Enrollment Trends at SPC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 27,114 where 23,936 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.57 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SPC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	31,767	12,580	19,187
2016-17	30,028 -1,739	11,880 -700	18,148 -1,039
2017-18	29,548 -480	11,471 -409	18,077 -71
2018-19	29,183 -365	11,223 -248	17,960 -117
2019-20	28,853 -330	10,951 -272	17,902 -58
2020-21	26,430 -2,423	9,693 -1,258	16,737 -1,165
2021-22	24,543 -1,887	9,239 -454	15,304 -1,433
2022-23	23,501 -1,042	9,000 -239	14,501 -803
2023-24	23,350 -151	9,076 76	14,274 -227
2024-25	23,936 586	9,298 222	14,638 364
Average	27,114	10,441	16,673

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.03%. The percentage was 64.68% 10 years ago and SPC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 19.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.68% to 54.03%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.39% to 4.59%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.48% to 13.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.25% to 19.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6479 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5466 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at St Petersburg 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	110	1,078	4,283	3,891	66	20,548	800
2016-17	98	1,111	3,963	3,924	74	19,094	871
2017-18	95	1,120	3,904	4,155	96	18,456	916
2018-19	88	1,123	3,814	4,421	71	17,823	1,034
2019-20	90	1,125	3,834	4,555	69	17,319	1,090
2020-21	72	1,098	3,347	4,289	68	15,814	1,038
2021-22	67	1,060	3,126	4,180	57	14,325	961
2022-23	79	1,035	3,016	4,210	57	13,446	954
2023-24	63	1,058	2,981	4,390	60	13,042	1,020
2024-25	75	1,098	3,187	4,669	58	12,933	1,135
Average	84	1,091	3,546	4,268	68	16,280	982