How Student Population Changes at South Central

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,864 where 2,602 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in South Central than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at South Central College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,410	1,413	1,997
2014-15	3,387 -23	1,480 67	1,907 -90
2015-16	2,960 -427	1,310 -170	1,650 -257
2016-17	2,807 -153	1,289 -21	1,518 -132
2017-18	2,787 -20	1,328 39	1,459 -59
2018-19	2,746 -41	1,280 -48	1,466 7
2019-20	2,775 29	1,265 -15	1,510 44
2020-21	2,653 -122	1,133 -132	1,520 10
2021-22	2,511 -142	1,083 -50	1,428 -92
2022-23	2,602 91	1,096 13	1,506 78
Average	2,864	1,268	1,596

South Central College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.22%. The percentage was 78.39% 10 years ago and South Central still has a high percentage of white students. 1.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.61% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Central College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	13	40	261	244	3	2,673	83
2014-15	9	32	276	261	2	2,641	74
2015-16	9	50	276	274	4	2,205	57
2016-17	7	44	284	257	4	2,057	78
2017-18	14	39	327	274	2	1,992	79
2018-19	8	37	291	277	1	1,965	92
2019-20	6	47	299	310	1	1,962	73
2020-21	7	41	268	319	0	1,862	64
2021-22	5	36	243	307	0	1,759	62
2022-23	8	35	276	301	1	1,775	76
Average	9	40	280	282	2	2,089	74

South Central College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

843 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 107.13% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South Central College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,387	407	990	1,990
2015-16	2,960	370	995	1,595
2016-17	2,807	318	764	1,725
2017-18	2,787	278	796	1,713
2018-19	2,746	213	790	1,743
2019-20	2,775	303	854	1,618
2020-21	2,653	1,469	634	550
2021-22	2,511	758	866	887
2022-23	2,602	843	826	933
Average	2,803	551	835	1,417

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Enrollment Trends at South Central

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes