Shorter University Student Population

How many students at Shorter?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Shorter University has a total enrollment of 1,318 students, including 1,203 undergraduate and 115 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 646 male students (49%) and 672 female students (51%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 728 White students (55.2%) and 270 Black students (20.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 1,203 undergraduate students (91.3%) and 115 graduate students (8.7%).
• Class Delivery: 291 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 241 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (smaller programs) - which average 1,493 - Shorter's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 646 male (49.01%) and 672 female (50.99%) students are attending Shorter University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 96.13.

By class level, 1,203 (91.27%) are undergraduate students and 115 (8.73%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 49.21% are male and 50.79% are female, while among graduate students, 46.96% are male and 53.04% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 728 White, 270 Black, and 9 Asian students out of a total of 1,318 are attending at Shorter University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Shorter University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 63.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Shorter has 164 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 1,119 students under 25 years old, and 189 students over 25 years old out of 1,318 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 164 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Shorter has 1,084 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 109 students aged 25 and over.

It has 35 graduate students aged under 25 and 80 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Shorter University, 291 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 241 students are enrolled in some online courses.

258 students who live in Georgia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 33 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,203 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 115 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.56%.113 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2 students transferred in as part-time status.