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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 4,058 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,914 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,722 to 3,446 students, a net loss of 276 (7.4%).

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