Fast Facts

Enrollment, Retention, and Academic Offerings (Fall 2023)

• Undergraduate enrollment is 8,099 and graduate enrollment is 1,587.
• Enrollment included 403 undergraduate transfer students.
• The student population is 59.1% female and 40.9% male.
• The undergraduate student population includes 7.2% Black/African American, 3.1% Hispanic, and 4.5% students from other minority ethnic groups.
• The five-year average bachelor degree seeking first time freshmen class size is 1,388 students.
• The average ACT score is 21 and the average cumulative GPA is 3.55 for full-time freshmen.
• The freshman-to-sophomore retention rate is 73.5%.
• The average age of undergraduate students is 22.
• The four-year graduation rate is 40.6% and six-year 56.5%.
• Southeast offers more than 200 areas of study.
• Over 1,580 courses are offered each semester.
• More than 380 courses are offered online.
• Southeast offers a wide variety of study-abroad options in more than 30 countries.
• The student-to-faculty ratio is 20:1.

Campus Life and Athletics (Fall 2023)

• 73% of the students are from Missouri.
• Out-of-state students represent almost all 50 states, with the largest out-of-state representation being from Illinois.
• There are 1,153 international students from 64different countries studying at Southeast.
• 66% of students are using University Career Services.
• The residential student body is approximately 23%.
• More than 40% of undergraduate students are active members of a student organization and more than 800 of these students are in a direct student leadership position or participating in a University leadership development program.
• Students may choose from 18 residence halls and 8 dining locations.
• There are more than 238 student organizations.
• 11% of students are members of Greek social fraternities and sororities.
• The Student Recreation Center and the Student Aquatic Center are available for students, faculty and staff.
• More than 5,000 students participate in intramural sports or sports clubs.
• Southeast competes in NCAA Division I, Ohio Valley Conference athletics. Southeast's mascot is Rowdy the Redhawk, and the campus colors are red and black.
• Women's sports are basketball, cross country, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, track (indoor/outdoor), and volleyball. There are 149 female athletes.
• Men's sports are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, and track (indoor/outdoor). There are 221 male athletes.
• Approximately 425 students participated in dance, music, and theatre events and productions.

Peer Group

IPEDS Comparison Group
Effective July 1, 2017

• Austin Peay State University
• Emporia State University
• Fort Hays State University
• Indiana University – Purdue University – Fort Wayne
• Missouri Southern State University
• Morehead State University
• Murray State University
• Northwest Missouri State University
• Saginaw Valley State University
• Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
• University of Arkansas – Fort Smith
• University of Central Missouri
• University of Southern Indiana
• Youngstown State University