Student Population at Francis Marion

By race/ethnicity, 1,991 White, 1,358 Black, and 77 Asian students out of a total of 4,112 are attending at Francis Marion University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Francis Marion University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 65% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Francis Marion has 937 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 3,516 students under 25 years old, and 581 students over 25 years old out of 4,112 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 937 students are younger than 18 and 34 students are older than 65. Francis Marion has 3,368 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 309 students aged 25 and over.

It has 148 graduate students aged under 25 and 272 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Francis Marion University, 808 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,232 students are enrolled in some online courses.

765 students who live in South Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 43 students live in another State or outside of the United States.