Enrollment Trends at CSE

The student population at Saint Elizabeth University is 871 (560 undergraduate and 311 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 376 (30.15%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CSE is 64.29% which is decreased by 245 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 131 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 53 male students for every 100 female students, up from 11 in 2015.
113 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -15.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,153 where 871 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,287 students in 2020 and was lowest at 871 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,247 to 871 students, a net loss of 376 (30.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,247	805	45	760	442	78	364
2016-17	1,200 -47	763 -42	117 72	646 -114	437 -5	82 4	355 -9
2017-18	1,141 -59	757 -6	160 43	597 -49	384 -53	71 -11	313 -42
2018-19	1,186 45	800 43	190 30	610 13	386 2	63 -8	323 10
2019-20	1,287 101	834 34	251 61	583 -27	453 67	87 24	366 43
2020-21	1,272 -15	786 -48	242 -9	544 -39	486 33	100 13	386 20
2021-22	1,198 -74	752 -34	243 1	509 -35	446 -40	92 -8	354 -32
2022-23	1,122 -76	737 -15	249 6	488 -21	385 -61	93 1	292 -62
2023-24	1,009 -113	670 -67	256 7	414 -74	339 -46	77 -16	262 -30
2024-25	871 -138	560 -110	225 -31	335 -79	311 -28	78 1	233 -29
Average	1,153	746	198	549	407	82	325

Saint Elizabeth University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 746 where 560 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 Saint Elizabeth University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	805	534	14	520	271	31	240
2016-17	763	573	93	480	190	24	166
2017-18	757	587	137	450	170	23	147
2018-19	800	604	155	449	196	35	161
2019-20	834	628	219	409	206	32	174
2020-21	786	632	218	414	154	24	130
2021-22	752	597	220	377	155	23	132
2022-23	737	590	228	362	147	21	126
2023-24	670	578	241	337	92	15	77
2024-25	560	516	217	299	44	8	36
Average	746	746	174	410	746	24	139

Saint Elizabeth University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 407 where 311 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 Saint Elizabeth University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	442	94	6	88	348	72	276
2016-17	437	100	13	87	337	69	268
2017-18	384	77	10	67	307	61	246
2018-19	386	113	16	97	273	47	226
2019-20	453	135	20	115	318	67	251
2020-21	486	184	29	155	302	71	231
2021-22	446	181	26	155	265	66	199
2022-23	385	195	39	156	190	54	136
2023-24	339	196	36	160	143	41	102
2024-25	311	188	45	143	123	33	90
Average	407	407	24	122	407	58	203

Saint Elizabeth University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.26% and the percentage of black students is 26.98% at Saint Elizabeth University. 3.67% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 38.81% to 25.26%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.37% to 3.67%. Black student enrollment increased from 22.13% to 26.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.76% to 25.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7975 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7709 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Elizabeth 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	3	42	276	209	1	484	19
2016-17	3	40	303	221	2	428	27
2017-18	3	45	296	235	2	384	23
2018-19	4	39	310	257	4	418	18
2019-20	2	38	318	269	6	422	12
2020-21	3	48	304	271	7	406	23
2021-22	4	45	273	248	5	377	27
2022-23	9	44	321	224	3	341	15
2023-24	10	38	288	258	2	277	15
2024-25	7	32	235	221	1	220	11
Average	5	41	292	241	3	376	19

Saint Elizabeth University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

113 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -15.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Elizabeth University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,247	133	235	879
2016-17	1,200	118	230	852
2017-18	1,141	122	215	804
2018-19	1,186	109	203	874
2019-20	1,287	132	178	977
2020-21	1,272	180	359	733
2021-22	1,198	128	336	734
2022-23	1,122	111	211	800
2023-24	1,009	135	274	600
2024-25	871	113	232	526
Average	1,153	128	247	778

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Enrollment Trends at CSE

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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