How Student Population Changes at SMC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,189 where 1,807 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SMC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,802	1,156	1,646
2014-15	2,567 -235	1,074 -82	1,493 -153
2015-16	2,348 -219	983 -91	1,365 -128
2016-17	2,252 -96	952 -31	1,300 -65
2017-18	2,330 78	996 44	1,334 34
2018-19	2,130 -200	865 -131	1,265 -69
2019-20	2,141 11	854 -11	1,287 22
2020-21	1,759 -382	660 -194	1,099 -188
2021-22	1,756 -3	657 -3	1,099 0
2022-23	1,807 51	759 102	1,048 -51
Average	2,189	896	1,294

Southwestern Michigan College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.17%. The percentage was 74.02% 10 years ago and SMC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.62% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern Michigan 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	23	18	304	125	0	2,074	153
2014-15	29	21	268	132	1	1,886	130
2015-16	38	30	250	121	2	1,682	113
2016-17	39	24	206	135	4	1,581	97
2017-18	34	26	269	104	4	1,616	109
2018-19	27	30	216	98	6	1,477	67
2019-20	27	31	238	96	4	1,475	80
2020-21	24	25	193	107	4	1,169	66
2021-22	14	32	188	79	5	1,181	84
2022-23	16	18	210	38	4	1,268	122
Average	27	26	234	104	3	1,541	102

Southwestern Michigan College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

91 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwestern Michigan College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,567	0	0	2,567
2015-16	2,348	0	0	2,348
2016-17	2,252	0	0	2,252
2017-18	2,330	0	0	2,330
2018-19	2,130	0	0	2,130
2019-20	2,141	0	0	2,141
2020-21	1,759	22	106	1,631
2021-22	1,756	63	413	1,280
2022-23	1,807	91	476	1,240
Average	2,121	20	111	1,991

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Enrollment Trends at SMC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes