Enrollment Trends at South University-Montgomery

The student population at South University-Montgomery is 303 (299 undergraduate and 4 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 278 (47.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-Montgomery is 98.68% which is decreased by 161 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 117 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 24 male students for every 100 female students, down from 34 in 2015.
185 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 24.16% 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 398 where 303 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 581 students in 2016 and was lowest at 303 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 581 to 303 students, a net loss of 278 (47.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	581	460	115	345	121	32	89
2016-17	517 -64	394 -66	100 -15	294 -51	123 2	29 -3	94 5
2017-18	453 -64	369 -25	101 1	268 -26	84 -39	25 -4	59 -35
2018-19	390 -63	321 -48	74 -27	247 -21	69 -15	20 -5	49 -10
2019-20	307 -83	251 -70	48 -26	203 -44	56 -13	16 -4	40 -9
2020-21	349 42	289 38	45 -3	244 41	60 4	20 4	40
2021-22	395 46	341 52	55 10	286 42	54 -6	9 -11	45 5
2022-23	361 -34	315 -26	42 -13	273 -13	46 -8	7 -2	39 -6
2023-24	319 -42	302 -13	48 6	254 -19	17 -29	4 -3	13 -26
2024-25	303 -16	299 -3	56 8	243 -11	4 -13	2 -2	2 -11
Average	398	334	68	266	63	16	47

South University-Montgomery Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 334 where 299 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-Montgomery since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	460	337	90	247	123	25	98
2016-17	394	238	60	178	156	40	116
2017-18	369	286	83	203	83	18	65
2018-19	321	244	56	188	77	18	59
2019-20	251	176	32	144	75	16	59
2020-21	289	197	28	169	92	17	75
2021-22	341	217	36	181	124	19	105
2022-23	315	215	32	183	100	10	90
2023-24	302	217	35	182	85	13	72
2024-25	299	231	37	194	68	19	49
Average	334	334	49	187	334	20	79

South University-Montgomery Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 63 where 4 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-Montgomery since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	121	5	1	4	116	31	85
2016-17	123	16	1	15	107	28	79
2017-18	84	1	1	0	83	24	59
2018-19	69	0	0	0	69	20	49
2019-20	56	0	0	0	56	16	40
2020-21	60	36	12	24	24	8	16
2021-22	54	35	7	28	19	2	17
2022-23	46	27	4	23	19	3	16
2023-24	17	11	2	9	6	2	4
2024-25	4	1	0	1	3	2	1
Average	63	63	3	10	63	14	37

South University-Montgomery Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.52% and the percentage of black students is 73.93% at South University-Montgomery. 0.66% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.29% to 14.52%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.38% to 0.66%. Black student enrollment increased from 62.48% to 73.93%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.07% to 0.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4307 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5171 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-Montgomery 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	6	8	363	12	4	176	0
2016-17	3	6	339	9	4	149	0
2017-18	2	4	315	9	1	115	0
2018-19	1	3	267	7	2	103	0
2019-20	1	4	207	4	2	87	0
2020-21	0	1	231	8	1	103	1
2021-22	0	2	270	10	1	100	1
2022-23	0	2	269	6	1	71	2
2023-24	0	2	251	2	0	55	4
2024-25	1	2	224	2	0	44	12
Average	1	3	274	7	2	100	2

South University-Montgomery Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

185 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 61% of total students. The number of online students has increased 24.16% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Montgomery from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	581	0	188	393
2016-17	517	0	198	319
2017-18	453	0	145	308
2018-19	390	0	203	187
2019-20	307	0	184	123
2020-21	349	149	44	156
2021-22	395	207	54	134
2022-23	361	198	55	108
2023-24	319	174	37	108
2024-25	303	185	45	73
Average	398	91	115	191

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Enrollment Trends at South University-Montgomery

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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