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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 31,767 students in 2016 and was lowest at 23,350 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 31,767 to 23,936 students, a net loss of 7,831 (24.7%).

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