Enrollment Trends at SHC

The student population at Spring Hill College is 919 (782 undergraduate and 137 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 560 (37.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SHC is 85.09% which is decreased by 570 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 10 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 81 male students for every 100 female students, up from 67 in 2015.
163 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 307.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,235 where 919 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,485 students in 2018 and was lowest at 919 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,479 to 919 students, a net loss of 560 (37.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Spring Hill College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,479	1,352	535	817	127	57	70
2016-17	1,476 -3	1,381 29	506 -29	875 58	95 -32	50 -7	45 -25
2017-18	1,485 9	1,377 -4	507 1	870 -5	108 13	58 8	50 5
2018-19	1,379 -106	1,254 -123	485 -22	769 -101	125 17	78 20	47 -3
2019-20	1,290 -89	1,160 -94	438 -47	722 -47	130 5	78	52 5
2020-21	1,191 -99	1,061 -99	414 -24	647 -75	130	72 -6	58 6
2021-22	1,107 -84	990 -71	410 -4	580 -67	117 -13	71 -1	46 -12
2022-23	1,046 -61	933 -57	401 -9	532 -48	113 -4	66 -5	47 1
2023-24	977 -69	851 -82	381 -20	470 -62	126 13	69 3	57 10
2024-25	919 -58	782 -69	335 -46	447 -23	137 11	76 7	61 4
Average	1,235	1,114	441	673	121	68	53

Spring Hill College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,114 where 782 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 Spring Hill College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,352	1,323	525	798	29	10	19
2016-17	1,381	1,367	503	864	14	3	11
2017-18	1,377	1,363	502	861	14	5	9
2018-19	1,254	1,241	478	763	13	7	6
2019-20	1,160	1,143	429	714	17	9	8
2020-21	1,061	1,034	405	629	27	9	18
2021-22	990	948	393	555	42	17	25
2022-23	933	900	390	510	33	11	22
2023-24	851	823	370	453	28	11	17
2024-25	782	757	325	432	25	10	15
Average	1,114	1,114	432	658	1,114	9	15

Spring Hill College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 121 where 137 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 Spring Hill College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	127	7	5	2	120	52	68
2016-17	95	6	2	4	89	48	41
2017-18	108	6	5	1	102	53	49
2018-19	125	8	2	6	117	76	41
2019-20	130	16	8	8	114	70	44
2020-21	130	26	15	11	104	57	47
2021-22	117	23	12	11	94	59	35
2022-23	113	20	13	7	93	53	40
2023-24	126	19	10	9	107	59	48
2024-25	137	28	11	17	109	65	44
Average	121	121	8	8	121	59	46

Spring Hill College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.32%. The percentage was 69.24% 10 years ago and SHC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.20% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.28% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.24% to 58.32%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.22% to 1.20%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.18% to 13.28%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.79% to 9.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6323 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4992 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Spring Hill College 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	13	18	195	56	2	1,024	73
2016-17	9	21	210	48	5	1,027	64
2017-18	10	16	239	33	4	1,010	67
2018-19	8	17	205	44	3	925	59
2019-20	6	20	177	48	4	879	35
2020-21	7	21	171	71	3	776	20
2021-22	7	19	158	89	3	693	19
2022-23	8	16	138	97	2	635	18
2023-24	7	14	135	89	0	567	19
2024-25	6	11	122	88	0	536	21
Average	8	17	175	66	3	807	40

Spring Hill College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

163 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 307.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Spring Hill College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,479	40	26	1,413
2016-17	1,476	31	8	1,437
2017-18	1,485	49	23	1,413
2018-19	1,379	59	11	1,309
2019-20	1,290	79	190	1,021
2020-21	1,191	112	803	276
2021-22	1,107	152	578	377
2022-23	1,046	128	411	507
2023-24	977	149	335	493
2024-25	919	163	206	550
Average	1,235	96	259	880

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Enrollment Trends at SHC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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