Enrollment Trends at SEU

The student population at Southeastern University is 11,510 (10,172 undergraduate and 1,338 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,972 (153.64%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SEU is 88.38% which is increased by 6,176 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 796 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 77 in 2015.
4,222 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 130.71% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,702 where 11,510 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 11,510 students in 2025 and was lowest at 4,538 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,538 to 11,510 students, a net gain of 6,972 (153.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,538	3,996	1,773	2,223	542	202	340
2016-17	5,804 1,266	5,055 1,059	2,194 421	2,861 638	749 207	273 71	476 136
2017-18	7,163 1,359	6,240 1,185	2,739 545	3,501 640	923 174	361 88	562 86
2018-19	8,755 1,592	7,704 1,464	3,296 557	4,408 907	1,051 128	389 28	662 100
2019-20	9,894 1,139	8,717 1,013	3,665 369	5,052 644	1,177 126	443 54	734 72
2020-21	9,546 -348	8,312 -405	3,446 -219	4,866 -186	1,234 57	455 12	779 45
2021-22	9,365 -181	8,118 -194	3,399 -47	4,719 -147	1,247 13	472 17	775 -4
2022-23	10,044 679	8,840 722	3,538 139	5,302 583	1,204 -43	495 23	709 -66
2023-24	10,400 356	9,167 327	3,761 223	5,406 104	1,233 29	492 -3	741 32
2024-25	11,510 1,110	10,172 1,005	4,205 444	5,967 561	1,338 105	544 52	794 53
Average	8,702	7,632	3,202	4,431	1,070	413	657

Southeastern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,632 where 10,172 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 Southeastern University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,996	3,185	1,425	1,760	811	348	463
2016-17	5,055	3,888	1,687	2,201	1,167	507	660
2017-18	6,240	4,288	1,875	2,413	1,952	864	1,088
2018-19	7,704	4,877	2,080	2,797	2,827	1,216	1,611
2019-20	8,717	4,974	2,071	2,903	3,743	1,594	2,149
2020-21	8,312	4,804	1,949	2,855	3,508	1,497	2,011
2021-22	8,118	4,589	1,840	2,749	3,529	1,559	1,970
2022-23	8,840	4,364	1,698	2,666	4,476	1,840	2,636
2023-24	9,167	4,256	1,656	2,600	4,911	2,105	2,806
2024-25	10,172	4,481	1,833	2,648	5,691	2,372	3,319
Average	7,632	7,632	1,811	2,559	7,632	1,390	1,871

Southeastern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,070 where 1,338 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 Southeastern University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	542	243	81	162	299	121	178
2016-17	749	308	111	197	441	162	279
2017-18	923	391	142	249	532	219	313
2018-19	1,051	463	160	303	588	229	359
2019-20	1,177	487	185	302	690	258	432
2020-21	1,234	515	210	305	719	245	474
2021-22	1,247	565	221	344	682	251	431
2022-23	1,204	485	206	279	719	289	430
2023-24	1,233	546	213	333	687	279	408
2024-25	1,338	580	237	343	758	307	451
Average	1,070	1,070	177	282	1,070	236	376

Southeastern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.58% and the percentage of black students is 10.71% at Southeastern University. 1.86% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.22% to 48.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.65% to 1.86%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.90% to 10.71%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.62% to 22.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7014 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5900 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southeastern University 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	14	75	631	754	21	2,733	12
2016-17	23	92	858	1,056	30	3,393	3
2017-18	31	124	971	1,274	33	4,304	4
2018-19	42	153	1,164	1,787	37	5,082	131
2019-20	48	185	1,363	2,135	35	5,483	278
2020-21	46	194	1,209	2,070	36	5,374	327
2021-22	66	180	1,144	2,162	33	5,101	306
2022-23	70	211	1,153	2,167	37	5,515	342
2023-24	76	214	1,224	2,523	35	5,468	364
2024-25	83	214	1,233	2,563	35	5,592	373
Average	50	164	1,095	1,849	33	4,805	214

Southeastern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,222 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 130.71% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southeastern University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,538	1,830	1,281	1,427
2016-17	5,804	1,102	1,534	3,168
2017-18	7,163	1,282	1,960	3,921
2018-19	8,755	1,351	2,992	4,412
2019-20	9,894	1,478	3,265	5,151
2020-21	9,546	1,677	2,490	5,379
2021-22	9,365	2,306	1,879	5,180
2022-23	10,044	2,073	3,251	4,720
2023-24	10,400	3,621	2,166	4,613
2024-25	11,510	4,222	2,408	4,880
Average	8,702	2,094	2,323	4,285

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Enrollment Trends at SEU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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