Enrollment Trends at Coastal Carolina

The student population at Coastal Carolina University is 11,348 (10,811 undergraduate and 537 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,085 (10.57%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina is 95.27% which is increased by 1,196 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 111 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 77 male students for every 100 female students, down from 84 in 2015.
526 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,994.12% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,564 where 11,348 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 11,348 students in 2025 and was lowest at 10,118 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 10,263 to 11,348 students, a net gain of 1,085 (10.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Coastal Carolina University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,263	9,615	4,493	5,122	648	206	442
2016-17	10,479 216	9,747 132	4,595 102	5,152 30	732 84	220 14	512 70
2017-18	10,663 184	9,898 151	4,584 -11	5,314 162	765 33	224 4	541 29
2018-19	10,641 -22	9,917 19	4,602 18	5,315 1	724 -41	218 -6	506 -35
2019-20	10,484 -157	9,760 -157	4,388 -214	5,372 57	724	236 18	488 -18
2020-21	10,118 -366	9,500 -260	4,202 -186	5,298 -74	618 -106	216 -20	402 -86
2021-22	10,473 355	9,790 290	4,393 191	5,397 99	683 65	210 -6	473 71
2022-23	10,337 -136	9,794 4	4,417 24	5,377 -20	543 -140	187 -23	356 -117
2023-24	10,829 492	10,306 512	4,611 194	5,695 318	523 -20	202 15	321 -35
2024-25	11,348 519	10,811 505	4,725 114	6,086 391	537 14	213 11	324 3
Average	10,564	9,914	4,501	5,413	650	213	437

Coastal Carolina University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,914 where 10,811 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Coastal Carolina University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,615	8,771	4,121	4,650	844	372	472
2016-17	9,747	8,864	4,220	4,644	883	375	508
2017-18	9,898	9,021	4,190	4,831	877	394	483
2018-19	9,917	8,941	4,135	4,806	976	467	509
2019-20	9,760	8,810	3,952	4,858	950	436	514
2020-21	9,500	8,529	3,745	4,784	971	457	514
2021-22	9,790	8,926	3,968	4,958	864	425	439
2022-23	9,794	9,015	4,012	5,003	779	405	374
2023-24	10,306	9,533	4,276	5,257	773	335	438
2024-25	10,811	10,042	4,396	5,646	769	329	440
Average	9,914	9,914	4,102	4,944	9,914	400	469

Coastal Carolina University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 650 where 537 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Coastal Carolina University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	648	195	82	113	453	124	329
2016-17	732	206	100	106	526	120	406
2017-18	765	188	99	89	577	125	452
2018-19	724	194	92	102	530	126	404
2019-20	724	208	100	108	516	136	380
2020-21	618	199	91	108	419	125	294
2021-22	683	169	78	91	514	132	382
2022-23	543	148	70	78	395	117	278
2023-24	523	170	87	83	353	115	238
2024-25	537	177	104	73	360	109	251
Average	650	650	90	95	650	123	341

Coastal Carolina University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.31%. The percentage was 69.23% 10 years ago and Coastal Carolina still has a high percentage of white students. 1.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.60% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 69.23% to 73.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.83% to 1.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.15% to 11.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.96% to 6.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4427 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4806 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Coastal Carolina University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	33	85	1,965	406	11	7,105	442
2016-17	35	73	2,043	435	11	7,130	471
2017-18	26	77	2,023	430	13	7,217	516
2018-19	31	96	2,006	518	11	7,146	479
2019-20	41	104	1,823	548	11	7,098	458
2020-21	42	104	1,804	570	13	6,758	423
2021-22	41	119	1,698	630	14	7,095	419
2022-23	30	125	1,448	632	15	7,281	410
2023-24	29	109	1,150	627	9	7,223	368
2024-25	32	130	1,316	772	11	8,319	466
Average	34	102	1,728	557	12	7,237	445

Coastal Carolina University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

526 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,994.12% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Coastal Carolina University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	10,263	17	249	9,997
2016-17	10,479	495	3,080	6,904
2017-18	10,663	559	3,177	6,927
2018-19	10,641	495	3,563	6,583
2019-20	10,484	481	3,856	6,147
2020-21	10,118	585	4,675	4,858
2021-22	10,473	614	6,161	3,698
2022-23	10,337	554	4,267	5,516
2023-24	10,829	511	3,740	6,578
2024-25	11,348	526	4,434	6,388
Average	10,564	484	3,720	6,360

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Enrollment Trends at Coastal Carolina

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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