Enrollment Trends at Claflin

The student population at Claflin University is 1,830 (1,749 undergraduate and 81 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 116 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Claflin is 95.57% which is decreased by 134 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 18 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.24 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

187 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 211.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,974 where 1,830 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.57% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.43% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 134 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 18 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.24 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Claflin than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,946	1,883	653	1,230	63	26	37
2013-14	1,884 -62	1,834 -49	670 17	1,164 -66	50 -13	20 -6	30 -7
2014-15	1,866 -18	1,803 -31	629 -41	1,174 10	63 13	13 -7	50 20
2015-16	1,925 59	1,851 48	659 30	1,192 18	74 11	30 17	44 -6
2016-17	1,978 53	1,905 54	664 5	1,241 49	73 -1	33 3	40 -4
2017-18	2,129 151	2,038 133	662 -2	1,376 135	91 18	32 -1	59 19
2018-19	2,172 43	2,080 42	657 -5	1,423 47	92 1	29 -3	63 4
2019-20	2,070 -102	1,986 -94	644 -13	1,342 -81	84 -8	21 -8	63 0
2020-21	2,048 -22	1,969 -17	572 -72	1,397 55	79 -5	17 -4	62 -1
2021-22	1,866 -182	1,779 -190	518 -54	1,261 -136	87 8	26 9	61 -1
2022-23	1,830 -36	1,749 -30	548 30	1,201 -60	81 -6	16 -10	65 4
Average	1,974	1,898	625	1,273	76	24	52

Claflin University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,898 where 1,749 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 Claflin University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,883	1,830	637	1,193	53	16	37
2013-14	1,834	1,767	645	1,122	67	25	42
2014-15	1,803	1,751	617	1,134	52	12	40
2015-16	1,851	1,807	642	1,165	44	17	27
2016-17	1,905	1,873	648	1,225	32	16	16
2017-18	2,038	1,955	620	1,335	83	42	41
2018-19	2,080	1,984	618	1,366	96	39	57
2019-20	1,986	1,889	601	1,288	97	43	54
2020-21	1,969	1,806	521	1,285	163	51	112
2021-22	1,779	1,687	498	1,189	92	20	72
2022-23	1,749	1,618	493	1,125	131	55	76
Average	1,898	1,898	595	1,221	1,898	31	52

Claflin University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 76 where 81 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 Claflin University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	63	47	20	27	16	6	10
2013-14	50	40	17	23	10	3	7
2014-15	63	48	8	40	15	5	10
2015-16	74	58	25	33	16	5	11
2016-17	73	57	23	34	16	10	6
2017-18	91	71	23	48	20	9	11
2018-19	92	71	23	48	21	6	15
2019-20	84	70	16	54	14	5	9
2020-21	79	62	15	47	17	2	15
2021-22	87	50	15	35	37	11	26
2022-23	81	47	9	38	34	7	27
Average	76	76	18	39	76	6	13

Claflin University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.99% and the percentage of black students is 88.52% at Claflin University. 0.49% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Claflin 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	5	10	1,787	39	0	27	10
2013-14	16	9	1,711	29	0	32	9
2014-15	20	14	1,693	31	0	29	4
2015-16	21	25	1,757	33	1	24	5
2016-17	24	32	1,775	37	1	31	4
2017-18	34	30	1,926	40	1	34	1
2018-19	27	23	1,996	32	3	22	0
2019-20	29	13	1,871	28	4	27	1
2020-21	21	9	1,881	27	1	29	1
2021-22	15	10	1,731	20	0	45	2
2022-23	11	9	1,620	20	0	73	3
Average	20	17	1,795	31	1	34	4

Claflin University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

187 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 211.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Claflin University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,866	60	1,806
2015-16	1,925	111	1,814
2016-17	1,978	44	1,934
2017-18	2,129	277	1,852
2018-19	2,172	158	2,014
2019-20	2,070	179	1,891
2020-21	2,048	207	1,841
2021-22	1,866	267	1,599
2022-23	1,830	187	1,643
Average	1,987	166	1,822

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