Enrollment Trends at Sewanee

The student population at The University of the South is 1,724 (1,644 undergraduate and 80 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 73 (4.06%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Sewanee is 95.36% which is decreased by 66 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 7 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 90 male students for every 100 female students, down from 95 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (The University of the South does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,768 where 1,724 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,820 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,693 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,797 to 1,724 students, a net loss of 73 (4.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,797	1,710	821	889	87	55	32
2016-17	1,815 18	1,731 21	820 -1	911 22	84 -3	50 -5	34 2
2017-18	1,778 -37	1,702 -29	803 -17	899 -12	76 -8	46 -4	30 -4
2018-19	1,785 7	1,698 -4	825 22	873 -26	87 11	47 1	40 10
2019-20	1,768 -17	1,695 -3	828 3	867 -6	73 -14	44 -3	29 -11
2020-21	1,800 32	1,716 21	809 -19	907 40	84 11	50 6	34 5
2021-22	1,820 20	1,735 19	818 9	917 10	85 1	50	35 1
2022-23	1,704 -116	1,613 -122	762 -56	851 -66	91 6	48 -2	43 8
2023-24	1,693 -11	1,615 2	756 -6	859 8	78 -13	45 -3	33 -10
2024-25	1,724 31	1,644 29	769 13	875 16	80 2	49 4	31 -2
Average	1,768	1,686	801	885	83	48	34

The University of the South Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,686 where 1,644 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 The University of the South since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,710	1,685	808	877	25	13	12
2016-17	1,731	1,718	814	904	13	6	7
2017-18	1,702	1,687	798	889	15	5	10
2018-19	1,698	1,678	816	862	20	9	11
2019-20	1,695	1,671	816	855	24	12	12
2020-21	1,716	1,689	796	893	27	13	14
2021-22	1,735	1,724	813	911	11	5	6
2022-23	1,613	1,590	752	838	23	10	13
2023-24	1,615	1,588	745	843	27	11	16
2024-25	1,644	1,594	750	844	50	19	31
Average	1,686	1,686	791	872	1,686	10	13

The University of the South Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 83 where 80 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 The University of the South since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	87	74	46	28	13	9	4
2016-17	84	73	44	29	11	6	5
2017-18	76	61	38	23	15	8	7
2018-19	87	66	36	30	21	11	10
2019-20	73	59	38	21	14	6	8
2020-21	84	65	43	22	19	7	12
2021-22	85	67	42	25	18	8	10
2022-23	91	67	36	31	24	12	12
2023-24	78	53	30	23	25	15	10
2024-25	80	56	36	20	24	13	11
Average	83	83	39	25	83	10	9

The University of the South Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.97%. The percentage was 82.25% 10 years ago and Sewanee still has a high percentage of white students. 0.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.29% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.25% to 80.97%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.56% to 0.87%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.12% to 4.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.12% to 5.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3388 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3178 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The University of the South 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	2	28	74	92	1	1,478	61
2016-17	3	29	77	96	0	1,486	60
2017-18	3	22	81	100	0	1,447	55
2018-19	2	29	82	93	0	1,450	57
2019-20	1	22	70	91	0	1,450	55
2020-21	1	22	78	100	0	1,469	52
2021-22	0	20	67	95	1	1,501	61
2022-23	3	20	73	100	0	1,369	49
2023-24	3	15	68	106	0	1,360	44
2024-25	4	15	74	90	0	1,396	51
Average	2	22	74	96	0	1,441	55

The University of the South Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Sewanee

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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