Enrollment Trends at SMC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,048 where 2,000 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 2,348 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,756 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,348 to 2,000 students, a net loss of 348 (14.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,348	983	1,365
2016-17	2,252 -96	952 -31	1,300 -65
2017-18	2,330 78	996 44	1,334 34
2018-19	2,130 -200	865 -131	1,265 -69
2019-20	2,141 11	854 -11	1,287 22
2020-21	1,759 -382	660 -194	1,099 -188
2021-22	1,756 -3	657 -3	1,099
2022-23	1,807 51	759 102	1,048 -51
2023-24	1,953 146	800 41	1,153 105
2024-25	2,000 47	772 -28	1,228 75
Average	2,048	830	1,218

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.40%. The percentage was 71.64% 10 years ago and SMC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.80% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.64% to 70.40%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.28% to 0.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.65% to 12.80%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 5.15% to 1.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4827 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4701 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern Michigan 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	38	30	250	121	2	1,682	113
2016-17	39	24	206	135	4	1,581	97
2017-18	34	26	269	104	4	1,616	109
2018-19	27	30	216	98	6	1,477	67
2019-20	27	31	238	96	4	1,475	80
2020-21	24	25	193	107	4	1,169	66
2021-22	14	32	188	79	5	1,181	84
2022-23	16	18	210	38	4	1,268	122
2023-24	19	23	241	27	4	1,372	133
2024-25	26	19	256	21	7	1,408	140
Average	26	26	227	83	4	1,423	101