Enrollment Trends at Franciscan University of Steubenville

The student population at Franciscan University of Steubenville is 3,976 (3,219 undergraduate and 757 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,260 (46.39%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Franciscan University of Steubenville is 80.96% which is increased by 1,116 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 144 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, up from 69 in 2015.
1,119 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 390.79% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,257 where 3,976 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 2,716 to 3,976 students, a gain of 1,260 (46.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Franciscan University of Steubenville since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,716	2,103	828	1,275	613	277	336
2016-17	2,759 43	2,090 -13	832 4	1,258 -17	669 56	292 15	377 41
2017-18	2,929 170	2,200 110	895 63	1,305 47	729 60	327 35	402 25
2018-19	3,028 99	2,241 41	902 7	1,339 34	787 58	327	460 58
2019-20	3,039 11	2,242 1	917 15	1,325 -14	797 10	344 17	453 -7
2020-21	3,304 265	2,505 263	1,054 137	1,451 126	799 2	345 1	454 1
2021-22	3,415 111	2,610 105	1,087 33	1,523 72	805 6	354 9	451 -3
2022-23	3,656 241	2,785 175	1,168 81	1,617 94	871 66	404 50	467 16
2023-24	3,750 94	2,978 193	1,306 138	1,672 55	772 -99	352 -52	420 -47
2024-25	3,976 226	3,219 241	1,502 196	1,717 45	757 -15	351 -1	406 -14
Average	3,257	2,497	1,049	1,448	760	337	423

Franciscan University of Steubenville Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,497 where 3,219 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 Franciscan University of Steubenville since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,103	2,007	780	1,227	96	48	48
2016-17	2,090	1,995	779	1,216	95	53	42
2017-18	2,200	2,011	809	1,202	189	86	103
2018-19	2,241	2,039	815	1,224	202	87	115
2019-20	2,242	2,063	851	1,212	179	66	113
2020-21	2,505	2,220	924	1,296	285	130	155
2021-22	2,610	2,301	970	1,331	309	117	192
2022-23	2,785	2,424	1,014	1,410	361	154	207
2023-24	2,978	2,571	1,139	1,432	407	167	240
2024-25	3,219	2,670	1,232	1,438	549	270	279
Average	2,497	2,497	931	1,299	2,497	118	149

Franciscan University of Steubenville Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 760 where 757 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 Franciscan University of Steubenville since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	613	141	70	71	472	207	265
2016-17	669	158	75	83	511	217	294
2017-18	729	157	87	70	572	240	332
2018-19	787	145	76	69	642	251	391
2019-20	797	137	69	68	660	275	385
2020-21	799	142	55	87	657	290	367
2021-22	805	176	77	99	629	277	352
2022-23	871	208	110	98	663	294	369
2023-24	772	190	85	105	582	267	315
2024-25	757	205	100	105	552	251	301
Average	760	760	80	86	760	257	337

Franciscan University of Steubenville Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.96%. The percentage was 80.23% 10 years ago and Franciscan University of Steubenville still has a high percentage of white students. 2.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.11% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 20.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.23% to 67.96%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.99% to 2.94%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.55% to 1.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.46% to 20.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4941 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3465 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Franciscan University of Steubenville 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	4	54	15	257	3	2,179	57
2016-17	5	60	22	273	1	2,166	56
2017-18	5	58	23	343	0	2,238	64
2018-19	5	70	28	379	2	2,313	65
2019-20	9	80	30	414	3	2,289	59
2020-21	10	95	35	527	11	2,406	60
2021-22	14	92	34	576	15	2,488	62
2022-23	17	107	34	665	14	2,555	69
2023-24	12	109	47	665	13	2,646	68
2024-25	14	117	44	822	9	2,702	68
Average	10	84	31	492	7	2,398	63

Franciscan University of Steubenville Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,119 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 390.79% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Franciscan University of Steubenville from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,716	228	120	2,368
2016-17	2,759	317	145	2,297
2017-18	2,929	559	251	2,119
2018-19	3,028	666	445	1,917
2019-20	3,039	705	615	1,719
2020-21	3,304	873	1,586	845
2021-22	3,415	917	937	1,561
2022-23	3,656	1,027	1,147	1,482
2023-24	3,750	1,007	1,086	1,657
2024-25	3,976	1,119	1,074	1,783
Average	3,257	742	741	1,775

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Enrollment Trends at Franciscan University of Steubenville

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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