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Total Enrollment 35,653
Undergraduate 27,343
Graduate 8,310
Men 15,070
Women 20,583

South Carolina Student Population

There are 35,653 students including 27,343 undergraduate and 8,310 graduate students at University of South Carolina-Columbia for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 31,941 full-time and 3,712 part-time students with gender distribution of 15,070 male and 20,583 female students. University of South Carolina-Columbia is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,171 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of South Carolina-Columbia has a total enrollment of 35,653 with a gender distribution of 42.27% male (15,070 students) and 57.73% female (20,583 students). There are 11,975 male and 15,368 female students in undergraduate school and 3,095 male and 5,215 female students are attending graduate school at University of South Carolina-Columbia.
Student Population By Gender
University of South Carolina-Columbia
TotalMenWomen
Total35,65315,07020,583
Undergraduate27,34311,97515,368
Graduate8,3103,0955,215
Full-time31,94113,73918,202
Part-time3,7121,3312,381
[Chart] University of South Carolina-Columbia 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of South Carolina-Columbia has 31,941 full-time and 3,712 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 26,242 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,101 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,699 students are full-time and 2,611 are part-time students.
Student Population By Attendance Status
University of South Carolina-Columbia
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total35,65331,9413,712
Undergraduate27,34326,2421,101
Graduate8,3105,6992,611
Men15,07013,7391,331
Women20,58318,2022,381
[Chart] University of South Carolina-Columbia Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of South Carolina-Columbia, 3,171 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 18,584 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 35,653 students. In undergraduate schools, 18,160 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,595 students are attending some online courses.
2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of South Carolina-Columbia
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total35,65327,3438,310
Online Exclusively3,1717452,426
In Some Online Classes18,58417,4151,169
Not In Online Classes13,8989,1834,715
[Chart] University of South Carolina-Columbia Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of South Carolina-Columbia. There are 53 American Indian/Native American, 24,827 White, 3,576 Black/African American, 1,439 Asian, 1,917 Hispanic, 23 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 883 students with other races.
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of South Carolina-Columbia
TotalMenWomen
Total35,65315,07020,583
American Indian/Native American531835
Asian1,439637802
Black/African American3,5761,2672,309
Hispanic1,9178231,094
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander231112
White24,82710,38614,441
Two More1,411565846
Race Un-Known613318295
[Chart] University of South Carolina-ColumbiaRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of South Carolina-Columbia.
Age Distribution
University of South Carolina-Columbia
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total35,65327,3438,310
Under 183833830
Age 18-1912,40112,3992
Age 20-2111,85611,540316
Age 22-244,7412,2212,520
Age 25-292,8653712,494
Age 30-341,3281611,167
Age 35-3971477637
Age 40-4989085805
Age 50-6438460324
Over 64914645
Age Un-Known000
[Chart] University of South Carolina-Columbia 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment