How Student Population Changes at PSC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 764 where 769 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PSC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	556	556	187	369	0	0	0
2014-15	567 11	567 11	204 17	363 -6	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	584 17	584 17	218 14	366 3	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	765 181	765 181	294 76	471 105	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	891 126	891 126	335 41	556 85	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,000 109	1,000 109	337 2	663 107	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	996 -4	996 -4	360 23	636 -27	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	799 -197	799 -197	277 -83	522 -114	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	710 -89	710 -89	256 -21	454 -68	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	769 59	769 59	318 62	451 -3	0 0	0 0	0 0
Average	764	764	279	485

Philander Smith University Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.65% and the percentage of black students is 84.79% at Philander Smith University.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Philander Smith 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	0	2	496	2	1	4	7
2014-15	1	3	512	2	1	3	11
2015-16	1	5	529	6	1	1	10
2016-17	0	3	705	11	1	3	17
2017-18	1	2	845	12	1	6	8
2018-19	1	1	935	18	3	2	23
2019-20	1	1	918	10	3	3	18
2020-21	1	0	730	20	2	1	14
2021-22	0	1	642	10	8	2	8
2022-23	0	0	652	10	14	5	18
Average	1	2	696	10	4	3	13

Philander Smith University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

21 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 Philander Smith University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	567	0	0	567
2015-16	584	0	0	584
2016-17	765	0	131	634
2017-18	891	15	362	514
2018-19	1,000	19	833	148
2019-20	996	14	866	116
2020-21	799	20	770	9
2021-22	710	20	587	103
2022-23	769	21	485	263
Average	787	12	448	326

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Enrollment Trends at PSC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes