Enrollment Trends at Presby

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,266 where 1,095 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

77.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 211 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 73 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Presby than male students.

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,379	1,064	499	565	315	100	215
2016-17	1,352 -27	1,063 -1	493 -6	570 5	289 -26	96 -4	193 -22
2017-18	1,280 -72	1,016 -47	495 2	521 -49	264 -25	83 -13	181 -12
2018-19	1,330 50	1,080 64	513 18	567 46	250 -14	64 -19	186 5
2019-20	1,353 23	1,102 22	529 16	573 6	251 1	64	187 1
2020-21	1,309 -44	1,048 -54	487 -42	561 -12	261 10	71 7	190 3
2021-22	1,231 -78	991 -57	481 -6	510 -51	240 -21	62 -9	178 -12
2022-23	1,199 -32	955 -36	461 -20	494 -16	244 4	49 -13	195 17
2023-24	1,136 -63	903 -52	459 -2	444 -50	233 -11	45 -4	188 -7
2024-25	1,095 -41	853 -50	426 -33	427 -17	242 9	45	197 9
Average	1,266	1,008	484	523	259	68	191

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,008 where 853 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 Presbyterian College 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	1,064	990	468	522	74	31	43
2016-17	1,063	996	477	519	67	16	51
2017-18	1,016	975	488	487	41	7	34
2018-19	1,080	994	489	505	86	24	62
2019-20	1,102	1,041	511	530	61	18	43
2020-21	1,048	977	470	507	71	17	54
2021-22	991	930	462	468	61	19	42
2022-23	955	893	444	449	62	17	45
2023-24	903	866	445	421	37	14	23
2024-25	853	849	424	425	4	2	2
Average	1,008	1,008	468	483	1,008	17	40

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 259 where 242 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 Presbyterian College 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	315	312	98	214	3	2	1
2016-17	289	281	92	189	8	4	4
2017-18	264	255	82	173	9	1	8
2018-19	250	246	62	184	4	2	2
2019-20	251	246	61	185	5	3	2
2020-21	261	255	69	186	6	2	4
2021-22	240	231	59	172	9	3	6
2022-23	244	237	48	189	7	1	6
2023-24	233	225	43	182	8	2	6
2024-25	242	239	44	195	3	1	2
Average	259	259	66	187	259	2	4

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.47%. The percentage was 72.66% 10 years ago and Presby still has a high percentage of white students. 1.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.62% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.66% to 62.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.97% to 1.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.87% to 15.62%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.76% to 9.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5729 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4480 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Presbyterian College 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	41	205	38	0	1,002	23
2016-17	2	35	185	40	0	964	27
2017-18	5	30	164	42	0	911	35
2018-19	6	29	194	49	0	928	44
2019-20	5	29	221	71	0	918	51
2020-21	4	25	214	73	1	907	53
2021-22	2	23	214	72	3	827	51
2022-23	1	25	203	69	4	799	49
2023-24	2	23	184	89	1	722	61
2024-25	2	17	171	102	2	684	66
Average	3	28	196	65	1	866	46

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Presbyterian College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.