Student Population at PSC

Total Enrollment

769 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

769

Online Enrollment

Men Students

318

Women Students

451

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 769 students have enrolled at Philander Smith University - 769 undergraduate and 0 graduate.

By gender, 318 male and 451 female students are attending Philander Smith University. By attendance status, there are 675 full-time students and 94 part-time students.

The number of students at Philander Smith University is small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Arkansas.

Philander Smith University offers online degree/certificate programs and 21 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Philander Smith University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 318 male and 451 female students attending PSC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.71 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at PSC.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at PSC
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	769	675	94
Men	318	285	33
Women	451	390	61

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 652 Black or African American students (84.79%) and 19 Race/Ethnicity Unknown students (2.47%) at Philander Smith University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Philander Smith University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Philander Smith University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	0	0	0
Black or African American	652	263	389
Hispanic	10	6	4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	6	8
White	5	4	1
Two or More Races	18	5	13
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	19	14	5
Total	769	318	451

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 610 students whose age under twenty five and 102 students whose age is over thirty years old at Philander Smith University.

Especially, 3 students are younger than eighteen and 1 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Philander Smith University.

Population by Student Age at Philander Smith University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	769	318	451
Under 18	3	0	3
18-19	204	70	134
20-21	196	89	107
22-24	207	82	125
25-29	57	31	26
30-34	33	11	22
35-39	26	13	13
40-49	29	18	11
50-64	13	4	9
65 and over	1	0	1
Total	769	318	451

Online Student Population

At Philander Smith University, 506 students (65.80% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 21 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 13 students live in Arkansas where Philander Smith University is located in and 8 students have enrolled from other states.