Enrollment Trends at U of South Alabama

The student population at University of South Alabama is 13,438 (8,480 undergraduate and 4,958 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,627 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of South Alabama is 63.10% which is decreased by 2,827 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,200 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.14 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

3,953 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 32.96% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,998 where 13,438 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

63.10% of total students is undergraduate students and 36.90% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,827 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,200 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.14 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in U of South Alabama than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,065	11,307	4,896	6,411	3,758	910	2,848
2014-15	15,805 740	11,479 172	5,036 140	6,443 32	4,326 568	1,069 159	3,257 409
2015-16	16,211 406	11,524 45	5,064 28	6,460 17	4,687 361	1,175 106	3,512 255
2016-17	16,443 232	11,761 237	5,418 354	6,343 -117	4,682 -5	1,098 -77	3,584 72
2017-18	15,569 -874	10,988 -773	4,779 -639	6,209 -134	4,581 -101	1,024 -74	3,557 -27
2018-19	14,834 -735	10,293 -695	4,228 -551	6,065 -144	4,541 -40	1,013 -11	3,528 -29
2019-20	14,397 -437	9,601 -692	3,871 -357	5,730 -335	4,796 255	1,008 -5	3,788 260
2020-21	14,224 -173	9,050 -551	3,549 -322	5,501 -229	5,174 378	1,013 5	4,161 373
2021-22	13,992 -232	8,833 -217	3,418 -131	5,415 -86	5,159 -15	1,044 31	4,115 -46
2022-23	13,438 -554	8,480 -353	3,267 -151	5,213 -202	4,958 -201	1,017 -27	3,941 -174
Average	14,998	10,332	4,353	5,979	4,666	1,037	3,629

University of South Alabama Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,332 where 8,480 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 University of South Alabama since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,307	8,767	3,838	4,929	2,540	1,058	1,482
2014-15	11,479	9,090	4,053	5,037	2,389	983	1,406
2015-16	11,524	9,380	4,153	5,227	2,144	911	1,233
2016-17	11,761	9,604	4,449	5,155	2,157	969	1,188
2017-18	10,988	9,090	3,995	5,095	1,898	784	1,114
2018-19	10,293	8,637	3,523	5,114	1,656	705	951
2019-20	9,601	8,065	3,201	4,864	1,536	670	866
2020-21	9,050	7,611	2,930	4,681	1,439	619	820
2021-22	8,833	7,400	2,789	4,611	1,433	629	804
2022-23	8,480	7,056	2,677	4,379	1,424	590	834
Average	10,332	10,332	3,561	4,909	10,332	792	1,070

University of South Alabama Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,666 where 4,958 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 University of South Alabama since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,758	3,261	795	2,466	497	115	382
2014-15	4,326	3,832	965	2,867	494	104	390
2015-16	4,687	4,101	1,051	3,050	586	124	462
2016-17	4,682	4,094	964	3,130	588	134	454
2017-18	4,581	3,619	827	2,792	962	197	765
2018-19	4,541	3,686	862	2,824	855	151	704
2019-20	4,796	3,847	833	3,014	949	175	774
2020-21	5,174	4,188	836	3,352	986	177	809
2021-22	5,159	4,148	869	3,279	1,011	175	836
2022-23	4,958	3,992	855	3,137	966	162	804
Average	4,666	4,666	886	2,991	4,666	151	638

University of South Alabama Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.81%. The percentage was 66.03% 10 years ago and U of South Alabama still has a high percentage of white students. 3.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.10% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of South Alabama 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	126	506	3,019	366	36	9,947	302
2014-15	100	539	3,285	402	33	10,102	325
2015-16	112	551	3,478	429	30	9,913	371
2016-17	116	550	3,293	469	26	9,853	406
2017-18	107	527	3,200	506	25	9,603	419
2018-19	107	517	3,097	526	28	9,304	461
2019-20	112	512	2,945	544	18	9,111	470
2020-21	113	521	2,931	582	17	8,901	504
2021-22	85	550	2,969	600	26	8,676	530
2022-23	91	522	2,835	571	23	8,306	516
Average	107	530	3,105	500	26	9,372	430

University of South Alabama Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,953 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 32.96% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of South Alabama from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,805	2,973	2,853	9,979
2015-16	16,211	3,254	3,195	9,762
2016-17	16,443	3,444	3,477	9,522
2017-18	15,569	3,420	3,555	8,594
2018-19	14,834	3,379	3,671	7,784
2019-20	14,397	3,533	3,548	7,316
2020-21	14,224	4,123	4,554	5,547
2021-22	13,992	4,100	4,252	5,640
2022-23	13,438	3,953	4,150	5,335
Average	14,990	3,575	3,695	7,720

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