Enrollment Trends at Marist

The student population at Marist University is 6,356 (5,551 undergraduate and 805 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 118 (1.82%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Marist is 87.33% which is decreased by 25 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 93 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 74 in 2015.
493 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -27.07% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,533 where 6,356 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 6,738 students in 2020 and was lowest at 6,356 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,474 to 6,356 students, a net loss of 118 (1.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,474	5,576	2,281	3,295	898	478	420
2016-17	6,569 95	5,616 40	2,331 50	3,285 -10	953 55	450 -28	503 83
2017-18	6,657 88	5,699 83	2,421 90	3,278 -7	958 5	411 -39	547 44
2018-19	6,624 -33	5,670 -29	2,382 -39	3,288 10	954 -4	399 -12	555 8
2019-20	6,738 114	5,824 154	2,463 81	3,361 73	914 -40	353 -46	561 6
2020-21	6,600 -138	5,682 -142	2,431 -32	3,251 -110	918 4	340 -13	578 17
2021-22	6,396 -204	5,510 -172	2,350 -81	3,160 -91	886 -32	340	546 -32
2022-23	6,464 68	5,475 -35	2,289 -61	3,186 26	989 103	432 92	557 11
2023-24	6,452 -12	5,545 70	2,379 90	3,166 -20	907 -82	396 -36	511 -46
2024-25	6,356 -96	5,551 6	2,333 -46	3,218 52	805 -102	295 -101	510 -1
Average	6,533	5,615	2,366	3,249	918	389	529

Marist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,615 where 5,551 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 Marist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,576	4,874	2,000	2,874	702	281	421
2016-17	5,616	4,966	2,046	2,920	650	285	365
2017-18	5,699	5,085	2,154	2,931	614	267	347
2018-19	5,670	5,139	2,156	2,983	531	226	305
2019-20	5,824	5,199	2,167	3,032	625	296	329
2020-21	5,682	4,947	2,054	2,893	735	377	358
2021-22	5,510	4,880	2,035	2,845	630	315	315
2022-23	5,475	4,919	2,028	2,891	556	261	295
2023-24	5,545	4,881	2,044	2,837	664	335	329
2024-25	5,551	5,054	2,110	2,944	497	223	274
Average	5,615	5,615	2,079	2,915	5,615	287	334

Marist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 918 where 805 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 Marist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	898	328	186	142	570	292	278
2016-17	953	293	138	155	660	312	348
2017-18	958	308	105	203	650	306	344
2018-19	954	301	104	197	653	295	358
2019-20	914	312	90	222	602	263	339
2020-21	918	382	116	266	536	224	312
2021-22	886	413	152	261	473	188	285
2022-23	989	587	277	310	402	155	247
2023-24	907	517	214	303	390	182	208
2024-25	805	433	141	292	372	154	218
Average	918	918	152	235	918	237	294

Marist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.54%. The percentage was 71.12% 10 years ago and Marist still has a high percentage of white students. 3.84% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.63% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.12% to 66.54%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.78% to 3.84%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.91% to 3.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.57% to 13.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5362 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4843 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Marist 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	10	180	253	555	4	4,604	121
2016-17	7	193	281	605	6	4,694	136
2017-18	7	177	313	655	2	4,790	143
2018-19	11	183	321	658	3	4,780	183
2019-20	6	208	314	748	5	4,691	195
2020-21	2	210	312	748	4	4,509	168
2021-22	3	223	286	720	6	4,370	176
2022-23	3	218	238	782	4	4,270	184
2023-24	6	234	238	772	4	4,185	185
2024-25	11	244	231	835	3	4,229	202
Average	7	207	279	708	4	4,512	169

Marist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

493 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -27.07% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Marist University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,474	676	836	4,962
2016-17	6,569	719	808	5,042
2017-18	6,657	728	849	5,080
2018-19	6,624	705	1,054	4,865
2019-20	6,738	647	926	5,165
2020-21	6,600	826	3,068	2,706
2021-22	6,396	654	1,703	4,039
2022-23	6,464	543	1,736	4,185
2023-24	6,452	501	1,798	4,153
2024-25	6,356	493	1,799	4,064
Average	6,533	649	1,458	4,426

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Enrollment Trends at Marist

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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