703	487	281	124	157
2016-17	1,467 -4	1,226 36	735 32	491 4	241 -40	107 -17	134 -23
2017-18	1,306 -161	1,147 -79	726 -9	421 -70	159 -82	77 -30	82 -52
2018-19	1,514 208	1,346 199	857 131	489 68	168 9	79 2	89 7
2019-20	1,512 -2	1,359 13	872 15	487 -2	153 -15	71 -8	82 -7
2020-21	1,413 -99	1,272 -87	843 -29	429 -58	141 -12	66 -5	75 -7
2021-22	1,282 -131	1,164 -108	760 -83	404 -25	118 -23	56 -10	62 -13
2022-23	1,174 -108	1,067 -97	708 -52	359 -45	107 -11	58 2	49 -13
2023-24	1,139 -35	1,038 -29	694 -14	344 -15	101 -6	66 8	35 -14
2024-25	1,041 -98	938 -100	621 -73	317 -27	103 2	63 -3	40 5
Average	1,332	1,175	752	423	157	77	81

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,175 where 938 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southwestern College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,190	481	263	218	709	440	269
2016-17	1,226	514	292	222	712	443	269
2017-18	1,147	577	361	216	570	365	205
2018-19	1,346	683	424	259	663	433	230
2019-20	1,359	678	418	260	681	454	227
2020-21	1,272	707	442	265	565	401	164
2021-22	1,164	658	404	254	506	356	150
2022-23	1,067	630	395	235	437	313	124
2023-24	1,038	631	395	236	407	299	108
2024-25	938	609	401	208	329	220	109
Average	1,175	1,175	380	237	1,175	372	186

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 157 where 103 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southwestern College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	281	63	19	44	218	105	113
2016-17	241	49	24	25	192	83	109
2017-18	159	19	8	11	140	69	71
2018-19	168	44	29	15	124	50	74
2019-20	153	41	23	18	112	48	64
2020-21	141	49	27	22	92	39	53
2021-22	118	46	25	21	72	31	41
2022-23	107	41	31	10	66	27	39
2023-24	101	49	41	8	52	25	27
2024-25	103	61	44	17	42	19	23
Average	157	157	27	19	157	50	61

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.84% and the percentage of black students is 17.39% at Southwestern College. 2.31% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.57% to 42.84%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.68% to 2.31%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.61% to 17.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.07% to 15.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7597 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6955 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern 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	27	10	156	104	5	788	45
2016-17	28	16	150	105	2	655	45
2017-18	17	16	135	113	4	554	45
2018-19	12	22	162	132	9	635	40
2019-20	11	27	174	158	7	613	42
2020-21	9	32	145	165	9	520	48
2021-22	14	25	165	152	11	497	34
2022-23	12	21	168	168	8	491	26
2023-24	26	27	204	167	9	488	18
2024-25	36	24	181	163	7	446	15
Average	19	22	164	143	7	569	36