University of South Carolina-Columbia Student Population and Demographics

South Carolina Student Population

There are 38,532 students including 30,187 undergraduate and 8,345 graduate students at University of South Carolina-Columbia for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 34,893 full-time and 3,639 part-time students with gender distribution of 15,466 male and 23,066 female students.

University of South Carolina-Columbia is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,519 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of South Carolina-Columbia has a total enrollment of 38,532 with a gender distribution of 40.14% male (15,466 students) and 59.86% female (23,066 students). There are 12,341 male and 17,846 female students in undergraduate school and 3,125 male and 5,220 female students are attending graduate school at University of South Carolina-Columbia.

Student Population By Gender
University of South Carolina-Columbia
	Total	Men	Women
Total	38,532	15,466	23,066
Undergraduate	30,187	12,341	17,846
Graduate	8,345	3,125	5,220
Full-time	34,893	14,231	20,662
Part-time	3,639	1,235	2,404

[Chart] University of South Carolina-Columbia 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of South Carolina-Columbia has 34,893 full-time and 3,639 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 29,197 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 990 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,696 students are full-time and 2,649 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of South Carolina-Columbia
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	38,532	34,893	3,639
Undergraduate	30,187	29,197	990
Graduate	8,345	5,696	2,649
Men	15,466	14,231	1,235
Women	23,066	20,662	2,404

[Chart] University of South Carolina-Columbia Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of South Carolina-Columbia, 3,519 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 21,675 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 38,532 students.

In undergraduate schools, 21,511 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,683 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of South Carolina-Columbia
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	38,532	30,187	8,345
Online Exclusively	3,519	1,060	2,459
In Some Online Classes	21,675	20,451	1,224
Not In Online Classes	13,338	8,676	4,662

[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 57 American Indian/Native American, 26,532 White, 4,019 Black/African American, 1,566 Asian, 2,423 Hispanic, 24 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 940 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of South Carolina-Columbia
	Total	Men	Women
Total	38,532	15,466	23,066
American Indian/Native American	57	25	32
Asian	1,566	679	887
Black/African American	4,019	1,376	2,643
Hispanic	2,423	973	1,450
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	9	15
White	26,532	10,529	16,003
Two More	1,582	625	957
Race Un-Known	648	315	333

[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
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	38,532	30,187	8,345
Under 18	430	430	0
Age 18-19	14,368	14,355	13
Age 20-21	12,775	12,437	338
Age 22-24	4,765	2,113	2,652
Age 25-29	2,851	407	2,444
Age 30-34	1,274	155	1,119
Age 35-39	687	88	599
Age 40-49	822	84	738
Age 50-64	448	62	386
Over 64	112	56	56
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of South Carolina-Columbia 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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