Enrollment Trends at South University-Columbia

The student population at South University-Columbia is 504 (450 undergraduate and 54 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 824 (62.05%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-Columbia is 89.29% which is decreased by 479 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 345 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 28 male students for every 100 female students, down from 31 in 2015.
315 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 46.51% 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 839 where 504 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 1,328 to 504 students, a loss of 824 (62%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,328	929	207	722	399	105	294
2016-17	1,270 -58	885 -44	193 -14	692 -30	385 -14	103 -2	282 -12
2017-18	1,132 -138	806 -79	172 -21	634 -58	326 -59	67 -36	259 -23
2018-19	983 -149	675 -131	134 -38	541 -93	308 -18	70 3	238 -21
2019-20	797 -186	532 -143	89 -45	443 -98	265 -43	47 -23	218 -20
2020-21	732 -65	518 -14	89	429 -14	214 -51	48 1	166 -52
2021-22	625 -107	486 -32	69 -20	417 -12	139 -75	37 -11	102 -64
2022-23	510 -115	420 -66	61 -8	359 -58	90 -49	19 -18	71 -31
2023-24	509 -1	445 25	65 4	380 21	64 -26	19	45 -26
2024-25	504 -5	450 5	93 28	357 -23	54 -10	18 -1	36 -9
Average	839	615	117	497	224	53	171

South University-Columbia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 615 where 450 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-Columbia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	929	601	142	459	328	65	263
2016-17	885	506	127	379	379	66	313
2017-18	806	556	125	431	250	47	203
2018-19	675	492	102	390	183	32	151
2019-20	532	383	57	326	149	32	117
2020-21	518	349	60	289	169	29	140
2021-22	486	294	46	248	192	23	169
2022-23	420	322	47	275	98	14	84
2023-24	445	291	48	243	154	17	137
2024-25	450	334	76	258	116	17	99
Average	615	615	83	330	615	34	168

South University-Columbia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 224 where 54 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-Columbia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	399	119	33	86	280	72	208
2016-17	385	162	53	109	223	50	173
2017-18	326	135	32	103	191	35	156
2018-19	308	167	40	127	141	30	111
2019-20	265	141	22	119	124	25	99
2020-21	214	170	37	133	44	11	33
2021-22	139	94	25	69	45	12	33
2022-23	90	73	17	56	17	2	15
2023-24	64	58	18	40	6	1	5
2024-25	54	49	15	34	5	3	2
Average	224	224	29	88	224	24	84

South University-Columbia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 11.90% and the percentage of black students is 67.26% at South University-Columbia. 0.99% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 27.64% to 11.90%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.01% to 0.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 60.62% to 67.26%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.92% to 2.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5313 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5536 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South University-Columbia 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	15	40	805	52	2	367	0
2016-17	15	35	809	44	5	322	0
2017-18	15	31	734	37	3	287	0
2018-19	11	21	648	39	4	241	0
2019-20	3	15	527	41	4	193	2
2020-21	2	15	500	35	3	168	2
2021-22	2	10	425	32	2	124	16
2022-23	2	4	349	26	2	96	13
2023-24	2	3	359	21	2	78	19
2024-25	5	5	339	13	2	60	18
Average	7	18	550	34	3	194	7

South University-Columbia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

315 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 63% of total students. The number of online students has increased 46.51% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Columbia from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,328	0	464	864
2016-17	1,270	0	564	706
2017-18	1,132	0	476	656
2018-19	983	0	469	514
2019-20	797	0	382	415
2020-21	732	215	124	393
2021-22	625	165	130	330
2022-23	510	194	107	209
2023-24	509	269	45	195
2024-25	504	315	31	158
Average	839	116	279	444

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Enrollment Trends at South University-Columbia

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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