Enrollment Trends at Saint Ambrose

The student population at Saint Ambrose University is 2,498 (1,939 undergraduate and 559 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 768 (23.52%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Ambrose is 77.62% which is decreased by 551 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 217 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, up from 73 in 2015.
225 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 525.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,944 where 2,498 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,266 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,498 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,266 to 2,498 students, a net loss of 768 (23.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,266	2,490	1,087	1,403	776	287	489
2016-17	3,184 -82	2,404 -86	1,027 -60	1,377 -26	780 4	258 -29	522 33
2017-18	3,114 -70	2,368 -36	1,041 14	1,327 -50	746 -34	228 -30	518 -4
2018-19	3,045 -69	2,309 -59	1,031 -10	1,278 -49	736 -10	217 -11	519 1
2019-20	2,968 -77	2,260 -49	1,021 -10	1,239 -39	708 -28	199 -18	509 -10
2020-21	3,003 35	2,305 45	1,015 -6	1,290 51	698 -10	205 6	493 -16
2021-22	2,913 -90	2,228 -77	1,009 -6	1,219 -71	685 -13	190 -15	495 2
2022-23	2,747 -166	2,118 -110	970 -39	1,148 -71	629 -56	180 -10	449 -46
2023-24	2,703 -44	2,114 -4	941 -29	1,173 25	589 -40	180	409 -40
2024-25	2,498 -205	1,939 -175	906 -35	1,033 -140	559 -30	167 -13	392 -17
Average	2,944	2,254	1,005	1,249	691	211	480

Saint Ambrose University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,254 where 1,939 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 Saint Ambrose University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,490	2,221	986	1,235	269	101	168
2016-17	2,404	2,188	951	1,237	216	76	140
2017-18	2,368	2,215	981	1,234	153	60	93
2018-19	2,309	2,140	971	1,169	169	60	109
2019-20	2,260	2,122	960	1,162	138	61	77
2020-21	2,305	2,180	955	1,225	125	60	65
2021-22	2,228	2,121	965	1,156	107	44	63
2022-23	2,118	2,030	931	1,099	88	39	49
2023-24	2,114	1,937	902	1,035	177	39	138
2024-25	1,939	1,806	864	942	133	42	91
Average	2,254	2,254	947	1,149	2,254	58	99

Saint Ambrose University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 691 where 559 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 Saint Ambrose University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	776	424	117	307	352	170	182
2016-17	780	368	90	278	412	168	244
2017-18	746	469	108	361	277	120	157
2018-19	736	464	104	360	272	113	159
2019-20	708	458	77	381	250	122	128
2020-21	698	464	100	364	234	105	129
2021-22	685	479	94	385	206	96	110
2022-23	629	441	102	339	188	78	110
2023-24	589	444	112	332	145	68	77
2024-25	559	429	101	328	130	66	64
Average	691	691	101	344	691	111	136

Saint Ambrose University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.73%. The percentage was 79.61% 10 years ago and Saint Ambrose still has a high percentage of white students. 1.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.09% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.13% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.61% to 68.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.38% to 1.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.12% to 7.09%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.82% to 10.13%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5098 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3613 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Ambrose 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	4	45	102	190	3	2,600	68
2016-17	4	43	123	209	3	2,509	69
2017-18	5	47	134	216	5	2,367	81
2018-19	7	57	128	220	5	2,279	90
2019-20	5	50	137	231	3	2,225	96
2020-21	5	62	141	249	6	2,275	87
2021-22	7	73	144	250	5	2,178	102
2022-23	4	53	148	255	2	2,039	109
2023-24	7	51	168	265	5	1,916	115
2024-25	4	40	177	253	9	1,717	116
Average	5	52	140	234	5	2,211	93

Saint Ambrose University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

225 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 525.00% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Ambrose University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,266	0	226	3,040
2016-17	3,184	36	668	2,480
2017-18	3,114	19	609	2,486
2018-19	3,045	93	451	2,501
2019-20	2,968	141	373	2,454
2020-21	3,003	144	51	2,808
2021-22	2,913	163	709	2,041
2022-23	2,747	157	54	2,536
2023-24	2,703	235	860	1,608
2024-25	2,498	225	849	1,424
Average	2,944	121	485	2,338

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Enrollment Trends at Saint Ambrose

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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