Enrollment Trends at Francis Marion

The student population at Francis Marion University is 4,045 (3,635 undergraduate and 410 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 48 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Francis Marion is 89.86% which is decreased by 145 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 97 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.01 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

352 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 80.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,000 where 4,045 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.86% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.14% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 145 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 97 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.01 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Francis Marion than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,093	3,780	1,232	2,548	313	52	261
2013-14	4,058 -35	3,714 -66	1,164 -68	2,550 2	344 31	64 12	280 19
2014-15	3,944 -114	3,605 -109	1,113 -51	2,492 -58	339 -5	62 -2	277 -3
2015-16	3,947 3	3,584 -21	1,134 21	2,450 -42	363 24	70 8	293 16
2016-17	3,874 -73	3,559 -25	1,093 -41	2,466 16	315 -48	67 -3	248 -45
2017-18	3,786 -88	3,460 -99	1,091 -2	2,369 -97	326 11	53 -14	273 25
2018-19	3,940 154	3,482 22	1,086 -5	2,396 27	458 132	69 16	389 116
2019-20	4,240 300	3,800 318	1,211 125	2,589 193	440 -18	67 -2	373 -16
2020-21	4,148 -92	3,632 -168	1,158 -53	2,474 -115	516 76	103 36	413 40
2021-22	3,923 -225	3,475 -157	1,156 -2	2,319 -155	448 -68	102 -1	346 -67
2022-23	4,045 122	3,635 160	1,257 101	2,378 59	410 -38	85 -17	325 -21
Average	4,000	3,611	1,154	2,457	388	72	316

Francis Marion University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,611 where 3,635 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 Francis Marion University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,780	3,395	1,107	2,288	385	125	260
2013-14	3,714	3,316	1,044	2,272	398	120	278
2014-15	3,605	3,168	975	2,193	437	138	299
2015-16	3,584	3,172	1,011	2,161	412	123	289
2016-17	3,559	3,133	982	2,151	426	111	315
2017-18	3,460	3,006	950	2,056	454	141	313
2018-19	3,482	2,883	913	1,970	599	173	426
2019-20	3,800	2,900	931	1,969	900	280	620
2020-21	3,632	2,852	926	1,926	780	232	548
2021-22	3,475	2,712	924	1,788	763	232	531
2022-23	3,635	2,583	896	1,687	1,052	361	691
Average	3,611	3,611	969	2,042	3,611	185	415

Francis Marion University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 388 where 410 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 Francis Marion University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	313	29	3	26	284	49	235
2013-14	344	72	10	62	272	54	218
2014-15	339	74	10	64	265	52	213
2015-16	363	102	20	82	261	50	211
2016-17	315	83	15	68	232	52	180
2017-18	326	97	12	85	229	41	188
2018-19	458	170	23	147	288	46	242
2019-20	440	176	30	146	264	37	227
2020-21	516	210	36	174	306	67	239
2021-22	448	125	13	112	323	89	234
2022-23	410	112	12	100	298	73	225
Average	388	388	17	97	388	55	219

Francis Marion University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.03%. The percentage was 48.86% 10 years ago and Francis Marion still has a high percentage of white students. 1.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 32.88% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Francis Marion 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	19	42	1,849	38	4	2,000	4
2013-14	13	41	1,880	45	4	1,949	10
2014-15	11	47	1,778	56	2	1,904	38
2015-16	20	51	1,729	60	2	1,921	68
2016-17	17	44	1,599	74	1	1,960	99
2017-18	22	49	1,500	83	2	1,937	117
2018-19	19	51	1,484	103	3	2,078	119
2019-20	17	62	1,508	133	1	2,145	130
2020-21	21	63	1,463	132	1	2,160	117
2021-22	21	61	1,358	159	1	2,055	132
2022-23	21	71	1,330	177	1	2,145	140
Average	18	53	1,589	96	2	2,023	89

Francis Marion University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

352 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 80.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Francis Marion University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,944	195	105	3,644
2015-16	3,947	126	161	3,660
2016-17	3,874	165	463	3,246
2017-18	3,786	131	449	3,206
2018-19	3,940	90	455	3,395
2019-20	4,240	154	860	3,226
2020-21	4,148	467	2,262	1,419
2021-22	3,923	592	1,506	1,825
2022-23	4,045	352	1,056	2,637
Average	3,983	252	813	2,918

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