How many students at South University-Columbia? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 510 students have enrolled in South University-Columbia with 420 undergraduate and 90 graduate students.

By gender, 80 male and 430 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).

194 students are enrolled exclusively, and 107 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 University-Columbia has a total of 510 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 420 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 90 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 80 male and 430 female students (the male-female ratio is 16:84) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total51042090
Men806119
Women43035971
South University-Columbia 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouth University-Columbia 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouth University-Columbia 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 96 White, 349 Black, and 4 Asian students out of a total of 510 are attending at South University-Columbia. 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 American211
Asian404
Black34953296
Hispanic26224
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White961581
Two or more races13211
Race Unknown16610
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American211
Asian202
Black28139242
Hispanic24222
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White831271
Two or more races12111
Race Unknown1257
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian202
Black681454
Hispanic202
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White13310
Two or more races110
Race Unknown413
South University-Columbia 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouth University-Columbia 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouth University-Columbia 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, South University-Columbia has 2 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 111 students under 25 years old, and 514 students over 25 years old out of 625 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. South University-Columbia has 96 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 390 students aged 25 and over.

It has 15 graduate students aged under 25 and 124 students aged 25 and over.

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

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18211
18-1911110
20-2124222
22-24746311
25-2915613323
30-341049311
35-39906921
40-491209426
50-64413110
Over 65321
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18211
18-1911110
20-2124222
22-2459527
25-2912711314
30-3482757
35-39644915
40-49887117
50-6428226
Over 65110
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
22-2415114
25-2929209
30-3422184
35-3926206
40-4932239
50-641394
Over 65211
South University-Columbia 2022 Student Population by Age chartSouth University-Columbia 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSouth University-Columbia 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSouth University-Columbia 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSouth University-Columbia 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSouth University-Columbia 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 University-Columbia, 194 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 107 students are enrolled in some online courses.

186 students lived in South Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students510194107
Undergraduate420165100
Graduate90297
Online Student Population by Locality
South Carolina ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students18680
Undergraduate15780
Graduate29-0
South University-Columbia 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 420 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 94 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 22.38%.73 students have transferred in as full-time status and 21 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time249
Transfer-in Full-time73
Regular Part-time77
Transfer-in Part-time21

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