Enrollment Trends at TCL

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,260 where 2,461 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,461 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,046 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,332 to 2,461 students, a net gain of 129 (5.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Technical College of the Lowcountry since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,332	738	1,594
2016-17	2,231 -101	686 -52	1,545 -49
2017-18	2,314 83	724 38	1,590 45
2018-19	2,247 -67	726 2	1,521 -69
2019-20	2,308 61	726	1,582 61
2020-21	2,119 -189	595 -131	1,524 -58
2021-22	2,046 -73	594 -1	1,452 -72
2022-23	2,196 150	646 52	1,550 98
2023-24	2,349 153	723 77	1,626 76
2024-25	2,461 112	836 113	1,625 -1
Average	2,260	699	1,561

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.32% and the percentage of black students is 27.87% at Technical College of the Lowcountry. 1.06% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 21.50% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 50.26% to 43.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.86% to 1.06%. Black student enrollment decreased from 34.18% to 27.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.33% to 21.50%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6866 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6194 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Technical College of the Lowcountry 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	11	20	797	241	4	1,172	51
2016-17	8	24	696	265	5	1,120	83
2017-18	9	24	792	287	4	1,087	97
2018-19	6	31	650	321	3	1,110	105
2019-20	7	33	675	342	3	1,111	109
2020-21	3	29	555	321	2	1,104	94
2021-22	6	37	583	343	3	967	86
2022-23	9	28	602	386	3	1,026	116
2023-24	9	25	667	459	4	1,048	113
2024-25	13	26	686	529	9	1,066	103
Average	8	28	670	349	4	1,081	96