Southern University and A & M College Student Population

How many students at Southern University and A & M? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 8,279 students have enrolled in Southern University and A & M College with 6,713 undergraduate and 1,566 graduate students.

By gender, 2,781 male and 5,498 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

379 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,466 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Southern University and A & M College has a total of 8,279 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 6,713 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,566 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,781 male and 5,498 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 362 White, 7,231 Black, and 133 Asian students out of a total of 8,279 are attending at Southern University and A & M College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Southern University and A & M College is not very diverse with a diversity index of 23.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Southern University and A & M has 455 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 6,609 students under 25 years old, and 1,670 students over 25 years old out of 8,279 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 455 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Southern University and A & M has 6,167 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 546 students aged 25 and over.

It has 442 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,124 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 Southern University and A & M College, 379 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,466 students are enrolled in some online courses.

302 students who live in Louisiana or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 77 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,713 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 370 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.51%.318 students have transferred in as full-time status and 52 students transferred in as part-time status.