Enrollment Trends at South University-Richmond

The average student population over the last 11 years is 518 where 395 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

77.47% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.53% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 310 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 27 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.71 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in South University-Richmond than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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 decreased -98.29% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Richmond from 2015 to 2025.