Enrollment Trends at SCF

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,564 where 8,750 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SCF than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,532	4,095	6,437
2016-17	10,480 -52	4,043 -52	6,437
2017-18	10,886 406	4,146 103	6,740 303
2018-19	10,229 -657	3,825 -321	6,404 -336
2019-20	10,096 -133	3,789 -36	6,307 -97
2020-21	9,242 -854	3,326 -463	5,916 -391
2021-22	8,424 -818	3,074 -252	5,350 -566
2022-23	8,588 164	3,179 105	5,409 59
2023-24	8,411 -177	3,130 -49	5,281 -128
2024-25	8,750 339	3,169 39	5,581 300
Average	9,564	3,578	5,986

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.81%. The percentage was 66.26% 10 years ago and SCF still has a high percentage of white students. 4.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 25.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.26% to 52.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.31% to 4.01%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.60% to 8.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.08% to 25.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6458 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5328 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota 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	36	243	906	1,483	11	6,978	234
2016-17	29	230	912	1,646	16	6,896	267
2017-18	24	284	907	1,784	18	7,061	269
2018-19	29	263	870	1,843	18	6,384	257
2019-20	37	261	942	2,016	13	5,771	270
2020-21	42	288	778	1,989	9	5,298	184
2021-22	40	309	722	1,872	9	4,764	105
2022-23	52	319	726	2,011	4	4,752	50
2023-24	45	330	681	2,042	10	4,654	26
2024-25	51	351	742	2,256	8	4,621	15
Average	39	288	819	1,894	12	5,718	168