Enrollment Trends at South Carolina State

The student population at South Carolina State University is 3,242 (2,950 undergraduate and 292 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 188 (6.16%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South Carolina State is 90.99% which is increased by 300 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 112 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, down from 85 in 2015.
182 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,200.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,805 where 3,242 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 3,242 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,339 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,054 to 3,242 students, a net gain of 188 (6.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,054	2,650	1,306	1,344	404	101	303
2016-17	2,905 -149	2,529 -121	1,276 -30	1,253 -91	376 -28	84 -17	292 -11
2017-18	2,942 37	2,524 -5	1,322 46	1,202 -51	418 42	105 21	313 21
2018-19	3,022 80	2,430 -94	1,219 -103	1,211 9	592 174	139 34	453 140
2019-20	2,479 -543	2,155 -275	1,016 -203	1,139 -72	324 -268	92 -47	232 -221
2020-21	2,339 -140	2,020 -135	875 -141	1,145 6	319 -5	64 -28	255 23
2021-22	2,374 35	2,074 54	927 52	1,147 2	300 -19	73 9	227 -28
2022-23	2,649 275	2,374 300	1,094 167	1,280 133	275 -25	80 7	195 -32
2023-24	3,041 392	2,762 388	1,209 115	1,553 273	279 4	87 7	192 -3
2024-25	3,242 201	2,950 188	1,339 130	1,611 58	292 13	86 -1	206 14
Average	2,805	2,447	1,158	1,289	358	91	267

South Carolina State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,447 where 2,950 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 South Carolina State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,650	2,303	1,137	1,166	347	169	178
2016-17	2,529	2,282	1,146	1,136	247	130	117
2017-18	2,524	2,281	1,171	1,110	243	151	92
2018-19	2,430	2,152	1,069	1,083	278	150	128
2019-20	2,155	1,958	913	1,045	197	103	94
2020-21	2,020	1,781	758	1,023	239	117	122
2021-22	2,074	1,833	805	1,028	241	122	119
2022-23	2,374	2,114	965	1,149	260	129	131
2023-24	2,762	2,562	1,119	1,443	200	90	110
2024-25	2,950	2,689	1,221	1,468	261	118	143
Average	2,447	2,447	1,030	1,165	2,447	128	123

South Carolina State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 358 where 292 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 South Carolina State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	404	200	50	150	204	51	153
2016-17	376	211	47	164	165	37	128
2017-18	418	240	47	193	178	58	120
2018-19	592	250	60	190	342	79	263
2019-20	324	198	46	152	126	46	80
2020-21	319	195	38	157	124	26	98
2021-22	300	195	49	146	105	24	81
2022-23	275	171	48	123	104	32	72
2023-24	279	177	53	124	102	34	68
2024-25	292	189	56	133	103	30	73
Average	358	358	49	153	358	42	114

South Carolina State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.45% and the percentage of black students is 90.65% at South Carolina State University. 0.25% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.09% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 8.15% to 1.45%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.62% to 0.25%. Black student enrollment increased from 89.88% to 90.65%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 0.43% to 0.09%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1765 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1854 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Carolina 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	19	2,745	13	0	249	11
2016-17	7	14	2,745	14	1	107	7
2017-18	6	12	2,749	9	0	101	5
2018-19	7	9	2,805	7	1	128	3
2019-20	4	6	2,323	10	1	83	6
2020-21	6	7	2,169	10	1	82	29
2021-22	7	7	2,207	13	2	73	25
2022-23	9	6	2,370	9	3	72	33
2023-24	6	7	2,802	7	3	66	72
2024-25	8	8	2,939	3	3	47	126
Average	7	10	2,585	10	2	101	32

South Carolina State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

182 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,200.00% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South Carolina State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,054	0	573	2,481
2016-17	2,905	0	721	2,184
2017-18	2,942	14	667	2,261
2018-19	3,022	122	915	1,985
2019-20	2,479	12	935	1,532
2020-21	2,339	123	1,055	1,161
2021-22	2,374	138	999	1,237
2022-23	2,649	160	1,246	1,243
2023-24	3,041	171	1,645	1,225
2024-25	3,242	182	1,905	1,155
Average	2,805	92	1,066	1,646

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Enrollment Trends at South Carolina 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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