Enrollment Trends at SC Union

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,076 where 1,402 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.14 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in SC Union than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	569	217	352
2016-17	839 270	344 127	495 143
2017-18	903 64	390 46	513 18
2018-19	1,093 190	412 22	681 168
2019-20	1,153 60	529 117	624 -57
2020-21	1,071 -82	477 -52	594 -30
2021-22	1,244 173	568 91	676 82
2022-23	1,098 -146	497 -71	601 -75
2023-24	1,392 294	648 151	744 143
2024-25	1,402 10	655 7	747 3
Average	1,076	474	603

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.61%. The percentage was 27.59% 10 years ago and SC Union still has a high percentage of white students. 1.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 27.59% to 69.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.53% to 1.14%. Black student enrollment decreased from 15.64% to 13.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.05% to 6.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4890 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.8992 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-Union 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	0	3	89	6	0	157	6
2016-17	1	13	167	20	0	545	25
2017-18	4	11	183	26	0	614	30
2018-19	5	11	186	43	0	779	37
2019-20	4	11	202	61	0	770	38
2020-21	4	11	179	56	1	764	28
2021-22	2	15	215	74	0	861	49
2022-23	0	15	154	64	5	742	39
2023-24	3	21	210	89	7	880	70
2024-25	1	16	194	89	4	976	77
Average	2	13	178	53	2	709	40