Enrollment Trends at AMU

The student population at Ave Maria University is 1,423 (1,301 undergraduate and 122 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 313 (28.20%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at AMU is 91.43% which is increased by 231 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 82 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 94 male students for every 100 female students, down from 100 in 2015.
66 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 500.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,210 where 1,423 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 1,423 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,100 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,110 to 1,423 students, a net gain of 313 (28.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ave Maria University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,110	1,070	528	542	40	26	14
2016-17	1,100 -10	1,056 -14	513 -15	543 1	44 4	33 7	11 -3
2017-18	1,113 13	1,072 16	526 13	546 3	41 -3	29 -4	12 1
2018-19	1,122 9	1,087 15	520 -6	567 21	35 -6	22 -7	13 1
2019-20	1,177 55	1,129 42	537 17	592 25	48 13	26 4	22 9
2020-21	1,108 -69	1,071 -58	472 -65	599 7	37 -11	21 -5	16 -6
2021-22	1,302 194	1,259 188	568 96	691 92	43 6	30 9	13 -3
2022-23	1,310 8	1,247 -12	564 -4	683 -8	63 20	44 14	19 6
2023-24	1,335 25	1,250 3	563 -1	687 4	85 22	63 19	22 3
2024-25	1,423 88	1,301 51	610 47	691 4	122 37	80 17	42 20
Average	1,210	1,154	540	614	56	37	18

Ave Maria University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,154 where 1,301 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ave Maria University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,070	1,046	516	530	24	12	12
2016-17	1,056	1,032	501	531	24	12	12
2017-18	1,072	1,035	513	522	37	13	24
2018-19	1,087	1,076	514	562	11	6	5
2019-20	1,129	1,087	517	570	42	20	22
2020-21	1,071	1,048	461	587	23	11	12
2021-22	1,259	1,234	552	682	25	16	9
2022-23	1,247	1,224	555	669	23	9	14
2023-24	1,250	1,220	550	670	30	13	17
2024-25	1,301	1,286	602	684	15	8	7
Average	1,154	1,154	528	601	1,154	12	13

Ave Maria University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 56 where 122 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ave Maria University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	40	36	25	11	4	1	3
2016-17	44	42	32	10	2	1	1
2017-18	41	40	28	12	1	1	0
2018-19	35	34	21	13	1	1	0
2019-20	48	43	25	18	5	1	4
2020-21	37	36	21	15	1	0	1
2021-22	43	34	23	11	9	7	2
2022-23	63	42	29	13	21	15	6
2023-24	85	48	35	13	37	28	9
2024-25	122	86	62	24	36	18	18
Average	56	56	30	14	56	7	4

Ave Maria University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.94%. The percentage was 62.07% 10 years ago and AMU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 62.07% to 68.94%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.43% to 4.50%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.14% to 2.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.59% to 15.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4987 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5901 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ave Maria University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	6	27	57	162	0	689	0
2016-17	3	30	51	173	0	671	0
2017-18	2	23	57	161	0	704	0
2018-19	5	28	58	157	0	709	0
2019-20	5	33	52	162	0	740	0
2020-21	9	42	60	160	0	755	0
2021-22	11	45	51	198	0	891	0
2022-23	14	55	52	163	0	926	0
2023-24	9	51	46	215	0	930	0
2024-25	12	64	42	216	1	981	0
Average	8	40	53	177	0	800	0

Ave Maria University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

66 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 500.00% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ave Maria University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,110	0	15	1,095
2016-17	1,100	0	42	1,058
2017-18	1,113	11	23	1,079
2018-19	1,122	2	0	1,120
2019-20	1,177	11	0	1,166
2020-21	1,108	14	0	1,094
2021-22	1,302	0	1,302	0
2022-23	1,310	0	1,252	58
2023-24	1,335	40	1,274	21
2024-25	1,423	66	1,357	0
Average	1,210	14	527	669

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Enrollment Trends at AMU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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