How many students at South? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,182 students have enrolled in South College with 4,906 undergraduate and 1,276 graduate students.

By gender, 1,057 male and 5,125 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (25,222 students in average - private (for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

2,956 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,393 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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


Student Population by Gender

South College has a total of 6,182 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,906 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,276 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,057 male and 5,125 female students (the male-female ratio is 17:83) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total6,1824,9061,276
Men1,057673384
Women5,1254,233892
South College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouth College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouth College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,507 White, 1,675 Black, and 187 Asian students out of a total of 6,182 are attending at South College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American51447
Asian18745142
Black1,6751831,492
Hispanic21435179
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders20218
White3,5076842,823
Two or more races24742205
Race Unknown781860
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American46343
Asian861571
Black1,5981561,442
Hispanic18225157
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders15114
White2,5163942,122
Two or more races22031189
Race Unknown641648
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American514
Asian1013071
Black772750
Hispanic321022
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders514
White991290701
Two or more races271116
Race Unknown14212
South College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouth College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouth College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, South has 17 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 2,205 students under 25 years old, and 3,591 students over 25 years old out of 5,796 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 17 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. South has 1,792 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,806 students aged 25 and over.

It has 413 graduate students aged under 25 and 785 students aged 25 and over.

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

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1817170
18-1945639462
20-2154348855
22-241,189999190
25-291,5821,238344
30-34848651197
35-3949140883
40-4951543976
50-6415413618
Over 65110
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1817170
18-1945639462
20-2152347449
22-2479670294
25-291,073901172
30-34683555128
35-3943937861
40-4947140863
50-6413912613
Over 65110
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2120146
22-2439329796
25-29509337172
30-341659669
35-39523022
40-49443113
50-6415105
South College 2022 Student Population by Age chartSouth College 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSouth College 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSouth College 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSouth College 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSouth College 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

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 South College, 2,956 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,393 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,171 students lived in Tennessee or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,785 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students6,1822,9561,393
Undergraduate4,9062,902990
Graduate1,27654403
Online Student Population by Locality
Tennessee ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,1711,7814
Undergraduate1,1531,7454
Graduate18360
South College 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,906 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,338 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 27.27%.884 students have transferred in as full-time status and 454 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time2,499
Transfer-in Full-time884
Regular Part-time1,069
Transfer-in Part-time454

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