Enrollment Trends at Mount St. Mary's

The student population at Mount St. Mary's University is 2,408 (1,830 undergraduate and 578 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 151 (6.69%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Mount St. Mary's is 76.00% which is increased by 35 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 116 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 97 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
352 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,576.19% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,403 where 2,408 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,570 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,186 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,257 to 2,408 students, a net gain of 151 (6.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,257	1,795	832	963	462	282	180
2016-17	2,186 -71	1,729 -66	794 -38	935 -28	457 -5	264 -18	193 13
2017-18	2,323 137	1,817 88	869 75	948 13	506 49	304 40	202 9
2018-19	2,406 83	1,888 71	928 59	960 12	518 12	304	214 12
2019-20	2,362 -44	1,898 10	940 12	958 -2	464 -54	285 -19	179 -35
2020-21	2,560 198	2,071 173	987 47	1,084 126	489 25	320 35	169 -10
2021-22	2,570 10	2,055 -16	999 12	1,056 -28	515 26	317 -3	198 29
2022-23	2,456 -114	1,896 -159	895 -104	1,001 -55	560 45	309 -8	251 53
2023-24	2,499 43	1,873 -23	860 -35	1,013 12	626 66	336 27	290 39
2024-25	2,408 -91	1,830 -43	894 34	936 -77	578 -48	289 -47	289 -1
Average	2,403	1,885	900	985	518	301	217

Mount St. Mary's University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,885 where 1,830 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 St. Mary's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,795	1,689	777	912	106	55	51
2016-17	1,729	1,629	746	883	100	48	52
2017-18	1,817	1,696	804	892	121	65	56
2018-19	1,888	1,726	834	892	162	94	68
2019-20	1,898	1,762	881	881	136	59	77
2020-21	2,071	1,912	906	1,006	159	81	78
2021-22	2,055	1,911	925	986	144	74	70
2022-23	1,896	1,766	842	924	130	53	77
2023-24	1,873	1,719	801	918	154	59	95
2024-25	1,830	1,683	845	838	147	49	98
Average	1,885	1,885	836	913	1,885	64	72

Mount St. Mary's University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 518 where 578 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 St. Mary's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	462	200	164	36	262	118	144
2016-17	457	184	148	36	273	116	157
2017-18	506	226	177	49	280	127	153
2018-19	518	274	197	77	244	107	137
2019-20	464	218	184	34	246	101	145
2020-21	489	283	223	60	206	97	109
2021-22	515	273	210	63	242	107	135
2022-23	560	283	217	66	277	92	185
2023-24	626	306	240	66	320	96	224
2024-25	578	312	202	110	266	87	179
Average	518	518	196	60	518	105	157

Mount St. Mary's University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.58%. The percentage was 69.16% 10 years ago and Mount St. Mary's still has a high percentage of white students. 2.99% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.15% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.16% to 51.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.84% to 2.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.61% to 18.15%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.37% to 14.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6761 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4990 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mount St. 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	14	64	262	189	5	1,561	82
2016-17	11	58	262	201	5	1,510	71
2017-18	12	66	344	221	5	1,527	80
2018-19	8	69	339	255	9	1,541	105
2019-20	13	73	346	276	13	1,454	101
2020-21	12	71	450	327	13	1,475	127
2021-22	9	83	475	313	12	1,437	121
2022-23	9	70	412	317	9	1,390	112
2023-24	5	80	469	331	8	1,353	100
2024-25	3	72	437	354	5	1,242	118
Average	10	71	380	278	8	1,449	102

Mount St. Mary's University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

352 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,576.19% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mount St. Mary's University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,257	21	88	2,148
2016-17	2,186	19	77	2,090
2017-18	2,323	26	99	2,198
2018-19	2,406	31	195	2,180
2019-20	2,362	45	243	2,074
2020-21	2,560	136	1,423	1,001
2021-22	2,570	209	983	1,378
2022-23	2,456	203	865	1,388
2023-24	2,499	329	852	1,318
2024-25	2,408	352	965	1,091
Average	2,403	137	579	1,687

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Enrollment Trends at Mount St. 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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