Student Population at Southern University at Shreveport

Total Enrollment

2,951 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

2,951

Online Enrollment

862

Men Students

868

Women Students

2,083

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,951 students have enrolled at Southern University at Shreveport (all undergraduate).

By gender, 868 male and 2,083 female students are attending Southern University at Shreveport. By attendance status, there are 1,495 full-time students and 1,456 part-time students.

The number of students at Southern University at Shreveport is small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Louisiana.

Southern University at Shreveport offers online degree/certificate programs and 862 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Southern University at Shreveport's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Louisiana.

The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Louisiana average (4,259 students).

	Total	Undergraduate
Southern University at Shreveport	2,951	2,951
All Colleges	2,931	2,685
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges	5,796	5,801
2-4 Years Colleges	3,035	3,125
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Louisiana	4,259	4,463

The below chart compares the student population between Southern University at Shreveport and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 868 male and 2,083 female students attending Southern University at Shreveport. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.42 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 Southern University at Shreveport.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Southern University at Shreveport
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,951	1,495	1,456
Men	868	419	449
Women	2,083	1,076	1,007

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,574 Black or African American students (87.22%) and 238 White students (8.07%) at Southern University at Shreveport(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Southern University at Shreveport.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Southern University at Shreveport
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	13	6	7
Asian	18	6	12
Black or African American	2,574	752	1,822
Hispanic	37	15	22
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	238	67	171
Two or More Races	50	15	35
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	16	5	11
Total	2,951	868	2,083

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,988 students whose age under twenty five and 655 students whose age is over thirty years old at Southern University at Shreveport.

Especially, 1,055 students are younger than eighteen and 10 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Southern University at Shreveport.

Population by Student Age at Southern University at Shreveport
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,951	868	2,083
Under 18	1,055	424	631
18-19	404	153	251
20-21	260	86	174
22-24	269	66	203
25-29	308	38	270
30-34	258	39	219
35-39	171	20	151
40-49	153	25	128
50-64	63	12	51
65 and over	10	5	5
Total	2,951	868	2,083

Online Student Population

At Southern University at Shreveport, 1,685 students (57.10% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 862 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, 824 students live in Louisiana where Southern University at Shreveport is located in and 38 students have enrolled from other states.