Enrollment Trends at Saint Anselm

The student population at Saint Anselm College is 2,111 (2,094 undergraduate and 17 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 184 (9.55%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Anselm is 99.19% which is increased by 167 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 17 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, up from 66 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Saint Anselm College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,004 where 2,111 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 2,111 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,927 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,927 to 2,111 students, a net gain of 184 (9.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,927	1,927	765	1,162	0	0	0
2016-17	1,930 3	1,930 3	746 -19	1,184 22	0	0	0
2017-18	1,964 34	1,964 34	768 22	1,196 12	0	0	0
2018-19	2,024 60	2,024 60	797 29	1,227 31	0	0	0
2019-20	2,033 9	2,033 9	791 -6	1,242 15	0	0	0
2020-21	2,019 -14	2,019 -14	794 3	1,225 -17	0	0	0
2021-22	1,977 -42	1,954 -65	760 -34	1,194 -31	23 23	9 9	14 14
2022-23	1,977	1,959 5	781 21	1,178 -16	18 -5	7 -2	11 -3
2023-24	2,078 101	2,052 93	854 73	1,198 20	26 8	8 1	18 7
2024-25	2,111 33	2,094 42	849 -5	1,245 47	17 -9	8	9 -9
Average	2,004	1,996	791	1,205	8	3	5

Saint Anselm College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,996 where 2,094 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 Anselm College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,927	1,878	748	1,130	49	17	32
2016-17	1,930	1,876	725	1,151	54	21	33
2017-18	1,964	1,926	764	1,162	38	4	34
2018-19	2,024	2,007	790	1,217	17	7	10
2019-20	2,033	2,014	779	1,235	19	12	7
2020-21	2,019	2,005	788	1,217	14	6	8
2021-22	1,954	1,940	755	1,185	14	5	9
2022-23	1,959	1,938	768	1,170	21	13	8
2023-24	2,052	2,018	832	1,186	34	22	12
2024-25	2,094	2,069	834	1,235	25	15	10
Average	1,996	1,996	778	1,189	1,996	12	16

Saint Anselm College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8 where 17 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 Anselm College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	23	23	9	14	0	0	0
2022-23	18	17	7	10	1	0	1
2023-24	26	25	8	17	1	0	1
2024-25	17	16	7	9	1	1	0
Average	8	8	3	5	8	0	0

Saint Anselm College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.66%. The percentage was 82.82% 10 years ago and Saint Anselm still has a high percentage of white students. 0.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.61% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.82% to 82.66%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.57% to 0.62%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.08% to 1.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.75% to 4.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3140 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3126 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Anselm 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	3	11	40	53	0	1,596	30
2016-17	1	18	33	63	0	1,694	31
2017-18	1	23	36	74	1	1,729	33
2018-19	1	22	34	86	1	1,760	37
2019-20	1	24	32	92	1	1,754	40
2020-21	2	24	34	87	2	1,736	52
2021-22	1	20	32	87	1	1,703	48
2022-23	2	22	30	88	1	1,719	47
2023-24	3	17	31	92	1	1,810	54
2024-25	4	13	34	101	1	1,745	19
Average	2	19	34	82	1	1,725	39

Saint Anselm College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Saint Anselm

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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