Enrollment Trends at SC Lancaster

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,905 where 2,687 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SC Lancaster than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,722	714	1,008
2016-17	1,845 123	784 70	1,061 53
2017-18	1,910 65	749 -35	1,161 100
2018-19	1,523 -387	592 -157	931 -230
2019-20	1,640 117	648 56	992 61
2020-21	1,810 170	710 62	1,100 108
2021-22	1,809 -1	742 32	1,067 -33
2022-23	1,772 -37	717 -25	1,055 -12
2023-24	2,328 556	986 269	1,342 287
2024-25	2,687 359	1,136 150	1,551 209
Average	1,905	778	1,127

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.50%. The percentage was 61.21% 10 years ago and SC Lancaster still has a high percentage of white students. 3.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.55% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 61.21% to 65.50%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.16% to 3.35%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.76% to 13.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.07% to 8.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5413 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.6037 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of South Carolina-Lancaster 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	6	20	237	70	2	1,054	52
2016-17	5	28	283	70	2	1,187	49
2017-18	3	36	269	95	2	1,231	90
2018-19	4	30	293	72	2	962	68
2019-20	6	42	278	72	1	1,117	62
2020-21	5	61	291	117	1	1,218	63
2021-22	10	41	257	117	2	1,225	76
2022-23	8	44	267	140	0	1,142	72
2023-24	7	72	301	207	2	1,543	106
2024-25	6	90	364	231	2	1,760	142
Average	6	46	284	119	2	1,244	78