Enrollment Trends at Mount Saint Mary

The student population at Mount Saint Mary College is 2,491 (2,141 undergraduate and 350 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 17 (0.68%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Mount Saint Mary is 85.95% which is decreased by 16 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, up from 40 in 2015.
71 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,450.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,265 where 2,491 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 2,508 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,918 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,508 to 2,491 students, a net loss of 17 (0.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,508	2,157	629	1,528	351	86	265
2016-17	2,468 -40	2,128 -29	603 -26	1,525 -3	340 -11	78 -8	262 -3
2017-18	2,365 -103	2,036 -92	607 4	1,429 -96	329 -11	71 -7	258 -4
2018-19	2,352 -13	2,005 -31	581 -26	1,424 -5	347 18	63 -8	284 26
2019-20	2,236 -116	1,881 -124	518 -63	1,363 -61	355 8	69 6	286 2
2020-21	2,125 -111	1,781 -100	486 -32	1,295 -68	344 -11	68 -1	276 -10
2021-22	1,941 -184	1,568 -213	445 -41	1,123 -172	373 29	74 6	299 23
2022-23	1,918 -23	1,542 -26	475 30	1,067 -56	376 3	68 -6	308 9
2023-24	2,246 328	1,897 355	683 208	1,214 147	349 -27	69 1	280 -28
2024-25	2,491 245	2,141 244	798 115	1,343 129	350 1	59 -10	291 11
Average	2,265	1,914	583	1,331	351	71	281

Mount Saint Mary College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,914 where 2,141 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 Mount Saint Mary College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,157	1,780	539	1,241	377	90	287
2016-17	2,128	1,750	507	1,243	378	96	282
2017-18	2,036	1,737	530	1,207	299	77	222
2018-19	2,005	1,675	516	1,159	330	65	265
2019-20	1,881	1,596	459	1,137	285	59	226
2020-21	1,781	1,479	405	1,074	302	81	221
2021-22	1,568	1,275	367	908	293	78	215
2022-23	1,542	1,183	365	818	359	110	249
2023-24	1,897	1,098	348	750	799	335	464
2024-25	2,141	1,067	334	733	1,074	464	610
Average	1,914	1,914	437	1,027	1,914	146	304

Mount Saint Mary College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 351 where 350 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 Mount Saint Mary College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	351	82	29	53	269	57	212
2016-17	340	82	37	45	258	41	217
2017-18	329	62	31	31	267	40	227
2018-19	347	61	28	33	286	35	251
2019-20	355	58	24	34	297	45	252
2020-21	344	50	22	28	294	46	248
2021-22	373	60	19	41	313	55	258
2022-23	376	62	25	37	314	43	271
2023-24	349	55	27	28	294	42	252
2024-25	350	57	19	38	293	40	253
Average	351	351	26	37	351	44	244

Mount Saint Mary College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.03%. The percentage was 61.72% 10 years ago and Mount Saint Mary still has a high percentage of white students. 3.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.92% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 22.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.72% to 53.03%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.27% to 3.25%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.54% to 9.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.27% to 22.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6549 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5923 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mount Saint Mary College 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	19	57	189	358	7	1,548	29
2016-17	9	65	190	384	5	1,574	36
2017-18	13	56	180	380	5	1,419	33
2018-19	15	52	163	370	5	1,287	20
2019-20	9	47	172	372	3	1,229	28
2020-21	8	51	161	369	1	1,206	24
2021-22	10	54	180	320	3	1,101	19
2022-23	1	60	204	426	3	977	37
2023-24	1	42	187	403	2	828	29
2024-25	6	81	247	572	5	1,321	35
Average	9	57	187	395	4	1,249	29

Mount Saint Mary College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

71 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,450.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mount Saint Mary College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,508	2	133	2,373
2016-17	2,468	20	168	2,280
2017-18	2,365	20	176	2,169
2018-19	2,352	18	164	2,170
2019-20	2,236	35	239	1,962
2020-21	2,125	61	1,161	903
2021-22	1,941	48	839	1,054
2022-23	1,918	77	768	1,073
2023-24	2,246	56	681	1,509
2024-25	2,491	71	481	1,939
Average	2,265	41	481	1,743

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Enrollment Trends at Mount 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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