Student Population at South University-Columbia

Total Enrollment

504

Undergraduate

450

Graduate

Online Enrollment

315

Men Students

111

Women Students

393

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 504 students have enrolled at South University-Columbia - 450 undergraduate and 54 graduate.

By gender, 111 male and 393 female students are attending South University-Columbia. By attendance status, there are 383 full-time students and 121 part-time students.

The number of students at South University-Columbia is small compared to Private (for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in South Carolina.

South University-Columbia offers online degree/certificate programs and 315 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares South University-Columbia's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in South Carolina.

The enrollment is smaller than the Private (for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in South Carolina average (818 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
South University-Columbia	504	450	54
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	1,724	1,467	1,121
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in South Carolina	818	811	460

The below chart compares the student population between South University-Columbia and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 111 male and 393 female students attending South University-Columbia. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.28 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at South University-Columbia.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at South University-Columbia
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	450	334	116
Men	93	76	17
Women	357	258	99

Population by Gender/Attending Status at South University-Columbia
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	54	49	5
Men	18	15	3
Women	36	34	2

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 339 Black or African American students (67.26%) and 60 White students (11.90%) at South University-Columbia(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at South University-Columbia.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at South University-Columbia
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	1	3
Asian	4	1	3
Black or African American	301	39	262
Hispanic	10	1	9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	58	13	45
Two or More Races	17	2	15
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	49	35	14
Total	450	93	357

Population by Race/Ethnicity at South University-Columbia
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0	1
Asian	1	0	1
Black or African American	38	13	25
Hispanic	3	1	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	2	0	2
Two or More Races	1	0	1
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	7	4	3
Total	54	18	36

Online Student Population

At South University-Columbia, 346 students (68.65% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 315 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 311 students live in South Carolina where South University-Columbia is located in and 3 students have enrolled from other states.