Enrollment Trends at Coastal Carolina

The student population at Coastal Carolina University is 10,337 (9,794 undergraduate and 543 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,002 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina is 94.75% which is increased by 1,048 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 46 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

554 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,670.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,204 where 10,337 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.75% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.25% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,048 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 46 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Coastal Carolina than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,335	8,746	4,057	4,689	589	178	411
2013-14	9,478 143	8,867 121	4,097 40	4,770 81	611 22	178 0	433 22
2014-15	9,976 498	9,364 497	4,285 188	5,079 309	612 1	196 18	416 -17
2015-16	10,263 287	9,615 251	4,493 208	5,122 43	648 36	206 10	442 26
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 0	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
Average	10,204	9,545	4,374	5,171	659	206	453

Coastal Carolina University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,545 where 9,794 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 Coastal Carolina University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,746	7,916	3,690	4,226	830	367	463
2013-14	8,867	8,032	3,762	4,270	835	335	500
2014-15	9,364	8,502	3,941	4,561	862	344	518
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
Average	9,545	9,545	3,976	4,690	9,545	398	481

Coastal Carolina University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 659 where 543 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 Coastal Carolina University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	589	155	74	81	434	104	330
2013-14	611	167	69	98	444	109	335
2014-15	612	182	92	90	430	104	326
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
Average	659	659	86	97	659	120	356

Coastal Carolina University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.44%. The percentage was 71.82% 10 years ago and Coastal Carolina still has a high percentage of white students. 1.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.01% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Coastal Carolina 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	27	72	1,801	311	14	6,704	222
2013-14	34	65	1,877	327	14	6,615	305
2014-15	40	77	1,904	348	13	6,998	405
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
Average	35	91	1,854	469	13	7,013	414

Coastal Carolina University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

554 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,670.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Coastal Carolina University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,976	20	503	9,453
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
Average	10,382	424	3,281	6,676

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