Enrollment Trends at SMC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 941 where 1,119 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SMC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	771	418	353
2016-17	737 -34	387 -31	350 -3
2017-18	790 53	406 19	384 34
2018-19	869 79	425 19	444 60
2019-20	933 64	475 50	458 14
2020-21	1,051 118	506 31	545 87
2021-22	1,042 -9	470 -36	572 27
2022-23	1,064 22	488 18	576 4
2023-24	1,029 -35	466 -22	563 -13
2024-25	1,119 90	480 14	639 76
Average	941	452	488

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.24% and the percentage of black students is 30.65% at Spartanburg Methodist College. 0.63% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.86% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.20% to 44.24%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.04% to 0.63%. Black student enrollment decreased from 32.81% to 30.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.13% to 18.86%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6725 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5598 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Spartanburg Methodist 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	1	8	253	55	0	441	9
2016-17	1	5	244	49	0	416	17
2017-18	2	7	302	61	0	388	27
2018-19	4	11	309	69	0	436	34
2019-20	1	6	357	84	0	444	36
2020-21	4	8	410	104	1	466	55
2021-22	2	9	394	123	0	461	49
2022-23	1	7	388	124	0	475	62
2023-24	2	12	334	166	0	449	59
2024-25	2	7	343	211	0	495	53
Average	2	8	333	105	0	447	40