Enrollment Trends at U of South Carolina-Upstate

The student population at University of South Carolina-Upstate is 4,913 (4,481 undergraduate and 432 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 532 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of South Carolina-Upstate is 91.21% which is decreased by 827 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 295 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.16 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,184 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 39,366.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,771 where 4,913 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.21% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.79% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 827 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 295 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.16 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in U of South Carolina-Upstate than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,445	5,308	1,875	3,433	137	19	118
2014-15	5,585 140	5,397 89	1,920 45	3,477 44	188 51	35 16	153 35
2015-16	5,996 411	5,636 239	2,048 128	3,588 111	360 172	52 17	308 155
2016-17	5,821 -175	5,578 -58	1,990 -58	3,588 0	243 -117	33 -19	210 -98
2017-18	5,990 169	5,775 197	2,038 48	3,737 149	215 -28	27 -6	188 -22
2018-19	6,175 185	6,036 261	2,083 45	3,953 216	139 -76	16 -11	123 -65
2019-20	6,308 133	5,853 -183	1,973 -110	3,880 -73	455 316	66 50	389 266
2020-21	6,038 -270	5,519 -334	1,823 -150	3,696 -184	519 64	84 18	435 46
2021-22	5,438 -600	4,981 -538	1,629 -194	3,352 -344	457 -62	62 -22	395 -40
2022-23	4,913 -525	4,481 -500	1,482 -147	2,999 -353	432 -25	75 13	357 -38
Average	5,771	5,456	1,886	3,570	315	47	268

University of South Carolina-Upstate Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,456 where 4,481 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 Carolina-Upstate since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,308	4,226	1,458	2,768	1,082	417	665
2014-15	5,397	4,218	1,437	2,781	1,179	483	696
2015-16	5,636	4,251	1,497	2,754	1,385	551	834
2016-17	5,578	4,476	1,541	2,935	1,102	449	653
2017-18	5,775	4,583	1,556	3,027	1,192	482	710
2018-19	6,036	4,739	1,579	3,160	1,297	504	793
2019-20	5,853	4,637	1,509	3,128	1,216	464	752
2020-21	5,519	4,374	1,365	3,009	1,145	458	687
2021-22	4,981	3,993	1,266	2,727	988	363	625
2022-23	4,481	3,585	1,166	2,419	896	316	580
Average	5,456	5,456	1,437	2,871	5,456	449	700

University of South Carolina-Upstate Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 315 where 432 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 Carolina-Upstate since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	137	10	6	4	127	13	114
2014-15	188	11	3	8	177	32	145
2015-16	360	12	3	9	348	49	299
2016-17	243	26	3	23	217	30	187
2017-18	215	13	0	13	202	27	175
2018-19	139	5	2	3	134	14	120
2019-20	455	24	9	15	431	57	374
2020-21	519	25	10	15	494	74	420
2021-22	457	29	5	24	428	57	371
2022-23	432	47	10	37	385	65	320
Average	315	315	5	15	315	42	253

University of South Carolina-Upstate Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.93% and the percentage of black students is 29.96% at University of South Carolina-Upstate. 3.22% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of South Carolina-Upstate 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	10	104	1,453	224	2	3,072	160
2014-15	13	133	1,516	274	3	3,157	172
2015-16	15	147	1,561	276	3	3,421	214
2016-17	13	158	1,576	291	4	3,269	190
2017-18	10	155	1,683	317	5	3,327	201
2018-19	12	171	1,837	338	4	3,307	232
2019-20	14	176	1,796	378	6	3,421	247
2020-21	12	200	1,784	394	7	3,192	248
2021-22	9	159	1,615	384	5	2,835	237
2022-23	5	158	1,472	391	2	2,453	224
Average	11	156	1,629	327	4	3,145	213

University of South Carolina-Upstate Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,184 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 39,366.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of South Carolina-Upstate from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,585	3	196	5,386
2015-16	5,996	387	1,365	4,244
2016-17	5,821	295	1,611	3,915
2017-18	5,990	530	1,643	3,817
2018-19	6,175	596	2,156	3,423
2019-20	6,308	589	2,486	3,233
2020-21	6,038	4,506	1,109	423
2021-22	5,438	1,361	3,243	834
2022-23	4,913	1,184	2,995	734
Average	5,807	1,050	1,867	2,890

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