Enrollment Trends at GSW

The student population at Georgia Southwestern State University is 3,070 (2,473 undergraduate and 597 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 97 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at GSW is 80.55% which is decreased by 276 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 373 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.00 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,089 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 64.25% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,950 where 3,070 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 276 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 373 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.00 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in GSW than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,973	2,749	984	1,765	224	64	160
2013-14	2,806 -167	2,667 -82	962 -22	1,705 -60	139 -85	41 -23	98 -62
2014-15	2,666 -140	2,527 -140	941 -21	1,586 -119	139 0	40 -1	99 1
2015-16	2,755 89	2,435 -92	889 -52	1,546 -40	320 181	54 14	266 167
2016-17	2,954 199	2,558 123	976 87	1,582 36	396 76	61 7	335 69
2017-18	3,052 98	2,606 48	963 -13	1,643 61	446 50	66 5	380 45
2018-19	2,907 -145	2,467 -139	885 -78	1,582 -61	440 -6	66 0	374 -6
2019-20	2,950 43	2,498 31	946 61	1,552 -30	452 12	65 -1	387 13
2020-21	3,162 212	2,634 136	952 6	1,682 130	528 76	111 46	417 30
2021-22	3,157 -5	2,466 -168	881 -71	1,585 -97	691 163	152 41	539 122
2022-23	3,070 -87	2,473 7	887 6	1,586 1	597 -94	136 -16	461 -78
Average	2,950	2,553	933	1,619	397	78	320

Georgia Southwestern State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,553 where 2,473 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 Southwestern State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,749	1,982	738	1,244	767	246	521
2013-14	2,667	1,870	694	1,176	797	268	529
2014-15	2,527	1,752	672	1,080	775	269	506
2015-16	2,435	1,641	607	1,034	794	282	512
2016-17	2,558	1,769	673	1,096	789	303	486
2017-18	2,606	1,779	673	1,106	827	290	537
2018-19	2,467	1,674	610	1,064	793	275	518
2019-20	2,498	1,648	611	1,037	850	335	515
2020-21	2,634	1,683	597	1,086	951	355	596
2021-22	2,466	1,521	536	985	945	345	600
2022-23	2,473	1,585	563	1,022	888	324	564
Average	2,553	2,553	634	1,085	2,553	299	535

Georgia Southwestern State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 397 where 597 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 Southwestern State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	224	167	39	128	57	25	32
2013-14	139	76	17	59	63	24	39
2014-15	139	73	12	61	66	28	38
2015-16	320	234	27	207	86	27	59
2016-17	396	232	18	214	164	43	121
2017-18	446	257	23	234	189	43	146
2018-19	440	257	22	235	183	44	139
2019-20	452	264	24	240	188	41	147
2020-21	528	303	44	259	225	67	158
2021-22	691	419	57	362	272	95	177
2022-23	597	298	38	260	299	98	201
Average	397	397	29	205	397	49	114

Georgia Southwestern State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.68%. The percentage was 62.73% 10 years ago and GSW still has a high percentage of white students. 2.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 25.90% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Georgia Southwestern State 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	5	39	842	65	3	1,865	34
2013-14	3	41	811	91	2	1,725	36
2014-15	3	39	717	102	6	1,684	39
2015-16	6	46	748	85	6	1,759	42
2016-17	7	38	772	115	5	1,897	50
2017-18	4	49	781	149	6	1,933	59
2018-19	6	40	724	134	3	1,870	67
2019-20	5	54	729	142	2	1,755	73
2020-21	5	67	787	170	3	1,852	88
2021-22	4	64	765	197	3	1,839	71
2022-23	6	84	795	173	1	1,740	78
Average	5	51	770	129	4	1,811	58

Georgia Southwestern State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,089 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 64.25% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Georgia Southwestern State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,666	663	876	1,127
2015-16	2,755	665	946	1,144
2016-17	2,954	711	950	1,293
2017-18	3,052	849	917	1,286
2018-19	2,907	748	1,017	1,142
2019-20	2,950	812	964	1,174
2020-21	3,162	1,103	1,248	811
2021-22	3,157	1,135	1,064	958
2022-23	3,070	1,089	1,160	821
Average	2,964	864	1,016	1,084

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