Winthrop University Student Population

How many students at Winthrop? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,894 students have enrolled in Winthrop University with 3,969 undergraduate and 925 graduate students.

By gender, 1,566 male and 3,328 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

831 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,728 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

Winthrop University has a total of 4,894 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,969 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 925 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,566 male and 3,328 female students (the male-female ratio is 32:68) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,499 White, 1,529 Black, and 99 Asian students out of a total of 4,894 are attending at Winthrop University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Winthrop University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 63.2% 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, Winthrop has 337 students under 18 years old and 50 students over 65 years old. There are 3,795 students under 25 years old, and 899 students over 25 years old out of 4,694 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 337 students are younger than 18 and 30 students are older than 65. Winthrop has 3,521 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 266 students aged 25 and over.

It has 274 graduate students aged under 25 and 633 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• 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 Winthrop University, 831 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,728 students are enrolled in some online courses.

643 students who live in South Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 188 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,969 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 320 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.06%.294 students have transferred in as full-time status and 26 students transferred in as part-time status.