Southern Wesleyan University Student Population and Demographics

SWU Student Population

There are 980 students including 784 undergraduate and 196 graduate students at Southern Wesleyan University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 635 full-time and 345 part-time students with gender distribution of 351 male and 629 female students.

Southern Wesleyan University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 412 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Southern Wesleyan University has a total enrollment of 980 with a gender distribution of 35.82% male (351 students) and 64.18% female (629 students). There are 305 male and 479 female students in undergraduate school and 46 male and 150 female students are attending graduate school at Southern Wesleyan University.

Student Population By Gender
Southern Wesleyan University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	980	351	629
Undergraduate	784	305	479
Graduate	196	46	150
Full-time	635	269	366
Part-time	345	82	263

[Chart] Southern Wesleyan University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Southern Wesleyan University has 635 full-time and 345 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 584 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 200 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 51 students are full-time and 145 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Southern Wesleyan University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	980	635	345
Undergraduate	784	584	200
Graduate	196	51	145
Men	351	269	82
Women	629	366	263

[Chart] Southern Wesleyan University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Southern Wesleyan University, 412 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 278 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 980 students.

In undergraduate schools, 494 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 196 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Southern Wesleyan University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	980	784	196
Online Exclusively	412	216	196
In Some Online Classes	278	278	0
Not In Online Classes	290	290	0

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Southern Wesleyan University. There are 1 American Indian/Native American, 668 White, 167 Black/African American, 4 Asian, 74 Hispanic, 1 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 16 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Southern Wesleyan University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	980	351	629
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	4	1	3
Black/African American	167	59	108
Hispanic	74	38	36
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	668	229	439
Two More	37	11	26
Race Un-Known	15	5	10

[Chart] Southern Wesleyan UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Southern Wesleyan University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	980	784	196
Under 18	44	44	0
Age 18-19	243	243	0
Age 20-21	231	230	1
Age 22-24	126	92	34
Age 25-29	40	23	17
Age 30-34	52	32	20
Age 35-39	50	26	24
Age 40-49	112	54	58
Age 50-64	79	38	41
Over 64	3	2	1
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Southern Wesleyan University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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