Southern University at New Orleans Student Population and Demographics

SUNO Student Population

There are 2,468 students including 2,179 undergraduate and 289 graduate students at Southern University at New Orleans for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,115 full-time and 1,353 part-time students with gender distribution of 847 male and 1,621 female students.

Southern University at New Orleans is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 834 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Southern University at New Orleans has a total enrollment of 2,468 with a gender distribution of 34.32% male (847 students) and 65.68% female (1,621 students). There are 774 male and 1,405 female students in undergraduate school and 73 male and 216 female students are attending graduate school at Southern University at New Orleans.

Student Population By Gender
Southern University at New Orleans
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,468	847	1,621
Undergraduate	2,179	774	1,405
Graduate	289	73	216
Full-time	1,115	328	787
Part-time	1,353	519	834

[Chart] Southern University at New Orleans 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Southern University at New Orleans has 1,115 full-time and 1,353 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 910 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,269 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 205 students are full-time and 84 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Southern University at New Orleans
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,468	1,115	1,353
Undergraduate	2,179	910	1,269
Graduate	289	205	84
Men	847	328	519
Women	1,621	787	834

[Chart] Southern University at New Orleans Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Southern University at New Orleans, 834 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 876 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 2,468 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,456 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 254 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Southern University at New Orleans
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,468	2,179	289
Online Exclusively	834	681	153
In Some Online Classes	876	775	101
Not In Online Classes	758	723	35

[Chart] Southern University at New Orleans Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Southern University at New Orleans. There are 5 American Indian/Native American, 146 White, 1,905 Black/African American, 53 Asian, 190 Hispanic, 4 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 40 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Southern University at New Orleans
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,468	847	1,621
American Indian/Native American	5	1	4
Asian	53	22	31
Black/African American	1,905	614	1,291
Hispanic	190	75	115
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	3	1
White	146	59	87
Two More	77	29	48
Race Un-Known	24	11	13

[Chart] Southern University at New OrleansRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Southern University at New Orleans
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,468	2,179	289
Under 18	865	865	0
Age 18-19	440	440	0
Age 20-21	190	189	1
Age 22-24	230	189	41
Age 25-29	219	148	71
Age 30-34	140	101	39
Age 35-39	96	53	43
Age 40-49	165	108	57
Age 50-64	108	75	33
Over 64	15	11	4
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Southern University at New Orleans 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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