Enrollment Trends at Southern Utah

The student population at Southern Utah University is 15,444 (13,126 undergraduate and 2,318 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,563 (73.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Utah is 84.99% which is increased by 5,091 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,472 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, up from 74 in 2015.
5,319 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,203.68% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,007 where 15,444 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 8,881 to 15,444 students, a gain of 6,563 (73.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,881	8,035	3,435	4,600	846	339	507
2016-17	9,299 418	8,407 372	3,580 145	4,827 227	892 46	378 39	514 7
2017-18	9,468 169	8,550 143	3,727 147	4,823 -4	918 26	404 26	514
2018-19	10,196 728	9,271 721	3,887 160	5,384 561	925 7	424 20	501 -13
2019-20	11,224 1,028	10,274 1,003	4,205 318	6,069 685	950 25	423 -1	527 26
2020-21	12,582 1,358	11,249 975	4,514 309	6,735 666	1,333 383	641 218	692 165
2021-22	13,611 1,029	12,080 831	4,878 364	7,202 467	1,531 198	715 74	816 124
2022-23	14,330 719	12,649 569	5,070 192	7,579 377	1,681 150	780 65	901 85
2023-24	15,033 703	13,043 394	5,320 250	7,723 144	1,990 309	952 172	1,038 137
2024-25	15,444 411	13,126 83	5,471 151	7,655 -68	2,318 328	1,127 175	1,191 153
Average	12,007	10,668	4,409	6,260	1,338	618	720

Southern Utah University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,668 where 13,126 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 Southern Utah University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,035	5,647	2,648	2,999	2,388	787	1,601
2016-17	8,407	5,879	2,693	3,186	2,528	887	1,641
2017-18	8,550	6,279	2,880	3,399	2,271	847	1,424
2018-19	9,271	6,808	3,049	3,759	2,463	838	1,625
2019-20	10,274	7,097	3,170	3,927	3,177	1,035	2,142
2020-21	11,249	7,652	3,344	4,308	3,597	1,170	2,427
2021-22	12,080	8,281	3,500	4,781	3,799	1,378	2,421
2022-23	12,649	8,085	3,442	4,643	4,564	1,628	2,936
2023-24	13,043	8,498	3,685	4,813	4,545	1,635	2,910
2024-25	13,126	8,303	3,643	4,660	4,823	1,828	2,995
Average	10,668	10,668	3,205	4,048	10,668	1,203	2,212

Southern Utah University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,338 where 2,318 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 Southern Utah University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	846	197	98	99	649	241	408
2016-17	892	173	100	73	719	278	441
2017-18	918	206	119	87	712	285	427
2018-19	925	226	127	99	699	297	402
2019-20	950	236	133	103	714	290	424
2020-21	1,333	389	208	181	944	433	511
2021-22	1,531	332	171	161	1,199	544	655
2022-23	1,681	403	184	219	1,278	596	682
2023-24	1,990	486	201	285	1,504	751	753
2024-25	2,318	565	264	301	1,753	863	890
Average	1,338	1,338	161	161	1,338	458	559

Southern Utah University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.31%. The percentage was 77.18% 10 years ago and Southern Utah still has a high percentage of white students. 1.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.07% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.18% to 70.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.86% to 1.88%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.48% to 2.07%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.04% to 8.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4969 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4013 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Utah 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	107	76	131	448	90	6,854	55
2016-17	114	101	156	489	128	6,995	38
2017-18	116	117	178	543	113	7,177	22
2018-19	129	133	202	600	116	7,367	13
2019-20	108	143	195	708	123	7,850	138
2020-21	134	189	213	838	113	9,319	146
2021-22	132	207	225	810	114	9,702	175
2022-23	139	223	256	978	126	10,028	125
2023-24	140	262	308	1,317	115	11,051	95
2024-25	135	290	320	1,361	147	10,859	70
Average	125	174	218	809	119	8,720	88

Southern Utah University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,319 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,203.68% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Utah University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,881	408	2,767	5,706
2016-17	9,299	959	3,779	4,561
2017-18	9,468	836	4,176	4,456
2018-19	10,196	873	4,055	5,268
2019-20	11,224	1,227	2,724	7,273
2020-21	12,582	2,683	6,199	3,700
2021-22	13,611	3,075	4,613	5,923
2022-23	14,330	3,962	4,421	5,947
2023-24	15,033	5,331	4,233	5,469
2024-25	15,444	5,319	4,221	5,904
Average	12,007	2,467	4,119	5,421

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Enrollment Trends at Southern Utah

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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