Enrollment Trends at Francis Marion

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.

89.79% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.21% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 108 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 57 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 and it means that there are 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 2015.

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.

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.

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).

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.