Enrollment Trends at Marywood

The student population at Marywood University is 2,530 (1,833 undergraduate and 697 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 480 (15.95%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Marywood is 72.45% which is decreased by 100 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 380 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, up from 42 in 2015.
185 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 101.09% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,786 where 2,530 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,010 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,530 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,010 to 2,530 students, a net loss of 480 (15.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,010	1,933	612	1,321	1,077	283	794
2016-17	3,008 -2	1,931 -2	594 -18	1,337 16	1,077	267 -16	810 16
2017-18	2,945 -63	1,960 29	615 21	1,345 8	985 -92	224 -43	761 -49
2018-19	2,853 -92	1,934 -26	617 2	1,317 -28	919 -66	202 -22	717 -44
2019-20	2,679 -174	1,803 -131	591 -26	1,212 -105	876 -43	189 -13	687 -30
2020-21	2,613 -66	1,808 5	597 6	1,211 -1	805 -71	177 -12	628 -59
2021-22	2,647 34	1,790 -18	554 -43	1,236 25	857 52	219 42	638 10
2022-23	2,729 82	1,857 67	592 38	1,265 29	872 15	259 40	613 -25
2023-24	2,850 121	1,874 17	664 72	1,210 -55	976 104	326 67	650 37
2024-25	2,530 -320	1,833 -41	652 -12	1,181 -29	697 -279	170 -156	527 -123
Average	2,786	1,872	609	1,264	914	232	683

Marywood University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,872 where 1,833 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 Marywood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,933	1,768	570	1,198	165	42	123
2016-17	1,931	1,753	553	1,200	178	41	137
2017-18	1,960	1,756	556	1,200	204	59	145
2018-19	1,934	1,740	566	1,174	194	51	143
2019-20	1,803	1,649	539	1,110	154	52	102
2020-21	1,808	1,680	546	1,134	128	51	77
2021-22	1,790	1,654	517	1,137	136	37	99
2022-23	1,857	1,710	557	1,153	147	35	112
2023-24	1,874	1,751	616	1,135	123	48	75
2024-25	1,833	1,728	618	1,110	105	34	71
Average	1,872	1,872	564	1,155	1,872	45	108

Marywood University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 914 where 697 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 Marywood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,077	904	230	674	173	53	120
2016-17	1,077	913	212	701	164	55	109
2017-18	985	831	183	648	154	41	113
2018-19	919	764	153	611	155	49	106
2019-20	876	731	149	582	145	40	105
2020-21	805	678	141	537	127	36	91
2021-22	857	632	141	491	225	78	147
2022-23	872	739	222	517	133	37	96
2023-24	976	646	183	463	330	143	187
2024-25	697	534	120	414	163	50	113
Average	914	914	173	564	914	58	119

Marywood University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.02%. The percentage was 73.22% 10 years ago and Marywood still has a high percentage of white students. 2.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.92% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.74% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 73.22% to 75.02%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.86% to 2.73%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.43% to 2.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.95% to 11.74%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4212 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4602 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Marywood 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	2	56	73	149	1	2,204	44
2016-17	1	59	76	168	0	2,214	52
2017-18	4	58	93	186	2	2,147	50
2018-19	5	64	96	203	1	2,073	44
2019-20	5	61	87	196	1	1,948	42
2020-21	3	67	80	213	1	1,936	50
2021-22	2	62	90	208	1	1,891	56
2022-23	4	49	95	221	2	1,913	57
2023-24	7	59	77	252	1	1,949	55
2024-25	8	69	74	297	0	1,898	65
Average	4	60	84	209	1	2,017	52

Marywood University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

185 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 101.09% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Marywood University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,010	92	141	2,777
2016-17	3,008	95	230	2,683
2017-18	2,945	107	395	2,443
2018-19	2,853	144	488	2,221
2019-20	2,679	127	428	2,124
2020-21	2,613	154	793	1,666
2021-22	2,647	209	884	1,554
2022-23	2,729	364	888	1,477
2023-24	2,850	440	937	1,473
2024-25	2,530	185	871	1,474
Average	2,786	192	606	1,989

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