Shaw University Student Population and Demographics

Shaw Student Population

There are 964 students including 877 undergraduate and 87 graduate students at Shaw University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 854 full-time and 110 part-time students with gender distribution of 453 male and 511 female students.

Shaw University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 120 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Shaw University has a total enrollment of 964 with a gender distribution of 46.99% male (453 students) and 53.01% female (511 students). There are 425 male and 452 female students in undergraduate school and 28 male and 59 female students are attending graduate school at Shaw University.

Student Population By Gender
Shaw University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	964	453	511
Undergraduate	877	425	452
Graduate	87	28	59
Full-time	854	420	434
Part-time	110	33	77

[Chart] Shaw University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Shaw University has 854 full-time and 110 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 821 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 56 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 33 students are full-time and 54 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Shaw University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	964	854	110
Undergraduate	877	821	56
Graduate	87	33	54
Men	453	420	33
Women	511	434	77

[Chart] Shaw University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Shaw University, 120 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 467 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 964 students.

In undergraduate schools, 512 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 75 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Shaw University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	964	877	87
Online Exclusively	120	90	30
In Some Online Classes	467	422	45
Not In Online Classes	377	365	12

[Chart] Shaw University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Shaw University. There are 1 American Indian/Native American, 15 White, 692 Black/African American, 4 Asian, 52 Hispanic, 2 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 54 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Shaw University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	964	453	511
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	4	3	1
Black/African American	692	328	364
Hispanic	52	27	25
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	15	8	7
Two More	34	12	22
Race Un-Known	84	42	42

[Chart] Shaw UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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