Enrollment Trends at SC

The student population at Southwestern College is 1,174 (1,067 undergraduate and 107 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 487 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SC is 90.89% which is decreased by 291 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 196 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.53 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

557 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -39.85% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,443 where 1,174 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.89% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.11% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 291 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 196 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.53 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in SC than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,661	1,358	772	586	303	131	172
2014-15	1,627 -34	1,323 -35	773 1	550 -36	304 1	117 -14	187 15
2015-16	1,471 -156	1,190 -133	703 -70	487 -63	281 -23	124 7	157 -30
2016-17	1,467 -4	1,226 36	735 32	491 4	241 -40	107 -17	134 -23
2017-18	1,306 -161	1,147 -79	726 -9	421 -70	159 -82	77 -30	82 -52
2018-19	1,514 208	1,346 199	857 131	489 68	168 9	79 2	89 7
2019-20	1,512 -2	1,359 13	872 15	487 -2	153 -15	71 -8	82 -7
2020-21	1,413 -99	1,272 -87	843 -29	429 -58	141 -12	66 -5	75 -7
2021-22	1,282 -131	1,164 -108	760 -83	404 -25	118 -23	56 -10	62 -13
2022-23	1,174 -108	1,067 -97	708 -52	359 -45	107 -11	58 2	49 -13
Average	1,443	1,245	775	470	198	89	109

Southwestern College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,245 where 1,067 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southwestern College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,358	553	279	274	805	493	312
2014-15	1,323	557	290	267	766	483	283
2015-16	1,190	481	263	218	709	440	269
2016-17	1,226	514	292	222	712	443	269
2017-18	1,147	577	361	216	570	365	205
2018-19	1,346	683	424	259	663	433	230
2019-20	1,359	678	418	260	681	454	227
2020-21	1,272	707	442	265	565	401	164
2021-22	1,164	658	404	254	506	356	150
2022-23	1,067	630	395	235	437	313	124
Average	1,245	1,245	357	247	1,245	418	223

Southwestern College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 198 where 107 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southwestern College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	303	21	8	13	282	123	159
2014-15	304	40	9	31	264	108	156
2015-16	281	63	19	44	218	105	113
2016-17	241	49	24	25	192	83	109
2017-18	159	19	8	11	140	69	71
2018-19	168	44	29	15	124	50	74
2019-20	153	41	23	18	112	48	64
2020-21	141	49	27	22	92	39	53
2021-22	118	46	25	21	72	31	41
2022-23	107	41	31	10	66	27	39
Average	198	198	20	21	198	68	88

Southwestern College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.82% and the percentage of black students is 14.31% at Southwestern College. 1.79% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern 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	24	18	148	128	2	1,022	66
2014-15	27	25	150	112	2	990	59
2015-16	27	10	156	104	5	788	45
2016-17	28	16	150	105	2	655	45
2017-18	17	16	135	113	4	554	45
2018-19	12	22	162	132	9	635	40
2019-20	11	27	174	158	7	613	42
2020-21	9	32	145	165	9	520	48
2021-22	14	25	165	152	11	497	34
2022-23	12	21	168	168	8	491	26
Average	18	21	155	134	6	677	45

Southwestern College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

557 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 48% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -39.85% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwestern College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,627	926	21	680
2015-16	1,471	839	17	615
2016-17	1,467	785	17	665
2017-18	1,306	609	11	686
2018-19	1,514	866	13	635
2019-20	1,512	870	35	607
2020-21	1,413	763	8	642
2021-22	1,282	654	11	617
2022-23	1,174	557	2	615
Average	1,418	763	15	640

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