Enrollment Trends at GSW

The student population at Georgia Southwestern State University is 3,700 (3,024 undergraduate and 676 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 945 (34.30%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at GSW is 81.73% which is increased by 589 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 356 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
1,655 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 148.87% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,112 where 3,700 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 3,700 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,755 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,755 to 3,700 students, a net gain of 945 (34.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Georgia Southwestern State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,755	2,435	889	1,546	320	54	266
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	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
2023-24	3,408 338	2,753 280	936 49	1,817 231	655 58	162 26	493 32
2024-25	3,700 292	3,024 271	1,056 120	1,968 151	676 21	206 44	470 -23
Average	3,112	2,591	937	1,654	520	108	412

Georgia Southwestern State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,591 where 3,024 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 Georgia Southwestern State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,753	1,729	572	1,157	1,024	364	660
2024-25	3,024	1,835	611	1,224	1,189	445	744
Average	2,591	2,591	605	1,081	2,591	332	573

Georgia Southwestern State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 520 where 676 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 Georgia Southwestern State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	655	356	63	293	299	99	200
2024-25	676	314	57	257	362	149	213
Average	520	520	37	256	520	71	156

Georgia Southwestern State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.81%. The percentage was 63.85% 10 years ago and GSW still has a high percentage of white students. 2.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 29.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.85% to 54.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.67% to 2.73%. Black student enrollment increased from 27.15% to 29.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.09% to 3.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6122 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5172 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Georgia Southwestern State 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	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
2023-24	13	77	973	129	3	1,917	91
2024-25	7	101	1,076	121	4	2,028	114
Average	6	62	815	142	4	1,859	73

Georgia Southwestern State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,655 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 45% of total students. The number of online students has increased 148.87% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Georgia Southwestern State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	3,408	1,371	1,111	926
2024-25	3,700	1,655	1,253	792
Average	3,112	1,014	1,063	1,035

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Enrollment Trends at GSW

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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