Enrollment Trends at Saint Edward's

The student population at Saint Edward's University is 3,033 (2,499 undergraduate and 534 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,587 (34.35%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Edward's is 82.39% which is decreased by 1,524 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 63 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, down from 63 in 2015.
279 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 862.07% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,893 where 3,033 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 4,620 to 3,033 students, a loss of 1,587 (34.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,620	4,023	1,580	2,443	597	204	393
2016-17	4,601 -19	4,056 33	1,592 12	2,464 21	545 -52	178 -26	367 -26
2017-18	4,447 -154	3,941 -115	1,537 -55	2,404 -60	506 -39	162 -16	344 -23
2018-19	4,301 -146	3,789 -152	1,435 -102	2,354 -50	512 6	167 5	345 1
2019-20	3,976 -325	3,443 -346	1,295 -140	2,148 -206	533 21	154 -13	379 34
2020-21	3,591 -385	3,014 -429	1,129 -166	1,885 -263	577 44	162 8	415 36
2021-22	3,577 -14	2,870 -144	1,088 -41	1,782 -103	707 130	180 18	527 112
2022-23	3,470 -107	2,769 -101	1,055 -33	1,714 -68	701 -6	176 -4	525 -2
2023-24	3,309 -161	2,731 -38	1,097 42	1,634 -80	578 -123	159 -17	419 -106
2024-25	3,033 -276	2,499 -232	1,015 -82	1,484 -150	534 -44	141 -18	393 -26
Average	3,893	3,314	1,282	2,031	579	168	411

Saint Edward's University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,314 where 2,499 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 Edward's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,023	3,528	1,394	2,134	495	186	309
2016-17	4,056	3,610	1,426	2,184	446	166	280
2017-18	3,941	3,528	1,369	2,159	413	168	245
2018-19	3,789	3,477	1,312	2,165	312	123	189
2019-20	3,443	3,199	1,191	2,008	244	104	140
2020-21	3,014	2,820	1,042	1,778	194	87	107
2021-22	2,870	2,670	1,000	1,670	200	88	112
2022-23	2,769	2,616	992	1,624	153	63	90
2023-24	2,731	2,581	1,034	1,547	150	63	87
2024-25	2,499	2,378	965	1,413	121	50	71
Average	3,314	3,314	1,173	1,868	3,314	110	163

Saint Edward's University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 579 where 534 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 Edward's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	597	203	58	145	394	146	248
2016-17	545	190	63	127	355	115	240
2017-18	506	153	42	111	353	120	233
2018-19	512	112	36	76	400	131	269
2019-20	533	96	28	68	437	126	311
2020-21	577	118	27	91	459	135	324
2021-22	707	177	48	129	530	132	398
2022-23	701	193	63	130	508	113	395
2023-24	578	177	53	124	401	106	295
2024-25	534	170	55	115	364	86	278
Average	579	579	47	112	579	121	299

Saint Edward's University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.81% and the percentage of black students is 4.85% at Saint Edward's University. 2.14% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 52.72% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 39.85% to 29.81%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.12% to 2.14%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.05% to 4.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 37.51% to 52.72%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6298 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6966 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Edward'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	22	144	187	1,733	11	1,841	167
2016-17	19	142	209	1,816	8	1,784	159
2017-18	25	123	192	1,841	6	1,684	142
2018-19	26	130	200	1,820	8	1,620	125
2019-20	26	121	188	1,728	7	1,483	112
2020-21	15	116	191	1,646	6	1,306	100
2021-22	12	107	170	1,683	3	1,295	100
2022-23	13	91	171	1,642	2	1,226	89
2023-24	12	80	145	1,710	3	1,048	77
2024-25	14	65	147	1,599	2	904	71
Average	18	112	180	1,722	6	1,419	114

Saint Edward's University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

279 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 862.07% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Edward's University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,620	29	111	4,480
2016-17	4,601	32	144	4,425
2017-18	4,447	24	107	4,316
2018-19	4,301	43	118	4,140
2019-20	3,976	127	70	3,779
2020-21	3,591	3,176	413	2
2021-22	3,577	557	1,668	1,352
2022-23	3,470	402	861	2,207
2023-24	3,309	310	909	2,090
2024-25	3,033	279	832	1,922
Average	3,893	498	523	2,871

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Enrollment Trends at Saint Edward'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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