Enrollment Trends at Sewanee

The student population at The University of the South is 1,704 (1,613 undergraduate and 91 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Sewanee is 94.66% which is decreased by 7 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 10 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (The University of the South does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,768 where 1,704 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 7 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 10 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Sewanee.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,701	1,620	799	821	81	43	38
2014-15	1,714 13	1,631 11	791 -8	840 19	83 2	46 3	37 -1
2015-16	1,797 83	1,710 79	821 30	889 49	87 4	55 9	32 -5
2016-17	1,815 18	1,731 21	820 -1	911 22	84 -3	50 -5	34 2
2017-18	1,778 -37	1,702 -29	803 -17	899 -12	76 -8	46 -4	30 -4
2018-19	1,785 7	1,698 -4	825 22	873 -26	87 11	47 1	40 10
2019-20	1,768 -17	1,695 -3	828 3	867 -6	73 -14	44 -3	29 -11
2020-21	1,800 32	1,716 21	809 -19	907 40	84 11	50 6	34 5
2021-22	1,820 20	1,735 19	818 9	917 10	85 1	50 0	35 1
2022-23	1,704 -116	1,613 -122	762 -56	851 -66	91 6	48 -2	43 8
Average	1,768	1,685	808	878	83	48	35

The University of the South Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,685 where 1,613 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 The University of the South since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,620	1,602	791	811	18	8	10
2014-15	1,631	1,620	786	834	11	5	6
2015-16	1,710	1,685	808	877	25	13	12
2016-17	1,731	1,718	814	904	13	6	7
2017-18	1,702	1,687	798	889	15	5	10
2018-19	1,698	1,678	816	862	20	9	11
2019-20	1,695	1,671	816	855	24	12	12
2020-21	1,716	1,689	796	893	27	13	14
2021-22	1,735	1,724	813	911	11	5	6
2022-23	1,613	1,590	752	838	23	10	13
Average	1,685	1,685	799	867	1,685	9	10

The University of the South Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 83 where 91 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 The University of the South since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	81	67	35	32	14	8	6
2014-15	83	77	42	35	6	4	2
2015-16	87	74	46	28	13	9	4
2016-17	84	73	44	29	11	6	5
2017-18	76	61	38	23	15	8	7
2018-19	87	66	36	30	21	11	10
2019-20	73	59	38	21	14	6	8
2020-21	84	65	43	22	19	7	12
2021-22	85	67	42	25	18	8	10
2022-23	91	67	36	31	24	12	12
Average	83	83	40	28	83	8	8

The University of the South Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.34%. The percentage was 82.60% 10 years ago and Sewanee still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.28% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The University of the South 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	1	31	78	66	1	1,405	66
2014-15	1	30	78	77	2	1,408	62
2015-16	2	28	74	92	1	1,478	61
2016-17	3	29	77	96	0	1,486	60
2017-18	3	22	81	100	0	1,447	55
2018-19	2	29	82	93	0	1,450	57
2019-20	1	22	70	91	0	1,450	55
2020-21	1	22	78	100	0	1,469	52
2021-22	0	20	67	95	1	1,501	61
2022-23	3	20	73	100	0	1,369	49
Average	2	25	76	91	1	1,446	58

The University of the South Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Sewanee

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes