Enrollment Trends at South University-Richmond

The student population at South University-Richmond is 395 (306 undergraduate and 89 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 337 (46.04%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-Richmond is 77.47% which is decreased by 310 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 27 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, up from 16 in 2015.
148 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 7.25% 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 518 where 395 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 732 students in 2016 and was lowest at 395 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 732 to 395 students, a net loss of 337 (46%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	732	616	83	533	116	16	100
2016-17	693 -39	561 -55	82 -1	479 -54	132 16	27 11	105 5
2017-18	652 -41	504 -57	80 -2	424 -55	148 16	32 5	116 11
2018-19	533 -119	379 -125	55 -25	324 -100	154 6	31 -1	123 7
2019-20	444 -89	315 -64	44 -11	271 -53	129 -25	28 -3	101 -22
2020-21	412 -32	289 -26	43 -1	246 -25	123 -6	23 -5	100 -1
2021-22	462 50	342 53	115 72	227 -19	120 -3	24 1	96 -4
2022-23	442 -20	337 -5	104 -11	233 6	105 -15	19 -5	86 -10
2023-24	417 -25	320 -17	111 7	209 -24	97 -8	19	78 -8
2024-25	395 -22	306 -14	126 15	180 -29	89 -8	20 1	69 -9
Average	518	397	84	313	121	24	97

South University-Richmond Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 397 where 306 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-Richmond since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	616	384	54	330	232	29	203
2016-17	561	331	54	277	230	28	202
2017-18	504	373	59	314	131	21	110
2018-19	379	287	34	253	92	21	71
2019-20	315	214	28	186	101	16	85
2020-21	289	169	27	142	120	16	104
2021-22	342	174	28	146	168	87	81
2022-23	337	212	34	178	125	70	55
2023-24	320	151	19	132	169	92	77
2024-25	306	169	40	129	137	86	51
Average	397	397	38	209	397	47	104

South University-Richmond Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 121 where 89 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-Richmond since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	116	35	4	31	81	12	69
2016-17	132	40	10	30	92	17	75
2017-18	148	54	11	43	94	21	73
2018-19	154	78	18	60	76	13	63
2019-20	129	81	18	63	48	10	38
2020-21	123	107	21	86	16	2	14
2021-22	120	93	17	76	27	7	20
2022-23	105	93	17	76	12	2	10
2023-24	97	93	18	75	4	1	3
2024-25	89	87	20	67	2	0	2
Average	121	121	15	61	121	9	37

South University-Richmond Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.32% and the percentage of black students is 36.46% at South University-Richmond. 4.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 34.43% to 25.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.60% to 4.30%. Black student enrollment decreased from 52.46% to 36.46%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 5.87% to 4.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7979 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6021 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-Richmond 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	19	384	43	4	252	0
2016-17	13	19	348	38	3	246	0
2017-18	7	29	315	45	1	241	0
2018-19	5	23	222	34	1	236	0
2019-20	5	20	170	36	3	200	0
2020-21	1	15	166	34	3	184	0
2021-22	2	14	152	16	1	183	9
2022-23	0	17	169	16	1	149	14
2023-24	0	15	162	16	0	115	15
2024-25	0	17	144	19	0	100	12
Average	4	19	223	30	2	191	5

South University-Richmond Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

148 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 38% of total students. The number of online students has increased 7.25% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Richmond from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	732	0	293	439
2016-17	693	0	297	396
2017-18	652	0	276	376
2018-19	533	0	245	288
2019-20	444	0	194	250
2020-21	412	138	34	240
2021-22	462	114	42	306
2022-23	442	166	16	260
2023-24	417	131	23	263
2024-25	395	148	5	242
Average	518	70	143	306

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Enrollment Trends at South University-Richmond

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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