Enrollment Trends at Furman

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,714 where 2,554 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,003 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,443 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,884 to 2,554 students, a net loss of 330 (11.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Furman University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,884	2,731	1,186	1,545	153	30	123
2016-17	3,003 119	2,797 66	1,163 -23	1,634 89	206 53	46 16	160 37
2017-18	2,949 -54	2,734 -63	1,118 -45	1,616 -18	215 9	34 -12	181 21
2018-19	2,947 -2	2,768 34	1,124 6	1,644 28	179 -36	27 -7	152 -29
2019-20	2,828 -119	2,688 -80	1,060 -64	1,628 -16	140 -39	26 -1	114 -38
2020-21	2,567 -261	2,345 -343	909 -151	1,436 -192	222 82	49 23	173 59
2021-22	2,463 -104	2,307 -38	924 15	1,383 -53	156 -66	32 -17	124 -49
2022-23	2,443 -20	2,283 -24	944 20	1,339 -44	160 4	39 7	121 -3
2023-24	2,505 62	2,327 44	994 50	1,333 -6	178 18	42 3	136 15
2024-25	2,554 49	2,383 56	1,003 9	1,380 47	171 -7	39 -3	132 -4
Average	2,714	2,536	1,043	1,494	178	36	142

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,536 where 2,383 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Furman University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,731	2,624	1,132	1,492	107	54	53
2016-17	2,797	2,697	1,114	1,583	100	49	51
2017-18	2,734	2,658	1,087	1,571	76	31	45
2018-19	2,768	2,665	1,076	1,589	103	48	55
2019-20	2,688	2,603	1,026	1,577	85	34	51
2020-21	2,345	2,294	882	1,412	51	27	24
2021-22	2,307	2,285	908	1,377	22	16	6
2022-23	2,283	2,264	930	1,334	19	14	5
2023-24	2,327	2,296	969	1,327	31	25	6
2024-25	2,383	2,366	995	1,371	17	8	9
Average	2,536	2,536	1,012	1,463	2,536	31	31

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 178 where 171 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Furman University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	153	54	8	46	99	22	77
2016-17	206	67	17	50	139	29	110
2017-18	215	52	11	41	163	23	140
2018-19	179	60	10	50	119	17	102
2019-20	140	58	11	47	82	15	67
2020-21	222	114	21	93	108	28	80
2021-22	156	92	19	73	64	13	51
2022-23	160	117	28	89	43	11	32
2023-24	178	116	34	82	62	8	54
2024-25	171	122	33	89	49	6	43
Average	178	178	19	66	178	17	76

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.71%. The percentage was 77.74% 10 years ago and Furman still has a high percentage of white students. 3.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.42% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.74% to 72.71%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.98% to 3.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.86% to 6.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.95% to 7.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4597 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3897 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Furman University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	4	57	169	114	0	2,242	68
2016-17	5	45	173	139	0	2,353	74
2017-18	6	58	186	153	0	2,232	96
2018-19	5	65	206	163	1	2,264	85
2019-20	7	72	179	145	2	2,238	83
2020-21	7	78	180	143	2	1,994	84
2021-22	4	78	174	139	1	1,898	88
2022-23	4	83	154	146	3	1,865	87
2023-24	6	80	183	170	2	1,834	96
2024-25	6	85	164	180	1	1,857	95
Average	5	70	177	149	1	2,078	86