Enrollment Trends at Furman

The student population at Furman University is 2,443 (2,283 undergraduate and 160 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 510 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Furman is 93.45% which is decreased by 514 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 4 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

74 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,801 where 2,443 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

93.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 514 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 4 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Furman than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Furman University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,953	2,797	1,189	1,608	156	37	119
2014-15	2,973 20	2,810 13	1,208 19	1,602 -6	163 7	40 3	123 4
2015-16	2,884 -89	2,731 -79	1,186 -22	1,545 -57	153 -10	30 -10	123 0
2016-17	3,003 119	2,797 66	1,163 -23	1,634 89	206 53	46 16	160 37
2017-18	2,949 -54	2,734 -63	1,118 -45	1,616 -18	215 9	34 -12	181 21
2018-19	2,947 -2	2,768 34	1,124 6	1,644 28	179 -36	27 -7	152 -29
2019-20	2,828 -119	2,688 -80	1,060 -64	1,628 -16	140 -39	26 -1	114 -38
2020-21	2,567 -261	2,345 -343	909 -151	1,436 -192	222 82	49 23	173 59
2021-22	2,463 -104	2,307 -38	924 15	1,383 -53	156 -66	32 -17	124 -49
2022-23	2,443 -20	2,283 -24	944 20	1,339 -44	160 4	39 7	121 -3
Average	2,801	2,626	1,083	1,544	175	36	139

Furman University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,626 where 2,283 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Furman University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,797	2,677	1,141	1,536	120	48	72
2014-15	2,810	2,696	1,146	1,550	114	62	52
2015-16	2,731	2,624	1,132	1,492	107	54	53
2016-17	2,797	2,697	1,114	1,583	100	49	51
2017-18	2,734	2,658	1,087	1,571	76	31	45
2018-19	2,768	2,665	1,076	1,589	103	48	55
2019-20	2,688	2,603	1,026	1,577	85	34	51
2020-21	2,345	2,294	882	1,412	51	27	24
2021-22	2,307	2,285	908	1,377	22	16	6
2022-23	2,283	2,264	930	1,334	19	14	5
Average	2,626	2,626	1,044	1,502	2,626	38	41

Furman University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 175 where 160 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Furman University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	156	45	13	32	111	24	87
2014-15	163	59	12	47	104	28	76
2015-16	153	54	8	46	99	22	77
2016-17	206	67	17	50	139	29	110
2017-18	215	52	11	41	163	23	140
2018-19	179	60	10	50	119	17	102
2019-20	140	58	11	47	82	15	67
2020-21	222	114	21	93	108	28	80
2021-22	156	92	19	73	64	13	51
2022-23	160	117	28	89	43	11	32
Average	175	175	15	57	175	21	82

Furman University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.34%. The percentage was 80.63% 10 years ago and Furman still has a high percentage of white students. 3.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.30% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Furman University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	4	57	150	102	1	2,381	67
2014-15	3	53	158	113	0	2,368	74
2015-16	4	57	169	114	0	2,242	68
2016-17	5	45	173	139	0	2,353	74
2017-18	6	58	186	153	0	2,232	96
2018-19	5	65	206	163	1	2,264	85
2019-20	7	72	179	145	2	2,238	83
2020-21	7	78	180	143	2	1,994	84
2021-22	4	78	174	139	1	1,898	88
2022-23	4	83	154	146	3	1,865	87
Average	5	65	173	136	1	2,184	81

Furman University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

74 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Furman University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,973	0	0	2,973
2015-16	2,884	0	0	2,884
2016-17	3,003	0	0	3,003
2017-18	2,949	0	0	2,949
2018-19	2,947	0	0	2,947
2019-20	2,828	0	0	2,828
2020-21	2,567	0	18	2,549
2021-22	2,463	0	33	2,430
2022-23	2,443	74	18	2,351
Average	2,784	8	8	2,768

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