University of South Carolina-Upstate Student Population

How many students at SC Upstate? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,916 students have enrolled in University of South Carolina-Upstate with 4,487 undergraduate and 429 graduate students.

By gender, 1,624 male and 3,292 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (3,204 students on average - public Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields).

1,163 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,016 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

University of South Carolina-Upstate has a total of 4,916 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,487 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 429 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,624 male and 3,292 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,388 White, 1,437 Black, and 129 Asian students out of a total of 4,916 are attending at University of South Carolina-Upstate. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of South Carolina-Upstate is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 66.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, SC Upstate has 467 students under 18 years old and 16 students over 65 years old. There are 3,850 students under 25 years old, and 1,066 students over 25 years old out of 4,916 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 467 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. SC Upstate has 3,772 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 715 students aged 25 and over.

It has 78 graduate students aged under 25 and 351 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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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 University of South Carolina-Upstate, 1,163 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,016 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,105 students who live in South Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 58 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

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• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,487 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 694 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 15.47%.579 students have transferred in as full-time status and 115 students transferred in as part-time status.