Enrollment Trends at South Carolina

The student population at University of South Carolina-Columbia is 36,579 (28,470 undergraduate and 8,109 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,615 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at South Carolina is 77.83% which is increased by 4,290 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 325 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,068 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 4,620.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 34,620 where 36,579 students are attending the school for the academic year 2023-2024.

77.83% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.17% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,290 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 325 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in South Carolina than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31,964	24,180	11,050	13,130	7,784	3,288	4,496
2014-15	32,971 1,007	24,866 686	11,415 365	13,451 321	8,105 321	3,358 70	4,747 251
2015-16	33,724 753	25,237 371	11,708 293	13,529 78	8,487 382	3,478 120	5,009 262
2016-17	34,099 375	25,556 319	11,896 188	13,660 131	8,543 56	3,440 -38	5,103 94
2017-18	34,731 632	26,362 806	12,208 312	14,154 494	8,369 -174	3,274 -166	5,095 -8
2018-19	34,795 64	26,733 371	12,502 294	14,231 77	8,062 -307	3,185 -89	4,877 -218
2019-20	35,364 569	27,502 769	12,751 249	14,751 520	7,862 -200	3,119 -66	4,743 -134
2020-21	35,470 106	27,271 -231	12,612 -139	14,659 -92	8,199 337	3,155 36	5,044 301
2021-22	35,471 1	26,864 -407	12,063 -549	14,801 142	8,607 408	3,217 62	5,390 346
2022-23	35,653 182	27,343 479	11,975 -88	15,368 567	8,310 -297	3,095 -122	5,215 -175
2023-24	36,579 926	28,470 1,127	12,021 46	16,449 1,081	8,109 -201	2,972 -123	5,137 -78
Average	34,620	26,399	12,018	14,380	8,222	3,235	4,987

University of South Carolina-Columbia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 26,399 where 28,470 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of South Carolina-Columbia since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24,180	22,533	10,171	12,362	1,647	879	768
2014-15	24,866	23,179	10,517	12,662	1,687	898	789
2015-16	25,237	23,613	10,824	12,789	1,624	884	740
2016-17	25,556	24,382	11,285	13,097	1,174	611	563
2017-18	26,362	25,243	11,614	13,629	1,119	594	525
2018-19	26,733	25,633	11,945	13,688	1,100	557	543
2019-20	27,502	26,400	12,175	14,225	1,102	576	526
2020-21	27,271	26,174	12,009	14,165	1,097	603	494
2021-22	26,864	25,634	11,416	14,218	1,230	647	583
2022-23	27,343	26,242	11,394	14,848	1,101	581	520
2023-24	28,470	27,430	11,462	15,968	1,040	559	481
Average	26,399	26,399	11,347	13,786	26,399	672	594

University of South Carolina-Columbia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 8,222 where 8,109 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of South Carolina-Columbia since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,784	5,489	2,446	3,043	2,295	842	1,453
2014-15	8,105	5,724	2,549	3,175	2,381	809	1,572
2015-16	8,487	5,828	2,589	3,239	2,659	889	1,770
2016-17	8,543	5,889	2,572	3,317	2,654	868	1,786
2017-18	8,369	5,828	2,513	3,315	2,541	761	1,780
2018-19	8,062	5,637	2,467	3,170	2,425	718	1,707
2019-20	7,862	5,414	2,388	3,026	2,448	731	1,717
2020-21	8,199	5,630	2,432	3,198	2,569	723	1,846
2021-22	8,607	5,941	2,466	3,475	2,666	751	1,915
2022-23	8,310	5,699	2,345	3,354	2,611	750	1,861
2023-24	8,109	5,126	2,094	3,032	2,983	878	2,105
Average	8,222	8,222	2,442	3,213	8,222	793	1,774

University of South Carolina-Columbia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.69%. The percentage was 73.91% 10 years ago and South Carolina still has a high percentage of white students. 4.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.09% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of South Carolina-Columbia over the past 12 years (2013-2024).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	68	710	3,376	1,186	29	23,626	956
2014-15	79	881	3,438	1,309	30	24,351	1,057
2015-16	73	945	3,392	1,332	34	24,886	1,104
2016-17	62	953	3,305	1,367	37	25,088	1,125
2017-18	62	1,027	3,264	1,481	35	25,489	1,169
2018-19	60	1,058	3,167	1,497	35	25,537	1,206
2019-20	61	1,158	3,116	1,647	28	25,748	1,300
2020-21	68	1,279	3,389	1,742	26	25,560	1,380
2021-22	58	1,382	3,413	1,811	33	25,141	1,400
2022-23	53	1,439	3,576	1,917	23	24,827	1,411
2023-24	45	1,526	3,689	2,057	25	25,491	1,451
Average	63	1,123	3,375	1,577	30	25,068	1,233

University of South Carolina-Columbia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,068 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2023-2024, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 4,620.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of South Carolina-Columbia from 2014 to 2024.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	32,971	65	816	32,090
2015-16	33,724	1,659	5,435	26,630
2016-17	34,099	1,648	6,746	25,705
2017-18	34,731	1,476	7,252	26,003
2018-19	34,795	1,609	8,099	25,087
2019-20	35,364	1,916	9,397	24,051
2020-21	35,470	17,648	15,444	2,378
2021-22	35,471	3,416	16,608	15,447
2022-23	35,653	3,171	18,584	13,898
2023-24	36,579	3,068	19,817	13,694
Average	34,886	3,568	10,820	20,498

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