Enrollment Trends at South University-West Palm Beach

The student population at South University-West Palm Beach is 433 (251 undergraduate and 182 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 681 (61.13%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at South University-West Palm Beach is 57.97% which is decreased by 692 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 11 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 42 male students for every 100 female students, up from 25 in 2015.
142 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1.43% 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 674 where 433 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,114 students in 2016 and was lowest at 433 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,114 to 433 students, a net loss of 681 (61.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,114	943	183	760	171	37	134
2016-17	987 -127	798 -145	155 -28	643 -117	189 18	39 2	150 16
2017-18	861 -126	699 -99	126 -29	573 -70	162 -27	33 -6	129 -21
2018-19	692 -169	556 -143	99 -27	457 -116	136 -26	23 -10	113 -16
2019-20	623 -69	511 -45	85 -14	426 -31	112 -24	17 -6	95 -18
2020-21	515 -108	415 -96	58 -27	357 -69	100 -12	16 -1	84 -11
2021-22	522 7	359 -56	47 -11	312 -45	163 63	34 18	129 45
2022-23	528 6	303 -56	61 14	242 -70	225 62	59 25	166 37
2023-24	468 -60	284 -19	56 -5	228 -14	184 -41	59	125 -41
2024-25	433 -35	251 -33	66 10	185 -43	182 -2	63 4	119 -6
Average	674	512	94	418	162	38	124

South University-West Palm Beach Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 512 where 251 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-West Palm Beach since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	943	757	146	611	186	37	149
2016-17	798	569	103	466	229	52	177
2017-18	699	535	95	440	164	31	133
2018-19	556	441	76	365	115	23	92
2019-20	511	381	58	323	130	27	103
2020-21	415	289	42	247	126	16	110
2021-22	359	267	36	231	92	11	81
2022-23	303	241	45	196	62	16	46
2023-24	284	206	41	165	78	15	63
2024-25	251	204	53	151	47	13	34
Average	512	512	70	320	512	24	99

South University-West Palm Beach Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 162 where 182 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-West Palm Beach since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	171	34	4	30	137	33	104
2016-17	189	37	1	36	152	38	114
2017-18	162	23	2	21	139	31	108
2018-19	136	19	6	13	117	17	100
2019-20	112	16	4	12	96	13	83
2020-21	100	66	9	57	34	7	27
2021-22	163	132	28	104	31	6	25
2022-23	225	197	58	139	28	1	27
2023-24	184	181	58	123	3	1	2
2024-25	182	181	62	119	1	1	0
Average	162	162	23	65	162	15	59

South University-West Palm Beach Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.55% and the percentage of black students is 37.18% at South University-West Palm Beach. 3.93% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 21.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 23.88% to 20.55%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.22% to 3.93%. Black student enrollment decreased from 46.14% to 37.18%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 21.72% to 21.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7731 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6811 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-West Palm Beach 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	1	47	514	242	8	266	0
2016-17	5	31	455	212	11	247	0
2017-18	6	25	381	198	4	217	0
2018-19	4	24	327	161	3	153	0
2019-20	3	21	324	151	4	110	1
2020-21	0	21	262	117	1	91	4
2021-22	1	19	234	120	5	118	7
2022-23	2	28	207	108	2	153	7
2023-24	3	26	182	101	1	120	11
2024-25	1	17	161	91	0	89	11
Average	3	26	305	150	4	156	4

South University-West Palm Beach Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

142 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 1.43% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South University-West Palm Beach from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,114	0	382	732
2016-17	987	0	338	649
2017-18	861	0	302	559
2018-19	692	0	285	407
2019-20	623	0	277	346
2020-21	515	140	64	311
2021-22	522	106	62	354
2022-23	528	159	33	336
2023-24	468	155	16	297
2024-25	433	142	13	278
Average	674	70	177	427

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Enrollment Trends at South University-West Palm Beach

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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