Enrollment Trends at SOWELA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,384 where 3,446 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in SOWELA.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,722	2,201	1,521
2016-17	3,241 -481	1,752 -449	1,489 -32
2017-18	3,347 106	1,785 33	1,562 73
2018-19	3,459 112	1,752 -33	1,707 145
2019-20	4,058 599	2,058 306	2,000 293
2020-21	2,914 -1,144	1,371 -687	1,543 -457
2021-22	3,068 154	1,449 78	1,619 76
2022-23	3,268 200	1,532 83	1,736 117
2023-24	3,316 48	1,590 58	1,726 -10
2024-25	3,446 130	1,676 86	1,770 44
Average	3,384	1,717	1,667

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.12%. The percentage was 61.34% 10 years ago and SOWELA still has a high percentage of white students. 0.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.40% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 61.34% to 65.12%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.78% to 0.90%. Black student enrollment decreased from 22.33% to 21.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.63% to 5.40%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5240 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5723 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SOWELA Technical 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	28	29	831	98	1	2,283	108
2016-17	23	22	786	85	1	2,073	84
2017-18	24	24	757	119	5	2,201	95
2018-19	33	23	828	131	26	2,167	122
2019-20	26	37	890	159	32	2,372	112
2020-21	24	17	692	103	36	1,839	124
2021-22	23	26	711	115	21	1,923	117
2022-23	21	35	745	159	6	2,031	135
2023-24	13	28	733	176	6	2,160	135
2024-25	20	31	749	186	6	2,244	143
Average	24	27	772	133	14	2,129	118