Enrollment Statistics at South Carolina Colleges

Student Population at South Carolina Colleges

At South Carolina colleges, there are 260,600 students including 229,730 undergraduate and 30,870 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 176,514 full-time and 84,086 part-time students.By gender, 39.24% male and 60.76% female students enrolled in South Carolina colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
South Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	260,600	102,247	158,353
Undergraduate	229,730	90,697	139,033
Graduate	30,870	11,550	19,320
By Attending Status
Full-time	176,514	73,264	103,250
Part-time	84,086	28,983	55,103

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - South Carolina Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

South Carolina colleges have a total of 176,514 full-time students and 84,086 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 159,296 students are attending classes with full-time status and 70,434 are part-time students. In graduate school, 17,218 students are full-time and 13,652 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
South Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	260,600	176,514	84,086
Undergraduate	229,730	159,296	70,434
Graduate	30,870	17,218	13,652

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

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For South Carolina colleges, 55,583 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 92,922 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 260,600 students. In undergraduate schools, 131,377 students enrolled in online courses and 17,128 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
South Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	260,600	229,730	30,870
Online Exclusively	55,583	41,805	13,778
In Some Online Classes	92,922	89,572	3,350
Not In Online Classes	112,095	98,353	13,742

[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 152,223 Caucasian, 55,781 Black/African American, 6,646 Asian, and 20,670 Hispanic students in South Carolina colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
South Carolina Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	260,600	102,247	158,353
American Indian/Native American	751	297	454
Asian	6,646	2,842	3,804
Black/African American	55,781	18,330	37,451
Hispanic	20,670	8,305	12,365
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	299	118	181
White	152,223	61,574	90,649
Two More	10,764	4,136	6,628
Un-Known	7,564	3,295	4,269

[Chart] South Carolina Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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