Enrollment Trends at Francis Marion

The student population at Francis Marion University is 4,112 (3,692 undergraduate and 420 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 165 (4.18%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Francis Marion is 89.79% which is increased by 108 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 57 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 50 male students for every 100 female students, up from 44 in 2015.
808 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 541.27% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,003 where 4,112 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 4,240 students in 2020 and was lowest at 3,786 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,947 to 4,112 students, a net gain of 165 (4.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,947	3,584	1,134	2,450	363	70	293
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
2023-24	4,017 -28	3,623 -12	1,296 39	2,327 -51	394 -16	75 -10	319 -6
2024-25	4,112 95	3,692 69	1,293 -3	2,399 72	420 26	81 6	339 20
Average	4,003	3,594	1,178	2,417	409	77	332

Francis Marion University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,594 where 3,692 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 Francis Marion University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	3,623	2,508	897	1,611	1,115	399	716
2024-25	3,692	2,523	921	1,602	1,169	372	797
Average	3,594	3,594	935	1,892	3,594	242	525

Francis Marion University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 409 where 420 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 Francis Marion University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	394	102	7	95	292	68	224
2024-25	420	140	17	123	280	64	216
Average	409	409	19	113	409	59	219

Francis Marion University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.42% and the percentage of black students is 33.03% at Francis Marion University. 1.87% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.67% to 48.42%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.29% to 1.87%. Black student enrollment decreased from 43.81% to 33.03%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.52% to 5.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6517 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5705 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Francis Marion 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	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
2023-24	12	82	1,315	211	2	2,051	142
2024-25	15	77	1,358	229	2	1,991	151
Average	19	61	1,464	136	2	2,044	122

Francis Marion University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

808 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 541.27% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Francis Marion University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	4,017	416	1,044	2,557
2024-25	4,112	808	1,232	2,072
Average	4,003	330	949	2,724

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Enrollment Trends at Francis Marion

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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