Enrollment Trends at Shaw

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,327 where 964 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,844 students in 2017 and was lowest at 962 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,646 to 964 students, a net loss of 682 (41.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Shaw 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	1,646	1,509	653	856	137	52	85
2016-17	1,844 198	1,713 204	745 92	968 112	131 -6	51 -1	80 -5
2017-18	1,660 -184	1,546 -167	642 -103	904 -64	114 -17	52 1	62 -18
2018-19	1,411 -249	1,305 -241	553 -89	752 -152	106 -8	50 -2	56 -6
2019-20	1,291 -120	1,174 -131	472 -81	702 -50	117 11	52 2	65 9
2020-21	1,283 -8	1,152 -22	474 2	678 -24	131 14	68 16	63 -2
2021-22	1,141 -142	998 -154	427 -47	571 -107	143 12	68	75 12
2022-23	1,067 -74	924 -74	432 5	492 -79	143	68	75
2023-24	962 -105	843 -81	406 -26	437 -55	119 -24	52 -16	67 -8
2024-25	964 2	877 34	425 19	452 15	87 -32	28 -24	59 -8
Average	1,327	1,204	523	681	123	54	69

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,204 where 877 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 Shaw 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	1,509	1,407	610	797	102	43	59
2016-17	1,713	1,604	700	904	109	45	64
2017-18	1,546	1,466	613	853	80	29	51
2018-19	1,305	1,247	530	717	58	23	35
2019-20	1,174	1,082	447	635	92	25	67
2020-21	1,152	1,048	443	605	104	31	73
2021-22	998	886	402	484	112	25	87
2022-23	924	833	399	434	91	33	58
2023-24	843	756	378	378	87	28	59
2024-25	877	821	411	410	56	14	42
Average	1,204	1,204	493	622	1,204	30	60

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 123 where 87 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 Shaw 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	137	71	35	36	66	17	49
2016-17	131	74	35	39	57	16	41
2017-18	114	80	39	41	34	13	21
2018-19	106	63	32	31	43	18	25
2019-20	117	71	35	36	46	17	29
2020-21	131	87	47	40	44	21	23
2021-22	143	91	48	43	52	20	32
2022-23	143	67	35	32	76	33	43
2023-24	119	50	25	25	69	27	42
2024-25	87	33	9	24	54	19	35
Average	123	123	34	35	123	20	34

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.56% and the percentage of black students is 71.78% at Shaw University. 0.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.39% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 0.55% to 1.56%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.06% to 0.41%. Black student enrollment increased from 58.87% to 71.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.36% to 5.39%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4803 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.6534 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	1	969	6	5	9	7
2016-17	4	3	1,233	6	5	18	35
2017-18	5	16	1,232	1	15	33	48
2018-19	3	80	922	37	12	20	115
2019-20	3	37	746	32	5	11	188
2020-21	4	37	780	37	5	21	135
2021-22	4	22	726	34	3	23	105
2022-23	3	12	706	7	3	29	79
2023-24	2	5	617	32	2	23	44
2024-25	1	4	692	52	2	15	34
Average	3	22	862	24	6	20	79