Enrollment Trends at South University-Savannah

The student population at South University-Savannah is 716 (270 undergraduate and 446 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 721 (50.17%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-Savannah is 37.71% which is decreased by 441 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 280 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 37 male students for every 100 female students, down from 42 in 2015.
238 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 100.00% 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 968 where 716 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 1,437 students in 2016 and was lowest at 698 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,437 to 716 students, a net loss of 721 (50.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,437	711	234	477	726	188	538
2016-17	1,392 -45	630 -81	221 -13	409 -68	762 36	193 5	569 31
2017-18	1,228 -164	497 -133	186 -35	311 -98	731 -31	191 -2	540 -29
2018-19	996 -232	363 -134	127 -59	236 -75	633 -98	174 -17	459 -81
2019-20	888 -108	294 -69	98 -29	196 -40	594 -39	162 -12	432 -27
2020-21	818 -70	246 -48	73 -25	173 -23	572 -22	168 6	404 -28
2021-22	787 -31	239 -7	63 -10	176 3	548 -24	143 -25	405 1
2022-23	722 -65	195 -44	49 -14	146 -30	527 -21	130 -13	397 -8
2023-24	698 -24	247 52	35 -14	212 66	451 -76	123 -7	328 -69
2024-25	716 18	270 23	66 31	204 -8	446 -5	126 3	320 -8
Average	968	369	115	254	599	160	439

South University-Savannah Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 369 where 270 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 since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	711	560	196	364	151	38	113
2016-17	630	401	143	258	229	78	151
2017-18	497	396	158	238	101	28	73
2018-19	363	299	100	199	64	27	37
2019-20	294	231	78	153	63	20	43
2020-21	246	187	55	132	59	18	41
2021-22	239	160	43	117	79	20	59
2022-23	195	161	40	121	34	9	25
2023-24	247	200	28	172	47	7	40
2024-25	270	225	53	172	45	13	32
Average	369	369	89	193	369	26	61

South University-Savannah Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 599 where 446 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 since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	726	506	140	366	220	48	172
2016-17	762	500	141	359	262	52	210
2017-18	731	514	154	360	217	37	180
2018-19	633	491	146	345	142	28	114
2019-20	594	433	132	301	161	30	131
2020-21	572	508	152	356	64	16	48
2021-22	548	482	128	354	66	15	51
2022-23	527	485	124	361	42	6	36
2023-24	451	446	123	323	5	0	5
2024-25	446	439	126	313	7	0	7
Average	599	599	137	344	599	23	95

South University-Savannah Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.25% and the percentage of black students is 34.08% at South University-Savannah. 5.31% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.06% to 39.25%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.97% to 5.31%. Black student enrollment decreased from 36.33% to 34.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.85% to 9.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7177 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6223 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 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	5	57	522	84	6	705	0
2016-17	8	69	496	95	6	672	0
2017-18	10	55	430	75	3	620	0
2018-19	6	44	312	53	0	562	1
2019-20	3	40	262	65	2	498	0
2020-21	4	44	256	59	4	427	4
2021-22	3	51	229	58	20	396	13
2022-23	4	42	218	58	4	369	6
2023-24	5	45	232	67	3	305	13
2024-25	3	38	244	67	2	281	16
Average	5	49	320	68	5	484	5

South University-Savannah Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

238 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 100.00% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Savannah from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,437	0	487	950
2016-17	1,392	0	480	912
2017-18	1,228	0	378	850
2018-19	996	0	297	699
2019-20	888	0	300	588
2020-21	818	119	74	625
2021-22	787	134	58	595
2022-23	722	212	36	474
2023-24	698	198	44	456
2024-25	716	238	14	464
Average	968	90	217	661

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Enrollment Trends at South University-Savannah

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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