Enrollment Trends at Coker

The student population at Coker University is 1,325 (1,220 undergraduate and 105 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 43 (3.35%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Coker is 92.08% which is increased by 17 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 26 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, up from 65 in 2015.
637 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 797.18% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,212 where 1,325 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,325 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,087 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,282 to 1,325 students, a net gain of 43 (3.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,282	1,203	468	735	79	36	43
2016-17	1,222 -60	1,149 -54	458 -10	691 -44	73 -6	36	37 -6
2017-18	1,109 -113	1,023 -126	413 -45	610 -81	86 13	35 -1	51 14
2018-19	1,280 171	1,130 107	508 95	622 12	150 64	48 13	102 51
2019-20	1,113 -167	977 -153	402 -106	575 -47	136 -14	56 8	80 -22
2020-21	1,087 -26	954 -23	411 9	543 -32	133 -3	52 -4	81 1
2021-22	1,280 193	1,171 217	522 111	649 106	109 -24	38 -14	71 -10
2022-23	1,160 -120	1,060 -111	487 -35	573 -76	100 -9	29 -9	71
2023-24	1,263 103	1,187 127	537 50	650 77	76 -24	23 -6	53 -18
2024-25	1,325 62	1,220 33	552 15	668 18	105 29	32 9	73 20
Average	1,212	1,107	476	632	105	39	66

Coker University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,107 where 1,220 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 Coker University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,203	957	414	543	246	54	192
2016-17	1,149	953	417	536	196	41	155
2017-18	1,023	909	381	528	114	32	82
2018-19	1,130	1,001	458	543	129	50	79
2019-20	977	920	380	540	57	22	35
2020-21	954	868	375	493	86	36	50
2021-22	1,171	809	336	473	362	186	176
2022-23	1,060	747	329	418	313	158	155
2023-24	1,187	766	332	434	421	205	216
2024-25	1,220	820	361	459	400	191	209
Average	1,107	1,107	378	497	1,107	98	135

Coker University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 105 where 105 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 Coker University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	79	0	0	0	79	36	43
2016-17	73	73	36	37	0	0	0
2017-18	86	77	30	47	9	5	4
2018-19	150	144	44	100	6	4	2
2019-20	136	121	54	67	15	2	13
2020-21	133	128	50	78	5	2	3
2021-22	109	52	19	33	57	19	38
2022-23	100	33	10	23	67	19	48
2023-24	76	29	5	24	47	18	29
2024-25	105	71	15	56	34	17	17
Average	105	105	26	47	105	12	20

Coker University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.79% and the percentage of black students is 16.60% at Coker University. 6.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.75% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.09% to 46.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.31% to 6.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 30.97% to 16.60%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.12% to 0.75%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7420 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6401 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Coker 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	7	4	397	40	2	655	57
2016-17	7	4	388	33	1	674	63
2017-18	6	5	362	33	1	596	71
2018-19	8	18	366	34	1	717	93
2019-20	7	8	330	31	0	629	70
2020-21	9	4	315	24	0	601	32
2021-22	11	70	283	15	2	792	62
2022-23	9	39	251	49	1	549	40
2023-24	8	58	272	10	2	655	92
2024-25	2	80	220	10	1	620	117
Average	7	29	318	28	1	649	70

Coker University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

637 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 48% of total students. The number of online students has increased 797.18% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Coker University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,282	71	324	887
2016-17	1,222	95	314	813
2017-18	1,109	127	363	619
2018-19	1,280	215	333	732
2019-20	1,113	240	0	873
2020-21	1,087	241	72	774
2021-22	1,280	565	448	267
2022-23	1,160	227	592	341
2023-24	1,263	587	396	280
2024-25	1,325	637	360	328
Average	1,212	301	320	591

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Enrollment Trends at Coker

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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