Enrollment Trends at Southwestern Oregon CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,832 where 1,551 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,338 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,443 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,338 to 1,551 students, a net loss of 787 (33.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,338	1,070	1,268
2016-17	2,160 -178	898 -172	1,262 -6
2017-18	2,099 -61	862 -36	1,237 -25
2018-19	2,157 58	931 69	1,226 -11
2019-20	2,053 -104	874 -57	1,179 -47
2020-21	1,537 -516	570 -304	967 -212
2021-22	1,490 -47	559 -11	931 -36
2022-23	1,443 -47	555 -4	888 -43
2023-24	1,489 46	570 15	919 31
2024-25	1,551 62	573 3	978 59
Average	1,832	746	1,086

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.02%. The percentage was 63.56% 10 years ago and Southwestern Oregon CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.29% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 63.56% to 66.02%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.41% to 1.48%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.54% to 1.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.55% to 14.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5387 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5863 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern Oregon 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	62	33	36	200	20	1,486	82
2016-17	59	22	24	197	16	1,401	112
2017-18	52	33	22	238	21	1,390	117
2018-19	59	33	23	220	18	1,378	118
2019-20	53	28	34	242	21	1,292	119
2020-21	33	24	17	208	10	993	97
2021-22	40	25	22	216	15	981	101
2022-23	40	26	27	196	13	935	101
2023-24	41	25	20	200	15	995	101
2024-25	42	23	20	222	15	1,024	95
Average	48	27	25	214	16	1,188	104