Enrollment Trends at SWU

The student population at Southern Wesleyan University is 1,175 (896 undergraduate and 279 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 562 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SWU is 76.26% which is decreased by 459 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 103 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.02 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

535 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 168.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,575 where 1,175 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.26% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.74% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 459 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 103 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.02 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in SWU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,737	1,355	522	833	382	133	249
2013-14	1,701 -36	1,333 -22	521 -1	812 -21	368 -14	102 -31	266 17
2014-15	1,778 77	1,418 85	545 24	873 61	360 -8	99 -3	261 -5
2015-16	1,736 -42	1,323 -95	537 -8	786 -87	413 53	90 -9	323 62
2016-17	1,880 144	1,424 101	562 25	862 76	456 43	92 2	364 41
2017-18	1,688 -192	1,360 -64	536 -26	824 -38	328 -128	61 -31	267 -97
2018-19	1,551 -137	1,226 -134	488 -48	738 -86	325 -3	47 -14	278 11
2019-20	1,430 -121	1,150 -76	430 -58	720 -18	280 -45	55 8	225 -53
2020-21	1,345 -85	1,085 -65	385 -45	700 -20	260 -20	60 5	200 -25
2021-22	1,300 -45	1,043 -42	354 -31	689 -11	257 -3	52 -8	205 5
2022-23	1,175 -125	896 -147	337 -17	559 -130	279 22	52 0	227 22
Average	1,575	1,238	474	763	337	77	260

Southern Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,238 where 896 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 Wesleyan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,355	1,318	507	811	37	15	22
2013-14	1,333	1,304	509	795	29	12	17
2014-15	1,418	1,353	523	830	65	22	43
2015-16	1,323	1,249	504	745	74	33	41
2016-17	1,424	785	360	425	639	202	437
2017-18	1,360	820	375	445	540	161	379
2018-19	1,226	810	365	445	416	123	293
2019-20	1,150	800	329	471	350	101	249
2020-21	1,085	774	303	471	311	82	229
2021-22	1,043	719	262	457	324	92	232
2022-23	896	641	260	381	255	77	178
Average	1,238	1,238	391	571	1,238	84	193

Southern Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 337 where 279 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 Wesleyan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	382	382	133	249	0	0	0
2013-14	368	368	102	266	0	0	0
2014-15	360	360	99	261	0	0	0
2015-16	413	413	90	323	0	0	0
2016-17	456	127	36	91	329	56	273
2017-18	328	15	3	12	313	58	255
2018-19	325	10	1	9	315	46	269
2019-20	280	5	1	4	275	54	221
2020-21	260	15	6	9	245	54	191
2021-22	257	48	13	35	209	39	170
2022-23	279	51	16	35	228	36	192
Average	337	337	45	118	337	31	143

Southern Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.28%. The percentage was 59.18% 10 years ago and SWU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.94% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Wesleyan 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	7	8	527	27	1	1,028	0
2013-14	9	7	535	49	3	957	18
2014-15	5	10	483	56	1	914	26
2015-16	5	8	493	77	1	1,068	24
2016-17	4	4	466	67	2	1,047	0
2017-18	5	4	377	64	1	1,005	0
2018-19	3	12	321	52	2	967	39
2019-20	4	10	283	55	1	970	34
2020-21	0	9	260	60	0	913	33
2021-22	0	8	263	74	0	848	38
2022-23	0	6	199	68	0	767	40
Average	4	8	382	59	1	953	23

Southern Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

535 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 46% of total students. The number of online students has increased 168.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Wesleyan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,778	199	0	1,579
2015-16	1,736	338	0	1,398
2016-17	1,880	369	0	1,511
2017-18	1,688	620	0	1,068
2018-19	1,551	786	259	506
2019-20	1,430	628	295	507
2020-21	1,345	570	318	457
2021-22	1,300	550	516	234
2022-23	1,175	535	417	223
Average	1,543	511	201	831

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