Enrollment Trends at FSC

The student population at Florida Southern College is 3,211 (2,682 undergraduate and 529 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 342 (11.92%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at FSC is 83.53% which is increased by 123 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 219 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 53 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
216 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 54.29% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,185 where 3,211 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 3,413 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,869 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,869 to 3,211 students, a net gain of 342 (11.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Florida Southern College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,869	2,559	911	1,648	310	99	211
2016-17	2,977 108	2,598 39	921 10	1,677 29	379 69	89 -10	290 79
2017-18	3,055 78	2,615 17	910 -11	1,705 28	440 61	101 12	339 49
2018-19	3,154 99	2,723 108	954 44	1,769 64	431 -9	106 5	325 -14
2019-20	3,305 151	2,755 32	1,009 55	1,746 -23	550 119	146 40	404 79
2020-21	3,413 108	2,834 79	1,026 17	1,808 62	579 29	173 27	406 2
2021-22	3,386 -27	2,811 -23	1,006 -20	1,805 -3	575 -4	192 19	383 -23
2022-23	3,281 -105	2,721 -90	1,015 9	1,706 -99	560 -15	193 1	367 -16
2023-24	3,194 -87	2,626 -95	968 -47	1,658 -48	568 8	193	375 8
2024-25	3,211 17	2,682 56	945 -23	1,737 79	529 -39	170 -23	359 -16
Average	3,185	2,692	967	1,726	492	146	346

Florida Southern College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,692 where 2,682 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 Florida Southern College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,559	2,284	846	1,438	275	65	210
2016-17	2,598	2,323	848	1,475	275	73	202
2017-18	2,615	2,356	841	1,515	259	69	190
2018-19	2,723	2,518	902	1,616	205	52	153
2019-20	2,755	2,537	946	1,591	218	63	155
2020-21	2,834	2,579	952	1,627	255	74	181
2021-22	2,811	2,647	959	1,688	164	47	117
2022-23	2,721	2,620	974	1,646	101	41	60
2023-24	2,626	2,527	938	1,589	99	30	69
2024-25	2,682	2,603	912	1,691	79	33	46
Average	2,692	2,692	912	1,588	2,692	55	138

Florida Southern College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 492 where 529 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 Florida Southern College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	310	276	92	184	34	7	27
2016-17	379	312	72	240	67	17	50
2017-18	440	354	81	273	86	20	66
2018-19	431	322	83	239	109	23	86
2019-20	550	401	101	300	149	45	104
2020-21	579	383	121	262	196	52	144
2021-22	575	365	129	236	210	63	147
2022-23	560	363	141	222	197	52	145
2023-24	568	382	140	242	186	53	133
2024-25	529	400	139	261	129	31	98
Average	492	492	110	246	492	36	100

Florida Southern College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.00%. The percentage was 72.26% 10 years ago and FSC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.57% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.26% to 63.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.02% to 2.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.27% to 7.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.74% to 16.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5668 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4615 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Florida Southern College 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	14	58	180	308	2	2,073	66
2016-17	18	72	189	338	3	2,153	48
2017-18	29	81	201	304	5	2,224	24
2018-19	31	106	242	399	4	2,188	24
2019-20	32	101	276	424	7	2,289	31
2020-21	25	105	291	472	5	2,351	36
2021-22	20	98	261	523	5	2,271	63
2022-23	16	80	234	474	4	2,239	85
2023-24	11	89	231	466	6	2,122	115
2024-25	11	82	243	539	27	2,023	130
Average	21	87	235	425	7	2,193	62

Florida Southern College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

216 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 54.29% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Florida Southern College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,869	140	704	2,025
2016-17	2,977	161	799	2,017
2017-18	3,055	110	658	2,287
2018-19	3,154	142	651	2,361
2019-20	3,305	194	942	2,169
2020-21	3,413	269	1,001	2,143
2021-22	3,386	174	1,000	2,212
2022-23	3,281	187	1,018	2,076
2023-24	3,194	239	1,051	1,904
2024-25	3,211	216	911	2,084
Average	3,185	183	874	2,128

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Enrollment Trends at FSC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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