The four-year private for-profit institution in Columbia enrolled 983 students in fall 2018, including 675 in undergraduate and 308 in graduate programs, data shows. 17.3 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.
100 percent of undergraduates are residents of South Carolina.
The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as Black or African American (66 percent) and white (25 percent).
South University-Columbia undergraduate enrollment
| Total | Portion of Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate enrollment | 675 | |
| Transfers | 117 | 17.3% |
| Male | 135 | 20% |
| Female | 540 | 80% |
| Age 24 and under | ~176 | 26% |
| Age 25 and over | ~500 | 74% |
| In-state residence | 675 | 100% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | ~7 | 1% |
| Asian | ~7 | 1% |
| Black or African American | ~446 | 66% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 27 | 4% |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | ~7 | 1% |
| White | ~169 | 25% |
| Enrolled in some distance education | ~392 | 58% |
| Not enrolled in distance education | ~506 | 75% |
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