Enrollment Trends at CSU

The student population at Charleston Southern University is 3,418 (2,836 undergraduate and 582 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 288 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CSU is 82.97% which is increased by 57 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 231 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

563 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 67.56% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,409 where 3,418 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.97% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.03% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 57 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 231 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Charleston Southern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,130	2,779	1,018	1,761	351	143	208
2013-14	3,269 139	2,912 133	1,034 16	1,878 117	357 6	132 -11	225 17
2014-15	3,367 98	2,967 55	1,110 76	1,857 -21	400 43	161 29	239 14
2015-16	3,621 254	3,181 214	1,177 67	2,004 147	440 40	178 17	262 23
2016-17	3,616 -5	3,204 23	1,219 42	1,985 -19	412 -28	161 -17	251 -11
2017-18	3,492 -124	3,061 -143	1,170 -49	1,891 -94	431 19	171 10	260 9
2018-19	3,414 -78	2,945 -116	1,104 -66	1,841 -50	469 38	182 11	287 27
2019-20	3,477 63	2,884 -61	1,049 -55	1,835 -6	593 124	216 34	377 90
2020-21	3,350 -127	2,720 -164	974 -75	1,746 -89	630 37	232 16	398 21
2021-22	3,341 -9	2,725 5	970 -4	1,755 9	616 -14	226 -6	390 -8
2022-23	3,418 77	2,836 111	1,037 67	1,799 44	582 -34	208 -18	374 -16
Average	3,409	2,929	1,078	1,850	480	183	297

Charleston Southern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,929 where 2,836 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 Charleston Southern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,779	2,482	916	1,566	297	102	195
2013-14	2,912	2,601	934	1,667	311	100	211
2014-15	2,967	2,638	1,001	1,637	329	109	220
2015-16	3,181	2,796	1,046	1,750	385	131	254
2016-17	3,204	2,896	1,086	1,810	308	133	175
2017-18	3,061	2,804	1,069	1,735	257	101	156
2018-19	2,945	2,729	1,014	1,715	216	90	126
2019-20	2,884	2,558	932	1,626	326	117	209
2020-21	2,720	2,491	878	1,613	229	96	133
2021-22	2,725	2,480	882	1,598	245	88	157
2022-23	2,836	2,583	928	1,655	253	109	144
Average	2,929	2,929	971	1,670	2,929	107	180

Charleston Southern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 480 where 582 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 Charleston Southern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	351	50	14	36	301	129	172
2013-14	357	60	13	47	297	119	178
2014-15	400	66	13	53	334	148	186
2015-16	440	55	11	44	385	167	218
2016-17	412	41	10	31	371	151	220
2017-18	431	56	21	35	375	150	225
2018-19	469	82	23	59	387	159	228
2019-20	593	124	24	100	469	192	277
2020-21	630	163	48	115	467	184	283
2021-22	616	182	51	131	434	175	259
2022-23	582	206	65	141	376	143	233
Average	480	480	27	72	480	156	225

Charleston Southern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.12% and the percentage of black students is 15.56% at Charleston Southern University. 1.11% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Charleston Southern University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	20	46	873	86	1	1,905	51
2013-14	19	47	967	101	4	1,942	52
2014-15	18	41	926	108	4	2,022	67
2015-16	30	61	951	109	7	2,199	66
2016-17	27	58	947	123	6	2,226	87
2017-18	20	48	876	128	6	2,130	114
2018-19	13	45	698	112	6	1,894	118
2019-20	12	55	688	142	8	2,072	119
2020-21	10	55	608	171	7	2,022	83
2021-22	29	55	599	102	10	2,134	154
2022-23	27	38	532	183	9	1,679	117
Average	20	50	788	124	6	2,020	93

Charleston Southern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

563 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 67.56% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Charleston Southern University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,367	336	326	2,705
2015-16	3,621	604	516	2,501
2016-17	3,616	462	560	2,594
2017-18	3,492	520	933	2,039
2018-19	3,414	449	877	2,088
2019-20	3,477	571	920	1,986
2020-21	3,350	744	2,178	428
2021-22	3,341	481	1,564	1,296
2022-23	3,418	563	1,132	1,723
Average	3,455	526	1,001	1,929

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