How Student Population Changes at VSCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,294 where 6,957 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.65 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in VSCC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,153	3,158	4,995
2014-15	7,664 -489	3,061 -97	4,603 -392
2015-16	8,098 434	3,274 213	4,824 221
2016-17	8,684 586	3,535 261	5,149 325
2017-18	8,838 154	3,487 -48	5,351 202
2018-19	9,154 316	3,597 110	5,557 206
2019-20	9,144 -10	3,486 -111	5,658 101
2020-21	8,832 -312	3,217 -269	5,615 -43
2021-22	7,417 -1,415	2,727 -490	4,690 -925
2022-23	6,957 -460	2,628 -99	4,329 -361
Average	8,294	3,217	5,077

Volunteer State Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.02%. The percentage was 81.20% 10 years ago and VSCC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.01% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Volunteer State Community 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	21	107	690	279	6	6,620	131
2014-15	25	89	663	301	8	6,194	166
2015-16	27	100	751	379	10	6,405	199
2016-17	37	119	737	458	8	6,781	244
2017-18	35	135	752	497	11	6,871	250
2018-19	27	118	833	569	12	7,035	272
2019-20	23	114	750	643	16	6,969	301
2020-21	26	125	765	617	13	6,678	289
2021-22	23	107	655	591	6	5,500	235
2022-23	22	112	557	600	6	5,080	232
Average	27	113	715	493	10	6,413	232

Volunteer State Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,805 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 40% of total students. The number of online students has increased 101.94% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Volunteer State Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,664	1,389	1,771	4,504
2015-16	8,098	1,416	1,730	4,952
2016-17	8,684	1,411	1,972	5,301
2017-18	8,838	1,520	2,097	5,221
2018-19	9,154	2,021	2,053	5,080
2019-20	9,144	2,187	2,103	4,854
2020-21	8,832	7,808	858	166
2021-22	7,417	3,333	2,011	2,073
2022-23	6,957	2,805	1,927	2,225
Average	8,310	2,654	1,836	3,820

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Enrollment Trends at VSCC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes