Enrollment Trends at Surry CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,076 where 2,796 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 3,385 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,758 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,385 to 2,796 students, a net loss of 589 (17.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,385	1,397	1,988
2016-17	3,379 -6	1,380 -17	1,999 11
2017-18	3,236 -143	1,268 -112	1,968 -31
2018-19	3,073 -163	1,184 -84	1,889 -79
2019-20	3,382 309	1,291 107	2,091 202
2020-21	3,103 -279	1,125 -166	1,978 -113
2021-22	2,849 -254	1,061 -64	1,788 -190
2022-23	2,797 -52	1,093 32	1,704 -84
2023-24	2,758 -39	1,077 -16	1,681 -23
2024-25	2,796 38	1,099 22	1,697 16
Average	3,076	1,198	1,878

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.96%. The percentage was 80.80% 10 years ago and Surry CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.32% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 21.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.80% to 68.96%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.68% to 0.61%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.92% to 2.32%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.67% to 21.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4765 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3301 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Surry 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	8	23	99	429	1	2,735	27
2016-17	11	25	92	532	2	2,622	41
2017-18	9	25	87	545	2	2,467	36
2018-19	13	64	50	519	2	2,288	39
2019-20	12	24	93	572	2	2,474	63
2020-21	7	20	80	526	2	2,285	59
2021-22	14	27	65	535	1	1,973	61
2022-23	7	22	71	543	1	1,942	52
2023-24	6	13	67	550	1	1,924	58
2024-25	3	17	65	606	3	1,928	61
Average	9	26	77	536	2	2,264	50