Enrollment Trends at South University-Savannah Online

The student population at South University-Savannah Online is 8,803 (6,439 undergraduate and 2,364 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,978 (18.35%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-Savannah Online is 73.15% which is decreased by 436 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,542 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 33 male students for every 100 female students, up from 24 in 2015.
8,803 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -18.35% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,786 where 8,803 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 10,781 students in 2016 and was lowest at 5,405 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 10,781 to 8,803 students, a net loss of 1,978 (18.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,781	6,875	1,458	5,417	3,906	626	3,280
2016-17	8,954 -1,827	5,257 -1,618	1,041 -417	4,216 -1,201	3,697 -209	584 -42	3,113 -167
2017-18	7,575 -1,379	4,056 -1,201	844 -197	3,212 -1,004	3,519 -178	557 -27	2,962 -151
2018-19	6,904 -671	3,568 -488	715 -129	2,853 -359	3,336 -183	502 -55	2,834 -128
2019-20	6,195 -709	3,488 -80	640 -75	2,848 -5	2,707 -629	510 8	2,197 -637
2020-21	5,405 -790	3,307 -181	661 21	2,646 -202	2,098 -609	404 -106	1,694 -503
2021-22	6,724 1,319	4,751 1,444	966 305	3,785 1,139	1,973 -125	410 6	1,563 -131
2022-23	7,707 983	5,738 987	1,277 311	4,461 676	1,969 -4	387 -23	1,582 19
2023-24	8,816 1,109	6,494 756	1,537 260	4,957 496	2,322 353	411 24	1,911 329
2024-25	8,803 -13	6,439 -55	1,707 170	4,732 -225	2,364 42	495 84	1,869 -42
Average	7,786	4,997	1,085	3,913	2,789	489	2,301

South University-Savannah Online Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,997 where 6,439 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-Savannah Online since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,875	6,875	1,458	5,417	0	0	0
2016-17	5,257	4,751	918	3,833	506	123	383
2017-18	4,056	1,515	292	1,223	2,541	552	1,989
2018-19	3,568	1,433	275	1,158	2,135	440	1,695
2019-20	3,488	2,045	379	1,666	1,443	261	1,182
2020-21	3,307	2,190	421	1,769	1,117	240	877
2021-22	4,751	2,972	667	2,305	1,779	299	1,480
2022-23	5,738	4,061	932	3,129	1,677	345	1,332
2023-24	6,494	5,208	1,182	4,026	1,286	355	931
2024-25	6,439	4,956	1,316	3,640	1,483	391	1,092
Average	4,997	4,997	784	2,817	4,997	301	1,096

South University-Savannah Online Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,789 where 2,364 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-Savannah Online since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,906	3,906	626	3,280	0	0	0
2016-17	3,697	3,214	514	2,700	483	70	413
2017-18	3,519	1,605	284	1,321	1,914	273	1,641
2018-19	3,336	1,520	251	1,269	1,816	251	1,565
2019-20	2,707	1,270	247	1,023	1,437	263	1,174
2020-21	2,098	1,385	269	1,116	713	135	578
2021-22	1,973	931	197	734	1,042	213	829
2022-23	1,969	1,055	206	849	914	181	733
2023-24	2,322	1,436	262	1,174	886	149	737
2024-25	2,364	1,245	277	968	1,119	218	901
Average	2,789	2,789	313	1,443	2,789	175	857

South University-Savannah Online Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.26% and the percentage of black students is 40.18% at South University-Savannah Online. 0.90% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.72% to 30.26%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.36% to 0.90%. Black student enrollment increased from 32.36% to 40.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.46% to 15.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7210 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6766 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-Savannah Online 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	105	254	3,489	1,020	74	4,929	0
2016-17	109	232	2,953	985	38	4,099	0
2017-18	113	187	2,680	871	39	3,374	0
2018-19	115	171	2,560	826	33	2,943	6
2019-20	88	124	2,506	745	81	2,438	6
2020-21	65	87	2,193	741	66	2,008	33
2021-22	84	87	2,549	1,085	72	2,517	142
2022-23	79	92	3,009	1,340	61	2,649	243
2023-24	100	117	3,674	1,452	58	2,929	258
2024-25	105	79	3,537	1,385	59	2,664	269
Average	96	143	2,915	1,045	58	3,055	96

South University-Savannah Online Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

8,803 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -18.35% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Savannah Online from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2015-16	10,781	10,781
2016-17	8,954	8,954
2017-18	7,575	7,575
2018-19	6,904	6,904
2019-20	6,195	6,195
2020-21	5,405	5,405
2021-22	6,724	6,724
2022-23	7,707	7,707
2023-24	8,816	8,816
2024-25	8,803	8,803
Average	7,786	7,786

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Enrollment Trends at South University-Savannah Online

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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