Student Population at SWU

The following chart compares SWU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in South Carolina.

SWU has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,448 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in South Carolina average (1,569 students).

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

By gender, there are 351 male and 629 female students attending SWU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.56 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 SWU.

By age, there are 644 students whose age under twenty five and 296 students whose age is over thirty years old at Southern Wesleyan University.

Especially, 44 students are younger than eighteen and 3 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Southern Wesleyan University, 690 students (70.41% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 412 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, 334 students live in South Carolina where Southern Wesleyan University is located in and 74 students have enrolled from other states.