Georgia Southern University Student Population and Demographics

Georgia Southern Student Population

There are 27,423 students including 23,541 undergraduate and 3,882 graduate students at Georgia Southern University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 20,550 full-time and 6,873 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,041 male and 16,382 female students.

Georgia Southern University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,106 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Georgia Southern University has a total enrollment of 27,423 with a gender distribution of 40.26% male (11,041 students) and 59.74% female (16,382 students). There are 9,969 male and 13,572 female students in undergraduate school and 1,072 male and 2,810 female students are attending graduate school at Georgia Southern University.

Student Population By Gender
Georgia Southern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	27,423	11,041	16,382
Undergraduate	23,541	9,969	13,572
Graduate	3,882	1,072	2,810
Full-time	20,550	8,569	11,981
Part-time	6,873	2,472	4,401

[Chart] Georgia Southern University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Georgia Southern University has 20,550 full-time and 6,873 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 18,876 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 4,665 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,674 students are full-time and 2,208 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Georgia Southern University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	27,423	20,550	6,873
Undergraduate	23,541	18,876	4,665
Graduate	3,882	1,674	2,208
Men	11,041	8,569	2,472
Women	16,382	11,981	4,401

[Chart] Georgia Southern University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Georgia Southern University, 6,106 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13,620 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 27,423 students.

In undergraduate schools, 16,515 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,211 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Georgia Southern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,423	23,541	3,882
Online Exclusively	6,106	3,491	2,615
In Some Online Classes	13,620	13,024	596
Not In Online Classes	7,697	7,026	671

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Georgia Southern University. There are 66 American Indian/Native American, 15,037 White, 6,321 Black/African American, 534 Asian, 1,857 Hispanic, 36 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,238 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Georgia Southern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	27,423	11,041	16,382
American Indian/Native American	66	27	39
Asian	534	247	287
Black/African American	6,321	2,109	4,212
Hispanic	1,857	737	1,120
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	15	21
White	15,037	6,373	8,664
Two More	1,263	523	740
Race Un-Known	1,712	715	997

[Chart] Georgia Southern UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Georgia Southern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,423	23,541	3,882
Under 18	1,504	1,504	0
Age 18-19	8,425	8,425	0
Age 20-21	7,324	7,264	60
Age 22-24	4,724	3,768	956
Age 25-29	2,219	1,201	1,018
Age 30-34	1,149	574	575
Age 35-39	691	277	414
Age 40-49	914	331	583
Age 50-64	393	137	256
Over 64	80	60	20
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Georgia Southern University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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