Enrollment Trends at SCSU

The student population at Southern Connecticut State University is 8,889 (6,920 undergraduate and 1,969 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,228 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SCSU is 77.85% which is decreased by 1,605 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 623 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

993 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 509.20% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,056 where 8,889 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,605 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 623 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SCSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,117	8,525	3,376	5,149	2,592	651	1,941
2013-14	10,804 -313	8,257 -268	3,253 -123	5,004 -145	2,547 -45	634 -17	1,913 -28
2014-15	10,825 21	8,133 -124	3,228 -25	4,905 -99	2,692 145	706 72	1,986 73
2015-16	10,473 -352	8,106 -27	3,157 -71	4,949 44	2,367 -325	678 -28	1,689 -297
2016-17	10,320 -153	7,963 -143	3,057 -100	4,906 -43	2,357 -10	623 -55	1,734 45
2017-18	10,202 -118	7,947 -16	3,177 120	4,770 -136	2,255 -102	616 -7	1,639 -95
2018-19	10,050 -152	8,122 175	3,193 16	4,929 159	1,928 -327	541 -75	1,387 -252
2019-20	9,817 -233	7,962 -160	3,097 -96	4,865 -64	1,855 -73	515 -26	1,340 -47
2020-21	9,331 -486	7,440 -522	2,787 -310	4,653 -212	1,891 36	483 -32	1,408 68
2021-22	8,788 -543	6,800 -640	2,552 -235	4,248 -405	1,988 97	491 8	1,497 89
2022-23	8,889 101	6,920 120	2,646 94	4,274 26	1,969 -19	490 -1	1,479 -18
Average	10,056	7,834	3,048	4,787	2,222	584	1,638

Southern Connecticut State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,834 where 6,920 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,525	7,289	2,801	4,488	1,236	575	661
2013-14	8,257	7,016	2,676	4,340	1,241	577	664
2014-15	8,133	6,802	2,622	4,180	1,331	606	725
2015-16	8,106	6,869	2,596	4,273	1,237	561	676
2016-17	7,963	6,830	2,555	4,275	1,133	502	631
2017-18	7,947	6,814	2,672	4,142	1,133	505	628
2018-19	8,122	6,877	2,674	4,203	1,245	519	726
2019-20	7,962	6,801	2,636	4,165	1,161	461	700
2020-21	7,440	6,268	2,294	3,974	1,172	493	679
2021-22	6,800	5,644	2,105	3,539	1,156	447	709
2022-23	6,920	5,331	2,078	3,253	1,589	568	1,021
Average	7,834	7,834	2,519	4,076	7,834	529	711

Southern Connecticut State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,222 where 1,969 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,592	845	188	657	1,747	463	1,284
2013-14	2,547	876	192	684	1,671	442	1,229
2014-15	2,692	894	214	680	1,798	492	1,306
2015-16	2,367	818	208	610	1,549	470	1,079
2016-17	2,357	893	205	688	1,464	418	1,046
2017-18	2,255	861	197	664	1,394	419	975
2018-19	1,928	739	175	564	1,189	366	823
2019-20	1,855	713	171	542	1,142	344	798
2020-21	1,891	803	186	617	1,088	297	791
2021-22	1,988	809	181	628	1,179	310	869
2022-23	1,969	858	198	660	1,111	292	819
Average	2,222	2,222	192	636	2,222	392	1,002

Southern Connecticut State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.38% and the percentage of black students is 17.09% at Southern Connecticut State University. 3.42% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Connecticut State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	32	276	1,536	1,025	5	7,288	231
2013-14	22	253	1,496	1,086	4	6,868	223
2014-15	19	271	1,539	1,114	2	6,662	230
2015-16	34	312	1,671	975	1	6,217	206
2016-17	28	326	1,563	1,257	5	6,061	237
2017-18	25	314	1,562	1,451	5	5,782	322
2018-19	24	291	1,720	983	7	5,840	383
2019-20	21	312	1,663	1,160	3	5,419	401
2020-21	17	294	1,576	1,208	4	5,038	413
2021-22	10	272	1,552	1,167	4	4,618	393
2022-23	11	304	1,519	1,841	4	4,389	374
Average	22	293	1,582	1,206	4	5,835	310

Southern Connecticut State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

993 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 509.20% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Connecticut State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,825	163	963	9,699
2015-16	10,473	142	1,019	9,312
2016-17	10,320	145	1,037	9,138
2017-18	10,202	80	1,174	8,948
2018-19	10,050	229	1,334	8,487
2019-20	9,817	283	1,758	7,776
2020-21	9,331	3,581	5,369	381
2021-22	8,788	1,072	4,172	3,544
2022-23	8,889	993	3,824	4,072
Average	9,855	743	2,294	6,817

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