Enrollment Trends at South Carolina State

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.

90.99% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.01% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 300 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 112 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in South Carolina State than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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 232.46% since 2015. 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.