Enrollment Trends at Greenville

The student population at Greenville University is 1,104 (986 undergraduate and 118 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 217 (16.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Greenville is 89.31% which is decreased by 91 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 126 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 103 male students for every 100 female students, up from 91 in 2015.
225 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -11.07% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,128 where 1,104 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 1,321 students in 2016 and was lowest at 994 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,321 to 1,104 students, a net loss of 217 (16.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,321	1,077	537	540	244	91	153
2016-17	1,211 -110	994 -83	499 -38	495 -45	217 -27	96 5	121 -32
2017-18	1,235 24	985 -9	506 7	479 -16	250 33	99 3	151 30
2018-19	1,132 -103	964 -21	510 4	454 -25	168 -82	57 -42	111 -40
2019-20	1,092 -40	913 -51	508 -2	405 -49	179 11	57	122 11
2020-21	994 -98	823 -90	443 -65	380 -25	171 -8	61 4	110 -12
2021-22	1,047 53	890 67	483 40	407 27	157 -14	47 -14	110
2022-23	1,088 41	948 58	509 26	439 32	140 -17	44 -3	96 -14
2023-24	1,053 -35	905 -43	468 -41	437 -2	148 8	34 -10	114 18
2024-25	1,104 51	986 81	523 55	463 26	118 -30	36 2	82 -32
Average	1,128	949	499	450	179	62	117

Greenville University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 949 where 986 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 Greenville University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,077	1,030	509	521	47	28	19
2016-17	994	928	474	454	66	25	41
2017-18	985	887	463	424	98	43	55
2018-19	964	872	474	398	92	36	56
2019-20	913	838	473	365	75	35	40
2020-21	823	737	415	322	86	28	58
2021-22	890	808	453	355	82	30	52
2022-23	948	859	475	384	89	34	55
2023-24	905	839	441	398	66	27	39
2024-25	986	904	491	413	82	32	50
Average	949	949	467	403	949	32	47

Greenville University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 179 where 118 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 Greenville University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	244	31	12	19	213	79	134
2016-17	217	29	14	15	188	82	106
2017-18	250	29	11	18	221	88	133
2018-19	168	28	12	16	140	45	95
2019-20	179	28	5	23	151	52	99
2020-21	171	14	7	7	157	54	103
2021-22	157	12	4	8	145	43	102
2022-23	140	29	6	23	111	38	73
2023-24	148	42	3	39	106	31	75
2024-25	118	32	10	22	86	26	60
Average	179	179	8	19	179	54	98

Greenville University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.68%. The percentage was 61.92% 10 years ago and Greenville still has a high percentage of white students. 0.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.52% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.92% to 61.68%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.83% to 0.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.46% to 12.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.07% to 7.52%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5951 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6049 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Greenville 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	9	11	125	67	1	818	5
2016-17	4	16	132	59	1	836	11
2017-18	4	18	153	69	0	880	21
2018-19	0	6	155	69	0	771	26
2019-20	0	4	131	72	2	729	33
2020-21	4	4	134	78	3	652	36
2021-22	3	4	133	57	3	667	32
2022-23	2	4	133	75	3	655	29
2023-24	0	12	132	72	2	654	34
2024-25	0	10	143	83	1	681	48
Average	3	9	137	70	2	734	28

Greenville University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

225 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 decreased -11.07% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Greenville University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,321	253	170	898
2016-17	1,211	309	228	674
2017-18	1,235	348	279	608
2018-19	1,132	236	347	549
2019-20	1,092	253	298	541
2020-21	994	279	338	377
2021-22	1,047	253	321	473
2022-23	1,088	234	371	483
2023-24	1,053	237	413	403
2024-25	1,104	225	412	467
Average	1,128	263	318	547

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Enrollment Trends at Greenville

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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