Columbia Southern University Student Population and Demographics

Columbia Southern Student Population

There are 17,763 students including 12,213 undergraduate and 5,550 graduate students at Columbia Southern University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 13,550 full-time and 4,213 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,025 male and 6,738 female students.

Columbia Southern University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 17,763 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Columbia Southern University has a total enrollment of 17,763 with a gender distribution of 62.07% male (11,025 students) and 37.93% female (6,738 students). There are 7,815 male and 4,398 female students in undergraduate school and 3,210 male and 2,340 female students are attending graduate school at Columbia Southern University.

Student Population By Gender
Columbia Southern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,763	11,025	6,738
Undergraduate	12,213	7,815	4,398
Graduate	5,550	3,210	2,340
Full-time	13,550	8,089	5,461
Part-time	4,213	2,936	1,277

[Chart] Columbia Southern University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Columbia Southern University has 13,550 full-time and 4,213 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,000 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 4,213 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,550 students are full-time and no are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Columbia Southern University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,763	13,550	4,213
Undergraduate	12,213	8,000	4,213
Graduate	5,550	5,550	0
Men	11,025	8,089	2,936
Women	6,738	5,461	1,277

[Chart] Columbia Southern University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Columbia Southern University, 17,763 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,763 students.

In undergraduate schools, 12,213 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 5,550 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Columbia Southern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,763	12,213	5,550
Online Exclusively	17,763	12,213	5,550
In Some Online Classes	0	0	0
Not In Online Classes	0	0	0

[Chart] Columbia Southern University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Columbia Southern University. There are 165 American Indian/Native American, 10,185 White, 3,725 Black/African American, 347 Asian, 254 Hispanic, 119 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,787 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Columbia Southern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,763	11,025	6,738
American Indian/Native American	165	88	77
Asian	347	204	143
Black/African American	3,725	1,778	1,947
Hispanic	254	180	74
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	119	69	50
White	10,185	6,915	3,270
Two More	514	269	245
Race Un-Known	2,450	1,518	932

[Chart] Columbia Southern UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Columbia Southern University.

Age Distribution
Columbia Southern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,763	12,213	5,550
Under 18	35	35	0
Age 18-19	77	77	0
Age 20-21	317	312	5
Age 22-24	732	620	112
Age 25-29	2,134	1,635	499
Age 30-34	2,966	2,121	845
Age 35-39	3,444	2,331	1,113
Age 40-49	5,361	3,467	1,894
Age 50-64	2,593	1,563	1,030
Over 64	101	50	51
Age Un-Known	3	2	1

[Chart] Columbia Southern University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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