Enrollment Trends at C of Saint Mary

The student population at College of Saint Mary is 786 (552 undergraduate and 234 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 215 (21.48%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at C of Saint Mary is 70.23% which is decreased by 183 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 32 and it has been decreasing.
56 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 700.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 981 where 786 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,168 students in 2019 and was lowest at 733 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,001 to 786 students, a net loss of 215 (21.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at College of Saint Mary since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,001	735	2	733	266	17	249
2016-17	1,043 42	760 25	0 -2	760 27	283 17	10 -7	273 24
2017-18	1,140 97	832 72	8 8	824 64	308 25	12 2	296 23
2018-19	1,168 28	861 29	11 3	850 26	307 -1	20 8	287 -9
2019-20	1,050 -118	808 -53	0 -11	808 -42	242 -65	30 10	212 -75
2020-21	1,024 -26	680 -128	0	680 -128	344 102	38 8	306 94
2021-22	1,011 -13	635 -45	9 9	626 -54	376 32	49 11	327 21
2022-23	857 -154	539 -96	16 7	523 -103	318 -58	45 -4	273 -54
2023-24	733 -124	482 -57	8 -8	474 -49	251 -67	43 -2	208 -65
2024-25	786 53	552 70	48 40	504 30	234 -17	55 12	179 -29
Average	981	688	10	678	293	32	261

College of Saint Mary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 688 where 552 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 College of Saint Mary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	735	675	0	675	60	2	58
2016-17	760	717	0	717	43	0	43
2017-18	832	761	0	761	71	8	63
2018-19	861	794	0	794	67	11	56
2019-20	808	774	0	774	34	0	34
2020-21	680	659	0	659	21	0	21
2021-22	635	582	0	582	53	9	44
2022-23	539	496	0	496	43	16	27
2023-24	482	438	0	438	44	8	36
2024-25	552	432	0	432	120	48	72
Average	688	688	0	633	688	10	45

College of Saint Mary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 293 where 234 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 College of Saint Mary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	266	182	12	170	84	5	79
2016-17	283	213	6	207	70	4	66
2017-18	308	253	9	244	55	3	52
2018-19	307	243	18	225	64	2	62
2019-20	242	196	23	173	46	7	39
2020-21	344	280	29	251	64	9	55
2021-22	376	326	39	287	50	10	40
2022-23	318	241	33	208	77	12	65
2023-24	251	180	28	152	71	15	56
2024-25	234	172	46	126	62	9	53
Average	293	293	24	204	293	8	57

College of Saint Mary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.98%. The percentage was 76.82% 10 years ago and C of Saint Mary still has a high percentage of white students. 3.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 18.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.82% to 62.98%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.80% to 3.18%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.59% to 7.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.99% to 18.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5620 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3925 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at College of Saint Mary 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	7	18	66	110	3	769	23
2016-17	11	27	78	117	2	781	20
2017-18	10	32	86	136	3	826	39
2018-19	8	36	86	122	4	841	62
2019-20	5	35	76	83	4	753	80
2020-21	3	31	76	117	6	703	40
2021-22	2	26	77	177	1	673	33
2022-23	0	19	68	152	1	552	31
2023-24	2	19	59	132	2	468	20
2024-25	1	25	55	146	0	495	24
Average	5	27	73	129	3	686	37

College of Saint Mary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

56 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 700.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at College of Saint Mary from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,001	7	242	752
2016-17	1,043	7	259	777
2017-18	1,140	15	375	750
2018-19	1,168	48	401	719
2019-20	1,050	56	388	606
2020-21	1,024	68	508	448
2021-22	1,011	78	392	541
2022-23	857	65	412	380
2023-24	733	89	357	287
2024-25	786	56	383	347
Average	981	49	372	561

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Enrollment Trends at C of Saint Mary

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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