Enrollment Trends at South

The student population at South College is 6,182 (4,906 undergraduate and 1,276 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,220 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at South is 79.36% which is increased by 4,171 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,049 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 4.85 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

2,956 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 11,269.23% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,850 where 6,182 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.36% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.64% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,171 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,049 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 4.85 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in South than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at South College since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	962	735	172	563	227	58	169
2013-14	1,116 154	710 -25	182 10	528 -35	406 179	134 76	272 103
2014-15	1,241 125	702 -8	184 2	518 -10	539 133	198 64	341 69
2015-16	1,335 94	736 34	183 -1	553 35	599 60	205 7	394 53
2016-17	1,838 503	1,149 413	238 55	911 358	689 90	253 48	436 42
2017-18	2,146 308	1,410 261	292 54	1,118 207	736 47	266 13	470 34
2018-19	2,722 576	1,944 534	359 67	1,585 467	778 42	286 20	492 22
2019-20	2,843 121	2,006 62	285 -74	1,721 136	837 59	287 1	550 58
2020-21	5,171 2,328	4,175 2,169	721 436	3,454 1,733	996 159	342 55	654 104
2021-22	5,796 625	4,598 423	642 -79	3,956 502	1,198 202	383 41	815 161
2022-23	6,182 386	4,906 308	673 31	4,233 277	1,276 78	384 1	892 77
Average	2,850	2,097	357	1,740	753	254	499

South College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,097 where 4,906 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at South College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	735	735	172	563	0	0	0
2013-14	710	710	182	528	0	0	0
2014-15	702	702	184	518	0	0	0
2015-16	736	736	183	553	0	0	0
2016-17	1,149	1,149	238	911	0	0	0
2017-18	1,410	1,410	292	1,118	0	0	0
2018-19	1,944	1,944	359	1,585	0	0	0
2019-20	2,006	2,006	285	1,721	0	0	0
2020-21	4,175	2,563	365	2,198	1,612	356	1,256
2021-22	4,598	3,503	493	3,010	1,095	149	946
2022-23	4,906	3,383	474	2,909	1,523	199	1,324
Average	2,097	2,097	293	1,419	2,097	64	321

South College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 753 where 1,276 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at South College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	227	227	58	169	0	0	0
2013-14	406	406	134	272	0	0	0
2014-15	539	539	198	341	0	0	0
2015-16	599	599	205	394	0	0	0
2016-17	689	689	253	436	0	0	0
2017-18	736	736	266	470	0	0	0
2018-19	778	778	286	492	0	0	0
2019-20	837	793	280	513	44	7	37
2020-21	996	861	302	559	135	40	95
2021-22	1,198	1,044	340	704	154	43	111
2022-23	1,276	1,171	344	827	105	40	65
Average	753	753	242	471	753	12	28

South College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.73%. The percentage was 88.36% 10 years ago and South still has a high percentage of white students. 3.02% of enrolled students is Asian and 27.09% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	3	15	67	18	1	850	6
2013-14	1	44	99	15	0	928	20
2014-15	3	77	120	21	0	987	22
2015-16	9	80	116	26	0	1,058	22
2016-17	12	83	178	53	1	1,460	34
2017-18	10	69	219	79	4	1,686	33
2018-19	11	78	391	106	9	2,000	68
2019-20	11	90	554	123	3	1,912	49
2020-21	24	185	1,226	152	8	3,395	79
2021-22	32	166	1,528	147	23	3,452	194
2022-23	51	187	1,675	214	20	3,507	247
Average	15	98	561	87	6	1,930	70

South College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,956 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 48% of total students. The number of online students has increased 11,269.23% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,241	26	213	1,002
2015-16	1,335	38	247	1,050
2016-17	1,838	64	547	1,227
2017-18	2,146	151	814	1,181
2018-19	2,722	490	1,022	1,210
2019-20	2,843	385	1,356	1,102
2020-21	5,171	1,511	2,489	1,171
2021-22	5,796	2,610	1,498	1,688
2022-23	6,182	2,956	1,393	1,833
Average	3,253	915	1,064	1,274

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