Enrollment Trends at Georgia Southern

The student population at Georgia Southern University is 25,481 (21,979 undergraduate and 3,502 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,907 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Georgia Southern is 86.26% which is increased by 3,986 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 921 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,018 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 112.26% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 23,193 where 25,481 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.26% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.74% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,986 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 921 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Georgia Southern than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,574	17,993	9,029	8,964	2,581	920	1,661
2013-14	20,517 -57	17,904 -89	8,958 -71	8,946 -18	2,613 32	902 -18	1,711 50
2014-15	20,517 0	18,004 100	8,967 9	9,037 91	2,513 -100	834 -68	1,679 -32
2015-16	20,459 -58	17,963 -41	8,945 -22	9,018 -19	2,496 -17	841 7	1,655 -24
2016-17	20,673 214	18,005 42	8,879 -66	9,126 108	2,668 172	874 33	1,794 139
2017-18	20,418 -255	17,759 -246	8,804 -75	8,955 -171	2,659 -9	873 -1	1,786 -8
2018-19	26,408 5,990	23,130 5,371	10,500 1,696	12,630 3,675	3,278 619	1,011 138	2,267 481
2019-20	26,054 -354	22,715 -415	10,001 -499	12,714 84	3,339 61	944 -67	2,395 128
2020-21	26,949 895	23,469 754	9,986 -15	13,483 769	3,480 141	917 -27	2,563 168
2021-22	27,076 127	23,527 58	9,902 -84	13,625 142	3,549 69	1,006 89	2,543 -20
2022-23	25,481 -1,595	21,979 -1,548	9,347 -555	12,632 -993	3,502 -47	962 -44	2,540 -3
Average	23,193	20,223	9,393	10,830	2,971	917	2,054

Georgia Southern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 20,223 where 21,979 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 Georgia Southern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,993	15,818	7,937	7,881	2,175	1,092	1,083
2013-14	17,904	15,762	7,896	7,866	2,142	1,062	1,080
2014-15	18,004	15,844	7,906	7,938	2,160	1,061	1,099
2015-16	17,963	15,872	7,946	7,926	2,091	999	1,092
2016-17	18,005	15,976	7,866	8,110	2,029	1,013	1,016
2017-18	17,759	15,755	7,791	7,964	2,004	1,013	991
2018-19	23,130	19,502	8,907	10,595	3,628	1,593	2,035
2019-20	22,715	19,172	8,483	10,689	3,543	1,518	2,025
2020-21	23,469	19,453	8,252	11,201	4,016	1,734	2,282
2021-22	23,527	19,307	8,190	11,117	4,220	1,712	2,508
2022-23	21,979	17,907	7,644	10,263	4,072	1,703	2,369
Average	20,223	20,223	8,074	9,232	20,223	1,318	1,598

Georgia Southern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,971 where 3,502 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 Georgia Southern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,581	921	361	560	1,660	559	1,101
2013-14	2,613	1,005	355	650	1,608	547	1,061
2014-15	2,513	1,061	366	695	1,452	468	984
2015-16	2,496	1,032	391	641	1,464	450	1,014
2016-17	2,668	1,146	418	728	1,522	456	1,066
2017-18	2,659	1,118	411	707	1,541	462	1,079
2018-19	3,278	1,341	448	893	1,937	563	1,374
2019-20	3,339	1,359	409	950	1,980	535	1,445
2020-21	3,480	1,400	378	1,022	2,080	539	1,541
2021-22	3,549	1,425	424	1,001	2,124	582	1,542
2022-23	3,502	1,511	460	1,051	1,991	502	1,489
Average	2,971	2,971	402	809	2,971	515	1,245

Georgia Southern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.21%. The percentage was 64.05% 10 years ago and Georgia Southern still has a high percentage of white students. 2.16% of enrolled students is Asian and 24.80% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Georgia Southern 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	110	276	5,197	758	31	13,177	375
2013-14	89	274	5,311	772	27	12,886	390
2014-15	92	286	5,325	896	22	12,762	391
2015-16	84	338	5,318	957	21	12,640	389
2016-17	77	376	5,213	1,031	17	12,802	426
2017-18	89	391	4,889	1,076	19	12,747	498
2018-19	88	588	6,495	1,698	32	15,865	953
2019-20	87	583	6,425	1,791	22	15,546	947
2020-21	92	602	7,011	1,866	41	15,758	1,012
2021-22	112	615	7,186	1,958	42	15,575	975
2022-23	75	550	6,319	1,928	29	14,832	1,112
Average	90	444	5,881	1,339	28	14,054	679

Georgia Southern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,018 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 112.26% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Georgia Southern University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,517	1,893	3,616	15,008
2015-16	20,459	1,855	3,870	14,734
2016-17	20,673	2,037	4,002	14,634
2017-18	20,418	1,940	4,431	14,047
2018-19	26,408	2,652	6,726	17,030
2019-20	26,054	2,707	8,060	15,287
2020-21	26,949	3,796	17,254	5,899
2021-22	27,076	3,981	13,579	9,516
2022-23	25,481	4,018	13,198	8,265
Average	23,782	2,764	8,304	12,713

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