Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-South Carolina

The student population at Strayer University-South Carolina is 2,110 (1,868 undergraduate and 242 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 46 (2.13%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Strayer University-South Carolina is 88.53% which is increased by 427 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 473 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 20 male students for every 100 female students, down from 33 in 2015.
2,109 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 31.81% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,329 where 2,110 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 3,079 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,841 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,156 to 2,110 students, a net loss of 46 (2.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Strayer University-South Carolina since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,156	1,441	394	1,047	715	146	569
2016-17	2,298 142	1,674 233	419 25	1,255 208	624 -91	151 5	473 -96
2017-18	2,313 15	1,831 157	399 -20	1,432 177	482 -142	108 -43	374 -99
2018-19	2,687 374	2,243 412	414 15	1,829 397	444 -38	85 -23	359 -15
2019-20	3,079 392	2,663 420	465 51	2,198 369	416 -28	76 -9	340 -19
2020-21	2,806 -273	2,459 -204	410 -55	2,049 -149	347 -69	61 -15	286 -54
2021-22	1,936 -870	1,693 -766	303 -107	1,390 -659	243 -104	43 -18	200 -86
2022-23	1,841 -95	1,625 -68	365 62	1,260 -130	216 -27	37 -6	179 -21
2023-24	2,061 220	1,830 205	353 -12	1,477 217	231 15	32 -5	199 20
2024-25	2,110 49	1,868 38	327 -26	1,541 64	242 11	28 -4	214 15
Average	2,329	1,933	385	1,548	396	77	319

Strayer University-South Carolina Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,933 where 1,868 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 Strayer University-South Carolina since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,441	180	90	90	1,261	304	957
2016-17	1,674	168	89	79	1,506	330	1,176
2017-18	1,831	200	81	119	1,631	318	1,313
2018-19	2,243	192	80	112	2,051	334	1,717
2019-20	2,663	199	80	119	2,464	385	2,079
2020-21	2,459	173	81	92	2,286	329	1,957
2021-22	1,693	139	61	78	1,554	242	1,312
2022-23	1,625	137	75	62	1,488	290	1,198
2023-24	1,830	118	47	71	1,712	306	1,406
2024-25	1,868	89	35	54	1,779	292	1,487
Average	1,933	1,933	72	88	1,933	313	1,460

Strayer University-South Carolina Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 396 where 242 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 Strayer University-South Carolina since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	715	127	37	90	588	109	479
2016-17	624	124	38	86	500	113	387
2017-18	482	86	33	53	396	75	321
2018-19	444	64	9	55	380	76	304
2019-20	416	60	14	46	356	62	294
2020-21	347	61	24	37	286	37	249
2021-22	243	42	11	31	201	32	169
2022-23	216	35	6	29	181	31	150
2023-24	231	53	9	44	178	23	155
2024-25	242	63	8	55	179	20	159
Average	396	396	19	53	396	58	267

Strayer University-South Carolina Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.80% and the percentage of black students is 69.24% at Strayer University-South Carolina. 0.09% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 17.76% to 21.80%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.51% to 0.09%. Black student enrollment decreased from 72.91% to 69.24%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.48% to 3.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4709 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4351 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Strayer University-South Carolina 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	12	11	1,572	75	0	383	46
2016-17	17	8	1,718	68	2	367	68
2017-18	16	6	1,714	57	1	391	68
2018-19	24	5	2,027	65	2	433	77
2019-20	17	8	2,264	74	4	568	86
2020-21	9	6	2,031	63	0	576	74
2021-22	4	3	1,362	53	2	426	63
2022-23	7	3	1,279	61	2	405	63
2023-24	12	5	1,374	61	1	505	66
2024-25	13	2	1,461	68	3	460	70
Average	13	6	1,680	65	2	451	68

Strayer University-South Carolina Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,109 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 31.81% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Strayer University-South Carolina from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,156	1,600	252	304
2016-17	2,298	1,916	216	166
2017-18	2,313	2,050	192	71
2018-19	2,687	2,450	209	28
2019-20	3,079	2,901	171	7
2020-21	2,806	2,806	0	0
2021-22	1,936	1,936	0	0
2022-23	1,841	1,841	0	0
2023-24	2,061	2,056	5	0
2024-25	2,110	2,109	1	0
Average	2,329	2,167	105	58

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Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-South Carolina

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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