Enrollment Trends at Shaw

The student population at Shaw University is 1,067 (924 undergraduate and 143 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 995 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Shaw is 86.60% which is decreased by 999 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 4 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

170 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -6.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,521 where 1,067 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.60% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.40% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 999 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 4 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Shaw than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,062	1,923	851	1,072	139	57	82
2014-15	1,802 -260	1,664 -259	722 -129	942 -130	138 -1	51 -6	87 5
2015-16	1,646 -156	1,509 -155	653 -69	856 -86	137 -1	52 1	85 -2
2016-17	1,844 198	1,713 204	745 92	968 112	131 -6	51 -1	80 -5
2017-18	1,660 -184	1,546 -167	642 -103	904 -64	114 -17	52 1	62 -18
2018-19	1,411 -249	1,305 -241	553 -89	752 -152	106 -8	50 -2	56 -6
2019-20	1,291 -120	1,174 -131	472 -81	702 -50	117 11	52 2	65 9
2020-21	1,283 -8	1,152 -22	474 2	678 -24	131 14	68 16	63 -2
2021-22	1,141 -142	998 -154	427 -47	571 -107	143 12	68 0	75 12
2022-23	1,067 -74	924 -74	432 5	492 -79	143 0	68 0	75 0
Average	1,521	1,391	597	794	130	57	73

Shaw University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,391 where 924 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 Shaw University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,923	1,784	799	985	139	52	87
2014-15	1,664	1,519	665	854	145	57	88
2015-16	1,509	1,407	610	797	102	43	59
2016-17	1,713	1,604	700	904	109	45	64
2017-18	1,546	1,466	613	853	80	29	51
2018-19	1,305	1,247	530	717	58	23	35
2019-20	1,174	1,082	447	635	92	25	67
2020-21	1,152	1,048	443	605	104	31	73
2021-22	998	886	402	484	112	25	87
2022-23	924	833	399	434	91	33	58
Average	1,391	1,391	561	727	1,391	36	67

Shaw University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 130 where 143 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 Shaw University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	139	91	45	46	48	12	36
2014-15	138	80	39	41	58	12	46
2015-16	137	71	35	36	66	17	49
2016-17	131	74	35	39	57	16	41
2017-18	114	80	39	41	34	13	21
2018-19	106	63	32	31	43	18	25
2019-20	117	71	35	36	46	17	29
2020-21	131	87	47	40	44	21	23
2021-22	143	91	48	43	52	20	32
2022-23	143	67	35	32	76	33	43
Average	130	130	39	39	130	18	35

Shaw University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.72% and the percentage of black students is 66.17% at Shaw University. 1.12% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shaw 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	6	0	1,446	12	12	16	3
2014-15	4	4	1,298	4	6	13	9
2015-16	2	1	969	6	5	9	7
2016-17	4	3	1,233	6	5	18	35
2017-18	5	16	1,232	1	15	33	48
2018-19	3	80	922	37	12	20	115
2019-20	3	37	746	32	5	11	188
2020-21	4	37	780	37	5	21	135
2021-22	4	22	726	34	3	23	105
2022-23	3	12	706	7	3	29	79
Average	4	21	1,006	18	7	19	72

Shaw University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

170 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -6.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shaw University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,802	181	763	858
2015-16	1,646	160	603	883
2016-17	1,844	176	558	1,110
2017-18	1,660	175	625	860
2018-19	1,411	136	528	747
2019-20	1,291	173	520	598
2020-21	1,283	159	570	554
2021-22	1,141	216	478	447
2022-23	1,067	170	434	463
Average	1,461	172	564	724

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