Enrollment Trends at South University-Tampa

The student population at South University-Tampa is 752 (388 undergraduate and 364 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 212 (21.99%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-Tampa is 51.60% which is decreased by 198 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 14 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 28 male students for every 100 female students, down from 33 in 2015.
389 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 52.55% 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 836 where 752 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 964 students in 2016 and was lowest at 712 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 964 to 752 students, a net loss of 212 (22%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	964	586	150	436	378	90	288
2016-17	918 -46	508 -78	143 -7	365 -71	410 32	103 13	307 19
2017-18	883 -35	543 35	139 -4	404 39	340 -70	94 -9	246 -61
2018-19	880 -3	541 -2	130 -9	411 7	339 -1	67 -27	272 26
2019-20	850 -30	536 -5	146 16	390 -21	314 -25	56 -11	258 -14
2020-21	867 17	548 12	121 -25	427 37	319 5	62 6	257 -1
2021-22	809 -58	491 -57	91 -30	400 -27	318 -1	61 -1	257
2022-23	712 -97	421 -70	75 -16	346 -54	291 -27	45 -16	246 -11
2023-24	720 8	390 -31	69 -6	321 -25	330 39	55 10	275 29
2024-25	752 32	388 -2	98 29	290 -31	364 34	65 10	299 24
Average	836	495	116	379	340	70	271

South University-Tampa Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 495 where 388 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-Tampa since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	586	457	112	345	129	38	91
2016-17	508	368	99	269	140	44	96
2017-18	543	424	105	319	119	34	85
2018-19	541	437	102	335	104	28	76
2019-20	536	421	106	315	115	40	75
2020-21	548	402	97	305	146	24	122
2021-22	491	324	62	262	167	29	138
2022-23	421	313	56	257	108	19	89
2023-24	390	263	42	221	127	27	100
2024-25	388	283	76	207	105	22	83
Average	495	495	86	284	495	31	96

South University-Tampa Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 340 where 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-Tampa since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	378	159	45	114	219	45	174
2016-17	410	123	29	94	287	74	213
2017-18	340	139	38	101	201	56	145
2018-19	339	145	25	120	194	42	152
2019-20	314	138	26	112	176	30	146
2020-21	319	209	40	169	110	22	88
2021-22	318	227	42	185	91	19	72
2022-23	291	193	32	161	98	13	85
2023-24	330	292	52	240	38	3	35
2024-25	364	262	52	210	102	13	89
Average	340	340	38	151	340	32	120

South University-Tampa Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.65% and the percentage of black students is 23.94% at South University-Tampa. 4.39% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 30.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 35.68% to 29.65%. Asian enrollment declined from 8.40% to 4.39%. Black student enrollment decreased from 27.18% to 23.94%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 22.20% to 30.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7607 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7424 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-Tampa 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	2	81	262	214	7	344	0
2016-17	3	71	228	203	9	341	0
2017-18	4	63	216	225	8	314	0
2018-19	6	55	211	254	8	304	2
2019-20	4	45	242	249	6	268	1
2020-21	3	45	251	247	7	272	2
2021-22	3	39	213	248	6	271	6
2022-23	3	31	175	222	2	247	12
2023-24	5	36	187	198	3	248	10
2024-25	2	33	180	228	4	223	9
Average	4	50	217	229	6	283	4

South University-Tampa Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

389 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 52% of total students. The number of online students has increased 52.55% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-Tampa from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	964	0	337	627
2016-17	918	0	286	632
2017-18	883	0	287	596
2018-19	880	0	318	562
2019-20	850	0	337	513
2020-21	867	255	128	484
2021-22	809	260	117	432
2022-23	712	316	64	332
2023-24	720	341	79	300
2024-25	752	389	19	344
Average	836	156	197	482

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Enrollment Trends at South University-Tampa

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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