Enrollment Trends at PSC

The student population at Philander Smith University is 780 (755 undergraduate and 25 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 196 (33.56%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at PSC is 96.79% which is increased by 171 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 25 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 92 male students for every 100 female students, up from 60 in 2015.
27 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 80.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 816 where 780 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,000 students in 2019 and was lowest at 584 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 584 to 780 students, a net gain of 196 (33.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	584	584	218	366	0	0	0
2016-17	765 181	765 181	294 76	471 105	0	0	0
2017-18	891 126	891 126	335 41	556 85	0	0	0
2018-19	1,000 109	1,000 109	337 2	663 107	0	0	0
2019-20	996 -4	996 -4	360 23	636 -27	0	0	0
2020-21	799 -197	799 -197	277 -83	522 -114	0	0	0
2021-22	710 -89	710 -89	256 -21	454 -68	0	0	0
2022-23	769 59	769 59	318 62	451 -3	0	0	0
2023-24	866 97	848 79	407 89	441 -10	18 18	7 7	11 11
2024-25	780 -86	755 -93	366 -41	389 -52	25 7	7	18 7
Average	816	812	317	495	4	1	3

Philander Smith University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 812 where 755 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 Philander Smith University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	584	549	207	342	35	11	24
2016-17	765	725	280	445	40	14	26
2017-18	891	845	318	527	46	17	29
2018-19	1,000	955	324	631	45	13	32
2019-20	996	951	344	607	45	16	29
2020-21	799	699	234	465	100	43	57
2021-22	710	613	221	392	97	35	62
2022-23	769	675	285	390	94	33	61
2023-24	848	669	285	384	179	122	57
2024-25	755	636	285	351	119	81	38
Average	812	812	278	453	812	39	42

Philander Smith University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4 where 25 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 Philander Smith University since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	18	18	7	11	0
2024-25	25	25	7	18	0
Average	4	4	1	3	4

Philander Smith University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 6.41% and the percentage of black students is 79.10% at Philander Smith University. Hispanic students comprise 3.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 0.17% to 6.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 90.58% to 79.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.03% to 3.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3690 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1790 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Philander Smith 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	1	5	529	6	1	1	10
2016-17	0	3	705	11	1	3	17
2017-18	1	2	845	12	1	6	8
2018-19	1	1	935	18	3	2	23
2019-20	1	1	918	10	3	3	18
2020-21	1	0	730	20	2	1	14
2021-22	0	1	642	10	8	2	8
2022-23	0	0	652	10	14	5	18
2023-24	0	1	691	30	17	37	10
2024-25	2	0	617	24	3	50	10
Average	1	1	726	15	5	11	14

Philander Smith University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

27 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 80.00% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Philander Smith University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	584	0	0	584
2016-17	765	0	131	634
2017-18	891	15	362	514
2018-19	1,000	19	833	148
2019-20	996	14	866	116
2020-21	799	20	770	9
2021-22	710	20	587	103
2022-23	769	21	485	263
2023-24	866	25	366	475
2024-25	780	27	497	256
Average	816	16	490	310

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Enrollment Trends at PSC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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