Enrollment Trends at Savannah State

The student population at Savannah State University is 3,193 (2,966 undergraduate and 227 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,607 (33.48%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Savannah State is 92.89% which is decreased by 1,679 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 72 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 60 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
419 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 370.79% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,802 where 3,193 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,955 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,945 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,800 to 3,193 students, a net loss of 1,607 (33.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,800	4,645	1,953	2,692	155	35	120
2016-17	4,955 155	4,772 127	1,926 -27	2,846 154	183 28	51 16	132 12
2017-18	4,429 -526	4,239 -533	1,691 -235	2,548 -298	190 7	46 -5	144 12
2018-19	4,077 -352	3,895 -344	1,550 -141	2,345 -203	182 -8	52 6	130 -14
2019-20	3,668 -409	3,482 -413	1,350 -200	2,132 -213	186 4	52	134 4
2020-21	3,488 -180	3,245 -237	1,274 -76	1,971 -161	243 57	74 22	169 35
2021-22	3,385 -103	3,138 -107	1,190 -84	1,948 -23	247 4	78 4	169
2022-23	2,945 -440	2,740 -398	1,037 -153	1,703 -245	205 -42	66 -12	139 -30
2023-24	3,078 133	2,857 117	1,042 5	1,815 112	221 16	61 -5	160 21
2024-25	3,193 115	2,966 109	1,122 80	1,844 29	227 6	73 12	154 -6
Average	3,802	3,598	1,414	2,184	204	59	145

Savannah State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,598 where 2,966 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 Savannah State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,645	4,062	1,696	2,366	583	257	326
2016-17	4,772	4,132	1,674	2,458	640	252	388
2017-18	4,239	3,687	1,493	2,194	552	198	354
2018-19	3,895	3,338	1,321	2,017	557	229	328
2019-20	3,482	2,972	1,145	1,827	510	205	305
2020-21	3,245	2,642	1,030	1,612	603	244	359
2021-22	3,138	2,502	960	1,542	636	230	406
2022-23	2,740	2,326	899	1,427	414	138	276
2023-24	2,857	2,417	868	1,549	440	174	266
2024-25	2,966	2,507	926	1,581	459	196	263
Average	3,598	3,598	1,201	1,857	3,598	212	327

Savannah State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 204 where 227 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 Savannah State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	155	104	23	81	51	12	39
2016-17	183	122	31	91	61	20	41
2017-18	190	114	23	91	76	23	53
2018-19	182	109	25	84	73	27	46
2019-20	186	98	22	76	88	30	58
2020-21	243	139	33	106	104	41	63
2021-22	247	125	39	86	122	39	83
2022-23	205	111	34	77	94	32	62
2023-24	221	103	21	82	118	40	78
2024-25	227	141	43	98	86	30	56
Average	204	204	29	87	204	29	58

Savannah State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.57% and the percentage of black students is 84.59% at Savannah State University. 0.09% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 4.56% to 3.57%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.06% to 0.09%. Black student enrollment increased from 81.73% to 84.59%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 8.19% to 4.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2796 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.3225 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Savannah 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	19	3	3,923	393	3	219	128
2016-17	19	3	4,135	311	4	207	160
2017-18	14	2	3,628	318	3	189	161
2018-19	11	2	3,273	359	1	171	158
2019-20	8	7	2,925	348	1	139	140
2020-21	5	6	2,828	292	0	125	134
2021-22	4	6	2,816	219	1	128	129
2022-23	3	2	2,492	162	1	112	90
2023-24	3	3	2,601	161	3	120	97
2024-25	4	3	2,701	154	3	114	112
Average	9	4	3,132	272	2	152	131

Savannah State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

419 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 370.79% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Savannah State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,800	89	850	3,861
2016-17	4,955	126	817	4,012
2017-18	4,429	143	823	3,463
2018-19	4,077	195	1,063	2,819
2019-20	3,668	248	1,133	2,287
2020-21	3,488	644	2,342	502
2021-22	3,385	540	1,514	1,331
2022-23	2,945	374	1,545	1,026
2023-24	3,078	441	1,670	967
2024-25	3,193	419	1,794	980
Average	3,802	322	1,355	2,125

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Enrollment Trends at Savannah State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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