Shaw University Student Population

How many students at Shaw? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,067 students have enrolled in Shaw University with 924 undergraduate and 143 graduate students.

By gender, 500 male and 567 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (1,143 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields).

170 students are enrolled exclusively, and 434 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Shaw University has a total of 1,067 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 924 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 143 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 500 male and 567 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 29 White, 706 Black, and 12 Asian students out of a total of 1,067 are attending at Shaw University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Shaw has 2 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 823 students under 25 years old, and 290 students over 25 years old out of 1,141 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Shaw has 815 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 175 students aged 25 and over.

It has 8 graduate students aged under 25 and 115 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Shaw University, 170 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 434 students are enrolled in some online courses.

150 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 20 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 924 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 97 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.50%.95 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2 students transferred in as part-time status.