Enrollment Trends at Winthrop

The student population at Winthrop University is 4,712 (3,741 undergraduate and 971 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,458 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Winthrop is 79.39% which is decreased by 1,288 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 170 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.25 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

665 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,791.30% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,789 where 4,712 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,288 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 170 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.25 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Winthrop than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,170	5,029	1,638	3,391	1,141	300	841
2013-14	6,130 -40	5,048 19	1,650 12	3,398 7	1,082 -59	251 -49	831 -10
2014-15	6,024 -106	4,974 -74	1,613 -37	3,361 -37	1,050 -32	273 22	777 -54
2015-16	6,031 7	5,073 99	1,644 31	3,429 68	958 -92	229 -44	729 -48
2016-17	6,109 78	5,091 18	1,592 -52	3,499 70	1,018 60	251 22	767 38
2017-18	6,073 -36	5,014 -77	1,522 -70	3,492 -7	1,059 41	244 -7	815 48
2018-19	5,813 -260	4,887 -127	1,483 -39	3,404 -88	926 -133	218 -26	708 -107
2019-20	5,865 52	4,764 -123	1,483 0	3,281 -123	1,101 175	193 -25	908 200
2020-21	5,576 -289	4,406 -358	1,408 -75	2,998 -283	1,170 69	222 29	948 40
2021-22	5,174 -402	3,973 -433	1,291 -117	2,682 -316	1,201 31	214 -8	987 39
2022-23	4,712 -462	3,741 -232	1,263 -28	2,478 -204	971 -230	189 -25	782 -205
Average	5,789	4,727	1,508	3,219	1,062	235	827

Winthrop University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,727 where 3,741 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 Winthrop University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,029	4,462	1,439	3,023	567	199	368
2013-14	5,048	4,432	1,467	2,965	616	183	433
2014-15	4,974	4,421	1,423	2,998	553	190	363
2015-16	5,073	4,551	1,459	3,092	522	185	337
2016-17	5,091	4,545	1,413	3,132	546	179	367
2017-18	5,014	4,488	1,350	3,138	526	172	354
2018-19	4,887	4,331	1,305	3,026	556	178	378
2019-20	4,764	4,236	1,301	2,935	528	182	346
2020-21	4,406	3,992	1,265	2,727	414	143	271
2021-22	3,973	3,537	1,141	2,396	436	150	286
2022-23	3,741	3,179	1,065	2,114	562	198	364
Average	4,727	4,727	1,330	2,868	4,727	178	352

Winthrop University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,062 where 971 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 Winthrop University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,141	524	131	393	617	169	448
2013-14	1,082	496	111	385	586	140	446
2014-15	1,050	494	107	387	556	166	390
2015-16	958	466	107	359	492	122	370
2016-17	1,018	460	115	345	558	136	422
2017-18	1,059	465	110	355	594	134	460
2018-19	926	372	84	288	554	134	420
2019-20	1,101	338	65	273	763	128	635
2020-21	1,170	400	83	317	770	139	631
2021-22	1,201	347	72	275	854	142	712
2022-23	971	318	74	244	653	115	538
Average	1,062	1,062	96	329	1,062	139	497

Winthrop University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.33%. The percentage was 61.93% 10 years ago and Winthrop still has a high percentage of white students. 1.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 31.41% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Winthrop 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	27	87	1,737	136	30	3,821	80
2013-14	27	80	1,733	172	16	3,756	113
2014-15	23	71	1,650	217	7	3,688	147
2015-16	17	69	1,687	230	4	3,679	180
2016-17	21	71	1,716	283	8	3,664	188
2017-18	18	83	1,679	279	3	3,663	209
2018-19	21	68	1,635	301	3	3,462	208
2019-20	20	68	1,697	331	7	3,413	218
2020-21	18	84	1,747	300	9	3,087	246
2021-22	14	91	1,638	319	8	2,784	251
2022-23	14	83	1,480	330	4	2,513	232
Average	20	78	1,673	263	9	3,412	188

Winthrop University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

665 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,791.30% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Winthrop University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,024	23	1,135	4,866
2015-16	6,031	20	709	5,302
2016-17	6,109	60	1,724	4,325
2017-18	6,073	74	1,908	4,091
2018-19	5,813	159	1,993	3,661
2019-20	5,865	353	2,044	3,468
2020-21	5,576	1,509	3,692	375
2021-22	5,174	757	2,969	1,448
2022-23	4,712	665	2,350	1,697
Average	5,709	402	2,058	3,248

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