Enrollment Trends at USCA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,745 where 4,022 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

81.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 67 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 641 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in USCA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of South Carolina Aiken since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,448	3,356	1,219	2,137	92	23	69
2016-17	3,548 100	3,371 15	1,224 5	2,147 10	177 85	27 4	150 81
2017-18	3,506 -42	3,354 -17	1,192 -32	2,162 15	152 -25	36 9	116 -34
2018-19	3,699 193	3,344 -10	1,155 -37	2,189 27	355 203	118 82	237 121
2019-20	3,720 21	3,252 -92	1,122 -33	2,130 -59	468 113	155 37	313 76
2020-21	3,944 224	3,284 32	1,116 -6	2,168 38	660 192	236 81	424 111
2021-22	3,869 -75	3,101 -183	1,085 -31	2,016 -152	768 108	257 21	511 87
2022-23	3,840 -29	3,145 44	1,148 63	1,997 -19	695 -73	231 -26	464 -47
2023-24	3,855 15	3,109 -36	1,132 -16	1,977 -20	746 51	246 15	500 36
2024-25	4,022 167	3,289 180	1,276 144	2,013 36	733 -13	249 3	484 -16
Average	3,745	3,261	1,167	2,094	485	158	327

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,261 where 3,289 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 University of South Carolina Aiken 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	3,356	2,594	938	1,656	762	281	481
2016-17	3,371	2,831	1,030	1,801	540	194	346
2017-18	3,354	2,716	962	1,754	638	230	408
2018-19	3,344	2,671	922	1,749	673	233	440
2019-20	3,252	2,585	899	1,686	667	223	444
2020-21	3,284	2,600	920	1,680	684	196	488
2021-22	3,101	2,441	867	1,574	660	218	442
2022-23	3,145	2,452	931	1,521	693	217	476
2023-24	3,109	2,441	927	1,514	668	205	463
2024-25	3,289	2,641	1,054	1,587	648	222	426
Average	3,261	3,261	945	1,652	3,261	222	441

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 485 where 733 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 University of South Carolina Aiken 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	92	20	6	14	72	17	55
2016-17	177	23	5	18	154	22	132
2017-18	152	19	4	15	133	32	101
2018-19	355	43	12	31	312	106	206
2019-20	468	173	86	87	295	69	226
2020-21	660	339	167	172	321	69	252
2021-22	768	419	173	246	349	84	265
2022-23	695	158	56	102	537	175	362
2023-24	746	121	53	68	625	193	432
2024-25	733	167	55	112	566	194	372
Average	485	485	62	87	485	96	240

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.13%. The percentage was 59.16% 10 years ago and USCA still has a high percentage of white students. 1.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.16% to 58.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.13% to 1.91%. Black student enrollment decreased from 25.90% to 22.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.03% to 9.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6011 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5799 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of South Carolina Aiken 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	16	39	893	139	2	2,040	121
2016-17	19	36	895	148	3	2,119	139
2017-18	10	40	920	156	6	2,070	135
2018-19	11	34	923	177	6	2,209	155
2019-20	10	38	894	201	4	2,253	171
2020-21	6	47	940	224	5	2,409	189
2021-22	5	46	893	253	4	2,376	174
2022-23	5	68	836	273	1	2,389	180
2023-24	5	69	814	319	2	2,357	204
2024-25	7	77	888	365	1	2,338	242
Average	9	49	890	226	3	2,256	171