Enrollment Trends at Trident Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,868 where 13,552 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 15,043 students in 2016 and was lowest at 11,286 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 15,043 to 13,552 students, a net loss of 1,491 (9.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,043	5,973	9,070
2016-17	13,561 -1,482	5,460 -513	8,101 -969
2017-18	13,271 -290	5,294 -166	7,977 -124
2018-19	12,148 -1,123	4,794 -500	7,354 -623
2019-20	12,351 203	4,870 76	7,481 127
2020-21	11,650 -701	4,478 -392	7,172 -309
2021-22	11,286 -364	4,355 -123	6,931 -241
2022-23	11,789 503	4,473 118	7,316 385
2023-24	14,025 2,236	5,130 657	8,895 1,579
2024-25	13,552 -473	4,958 -172	8,594 -301
Average	12,868	4,979	7,889

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.72% and the percentage of black students is 28.46% at Trident Technical College. 1.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.68% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.72% to 49.72%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.79% to 1.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 29.28% to 28.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.13% to 10.68%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6557 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5657 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Trident Technical 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	79	269	4,405	772	41	8,834	407
2016-17	71	264	3,708	788	45	8,053	406
2017-18	58	262	3,705	778	46	7,752	443
2018-19	44	228	3,233	767	31	7,206	443
2019-20	62	238	3,263	855	62	7,178	454
2020-21	44	227	2,980	892	29	6,748	496
2021-22	42	228	2,948	940	20	6,318	556
2022-23	42	225	3,141	1,041	23	6,339	625
2023-24	42	267	3,931	1,332	20	7,257	818
2024-25	47	251	3,857	1,448	28	6,738	893
Average	53	246	3,517	961	35	7,242	554