Enrollment Trends at South University-Austin

The student population at South University-Austin is 297 (211 undergraduate and 86 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 39 (11.61%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-Austin is 71.04% which is decreased by 90 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 51 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 33 male students for every 100 female students, down from 41 in 2015.
118 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -20.81% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 359 where 297 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 430 students in 2017 and was lowest at 290 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 336 to 297 students, a net loss of 39 (11.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	336	301	92	209	35	5	30
2016-17	430 94	376 75	107 15	269 60	54 19	12 7	42 12
2017-18	426 -4	390 14	99 -8	291 22	36 -18	9 -3	27 -15
2018-19	333 -93	302 -88	79 -20	223 -68	31 -5	7 -2	24 -3
2019-20	385 52	348 46	83 4	265 42	37 6	10 3	27 3
2020-21	429 44	399 51	87 4	312 47	30 -7	8 -2	22 -5
2021-22	359 -70	335 -64	67 -20	268 -44	24 -6	6 -2	18 -4
2022-23	300 -59	288 -47	49 -18	239 -29	12 -12	2 -4	10 -8
2023-24	290 -10	243 -45	40 -9	203 -36	47 35	18 16	29 19
2024-25	297 7	211 -32	46 6	165 -38	86 39	27 9	59 30
Average	359	319	75	244	39	10	29

South University-Austin Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 319 where 211 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 University-Austin since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	301	222	73	149	79	19	60
2016-17	376	273	81	192	103	26	77
2017-18	390	308	74	234	82	25	57
2018-19	302	246	64	182	56	15	41
2019-20	348	266	69	197	82	14	68
2020-21	399	263	59	204	136	28	108
2021-22	335	233	42	191	102	25	77
2022-23	288	228	36	192	60	13	47
2023-24	243	197	29	168	46	11	35
2024-25	211	168	33	135	43	13	30
Average	319	319	56	184	319	19	60

South University-Austin Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 39 where 86 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 University-Austin since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	35	18	2	16	17	3	14
2016-17	54	17	3	14	37	9	28
2017-18	36	8	2	6	28	7	21
2018-19	31	9	1	8	22	6	16
2019-20	37	7	1	6	30	9	21
2020-21	30	21	6	15	9	2	7
2021-22	24	20	5	15	4	1	3
2022-23	12	9	2	7	3	0	3
2023-24	47	47	18	29	0	0	0
2024-25	86	86	27	59	0	0	0
Average	39	39	7	18	39	4	11

South University-Austin Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.62% and the percentage of black students is 28.62% at South University-Austin. 7.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.86% to 28.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.57% to 7.41%. Black student enrollment increased from 20.54% to 28.62%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 29.17% to 26.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7595 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6877 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South University-Austin 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	3	12	69	98	1	144	1
2016-17	4	15	88	145	3	162	0
2017-18	6	13	95	146	2	152	0
2018-19	4	16	76	106	5	116	0
2019-20	4	25	104	111	6	122	0
2020-21	2	28	128	110	2	133	4
2021-22	0	18	103	115	2	97	7
2022-23	0	11	93	93	3	72	10
2023-24	0	14	87	87	3	79	9
2024-25	0	22	85	79	2	85	6
Average	2	17	93	109	3	116	4

South University-Austin Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

118 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 40% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -20.81% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Austin from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	336	0	190	146
2016-17	430	0	252	178
2017-18	426	0	258	168
2018-19	333	0	180	153
2019-20	385	0	216	169
2020-21	429	149	102	178
2021-22	359	84	99	176
2022-23	300	117	63	120
2023-24	290	102	60	128
2024-25	297	118	29	150
Average	359	57	145	157

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Enrollment Trends at South University-Austin

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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