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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 10,886 students in 2018 and was lowest at 8,411 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 10,532 to 8,750 students, a net loss of 1,782 (16.9%).

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