Enrollment Trends at South

The student population at South College is 11,557 (8,782 undergraduate and 2,775 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 10,222 (765.69%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South is 75.99% which is increased by 8,046 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,176 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 18 male students for every 100 female students, down from 41 in 2015.
6,092 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 15,931.58% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,782 where 11,557 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 1,335 to 11,557 students, a gain of 10,222 (765.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,335	736	183	553	599	205	394
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
2023-24	8,234 2,052	6,406 1,500	728 55	5,678 1,445	1,828 552	544 160	1,284 392
2024-25	11,557 3,323	8,782 2,376	926 198	7,856 2,178	2,775 947	831 287	1,944 660
Average	4,782	3,611	505	3,107	1,171	378	793

South College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,611 where 8,782 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 College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	6,406	4,988	575	4,413	1,418	153	1,265
2024-25	8,782	7,025	769	6,256	1,757	157	1,600
Average	3,611	3,611	403	2,467	3,611	101	639

South College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,171 where 2,775 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 College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,828	1,825	544	1,281	3	0	3
2024-25	2,775	2,663	811	1,852	112	20	92
Average	1,171	1,171	363	753	1,171	15	40

South College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.40% and the percentage of black students is 37.73% at South College. 2.48% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.25% to 46.40%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.99% to 2.48%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.69% to 37.73%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.95% to 1.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6383 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3601 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South College 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	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
2023-24	81	235	2,636	204	31	4,220	485
2024-25	98	287	4,361	189	50	5,362	641
Average	34	146	1,288	129	15	2,805	185

South College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,092 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 53% of total students. The number of online students has increased 15,931.58% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	8,234	4,182	1,953	2,099
2024-25	11,557	6,092	3,004	2,461
Average	4,782	1,848	1,432	1,502

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Enrollment Trends at South

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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