Enrollment Statistics at South Carolina Colleges

Student Population at South Carolina Colleges

At South Carolina colleges, there are 245,502 students including 215,733 undergraduate and 29,769 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2023-2024. By attending status, there are 165,866 full-time and 79,636 part-time students.By gender, 39.56% male and 60.44% female students enrolled in South Carolina colleges in the academic year 2023-2024.

Student Population By Gender
South Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	245,502	97,113	148,389
Undergraduate	215,733	86,015	129,718
Graduate	29,769	11,098	18,671
By Attending Status
Full-time	165,866	69,797	96,069
Part-time	79,636	27,316	52,320

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - South Carolina Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

South Carolina colleges have a total of 165,866 full-time students and 79,636 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 149,519 students are attending classes with full-time status and 66,214 are part-time students. In graduate school, 16,347 students are full-time and 13,422 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
South Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	245,502	165,866	79,636
Undergraduate	215,733	149,519	66,214
Graduate	29,769	16,347	13,422

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - South Carolina Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For South Carolina colleges, 51,513 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 86,634 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 245,502 students. In undergraduate schools, 122,108 students enrolled in online courses and 16,039 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2023-2024)
South Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	245,502	215,733	29,769
Online Exclusively	51,513	38,670	12,843
In Some Online Classes	86,634	83,438	3,196
Not In Online Classes	107,355	93,625	13,730

[Chart] South Carolina Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at South Carolina colleges. There are 146,414 Caucasian, 52,888 Black/African American, 5,600 Asian, and 16,585 Hispanic students in South Carolina colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
South Carolina Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	245,502	97,113	148,389
American Indian/Native American	775	321	454
Asian	5,600	2,371	3,229
Black/African American	52,888	17,157	35,731
Hispanic	16,585	6,791	9,794
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	304	120	184
White	146,414	60,086	86,328
Two More	9,138	3,523	5,615
Un-Known	7,817	3,368	4,449

[Chart] South Carolina Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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