Enrollment Trends at Mount Saint Mary's

The student population at Mount Saint Mary's University is 2,312 (1,731 undergraduate and 581 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,119 (32.61%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Mount Saint Mary's is 74.87% which is decreased by 1,056 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 63 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 13 male students for every 100 female students, up from 11 in 2015.
201 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 87.85% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,840 where 2,312 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 3,496 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,308 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,431 to 2,312 students, a net loss of 1,119 (32.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,431	2,787	182	2,605	644	154	490
2016-17	3,496 65	2,831 44	190 8	2,641 36	665 21	163 9	502 12
2017-18	3,226 -270	2,602 -229	163 -27	2,439 -202	624 -41	137 -26	487 -15
2018-19	2,965 -261	2,356 -246	140 -23	2,216 -223	609 -15	122 -15	487
2019-20	2,855 -110	2,238 -118	151 11	2,087 -129	617 8	131 9	486 -1
2020-21	2,745 -110	2,071 -167	136 -15	1,935 -152	674 57	154 23	520 34
2021-22	2,625 -120	1,930 -141	126 -10	1,804 -131	695 21	148 -6	547 27
2022-23	2,440 -185	1,797 -133	130 4	1,667 -137	643 -52	148	495 -52
2023-24	2,308 -132	1,767 -30	134 4	1,633 -34	541 -102	126 -22	415 -80
2024-25	2,312 4	1,731 -36	138 4	1,593 -40	581 40	124 -2	457 42
Average	2,840	2,211	149	2,062	629	141	489

Mount Saint Mary's University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,211 where 1,731 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's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,787	2,142	82	2,060	645	100	545
2016-17	2,831	2,184	98	2,086	647	92	555
2017-18	2,602	2,056	91	1,965	546	72	474
2018-19	2,356	1,866	86	1,780	490	54	436
2019-20	2,238	1,745	96	1,649	493	55	438
2020-21	2,071	1,607	81	1,526	464	55	409
2021-22	1,930	1,532	83	1,449	398	43	355
2022-23	1,797	1,550	101	1,449	247	29	218
2023-24	1,767	1,612	117	1,495	155	17	138
2024-25	1,731	1,610	124	1,486	121	14	107
Average	2,211	2,211	96	1,695	2,211	53	368

Mount Saint Mary's University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 629 where 581 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's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	644	495	126	369	149	28	121
2016-17	665	540	135	405	125	28	97
2017-18	624	507	107	400	117	30	87
2018-19	609	514	102	412	95	20	75
2019-20	617	517	110	407	100	21	79
2020-21	674	592	132	460	82	22	60
2021-22	695	575	123	452	120	25	95
2022-23	643	507	117	390	136	31	105
2023-24	541	420	104	316	121	22	99
2024-25	581	475	98	377	106	26	80
Average	629	629	115	399	629	25	90

Mount Saint Mary's University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.81% and the percentage of black students is 6.96% at Mount Saint Mary's University. 15.79% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 56.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 12.01% to 10.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 14.57% to 15.79%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.72% to 6.96%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 57.30% to 56.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6436 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6296 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's 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	13	500	265	1,966	20	412	67
2016-17	12	502	234	2,047	20	390	65
2017-18	10	464	213	1,945	16	326	54
2018-19	8	431	194	1,744	19	296	48
2019-20	7	377	203	1,613	19	304	47
2020-21	6	337	192	1,494	9	329	37
2021-22	5	349	185	1,412	10	311	33
2022-23	3	357	164	1,319	8	291	26
2023-24	17	371	130	1,241	9	262	35
2024-25	15	365	161	1,297	7	250	29
Average	10	405	194	1,608	14	317	44

Mount Saint Mary's University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

201 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 87.85% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mount Saint Mary's University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,431	107	657	2,667
2016-17	3,496	168	772	2,556
2017-18	3,226	116	1,006	2,104
2018-19	2,965	161	877	1,927
2019-20	2,855	174	826	1,855
2020-21	2,745	2,103	631	11
2021-22	2,625	755	1,440	430
2022-23	2,440	174	1,427	839
2023-24	2,308	89	610	1,609
2024-25	2,312	201	1,554	557
Average	2,840	405	980	1,456

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Enrollment Trends at Mount Saint Mary's

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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