Enrollment Trends at Saint Joseph's

The student population at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia is 7,159 (5,044 undergraduate and 2,115 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,466 (17.00%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Joseph's is 70.46% which is decreased by 347 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,119 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 73 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
1,277 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -30.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,554 where 7,159 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 8,625 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,464 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,625 to 7,159 students, a net loss of 1,466 (17%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,625	5,391	2,412	2,979	3,234	1,234	2,000
2016-17	8,415 -210	5,377 -14	2,420 8	2,957 -22	3,038 -196	1,143 -91	1,895 -105
2017-18	8,085 -330	5,144 -233	2,345 -75	2,799 -158	2,941 -97	1,116 -27	1,825 -70
2018-19	7,589 -496	4,904 -240	2,224 -121	2,680 -119	2,685 -256	966 -150	1,719 -106
2019-20	7,362 -227	4,784 -120	2,209 -15	2,575 -105	2,578 -107	905 -61	1,673 -46
2020-21	6,779 -583	4,299 -485	2,019 -190	2,280 -295	2,480 -98	844 -61	1,636 -37
2021-22	6,464 -315	4,196 -103	2,008 -11	2,188 -92	2,268 -212	798 -46	1,470 -166
2022-23	7,861 1,397	5,071 875	2,303 295	2,768 580	2,790 522	897 99	1,893 423
2023-24	7,201 -660	4,828 -243	2,236 -67	2,592 -176	2,373 -417	773 -124	1,600 -293
2024-25	7,159 -42	5,044 216	2,325 89	2,719 127	2,115 -258	689 -84	1,426 -174
Average	7,554	4,904	2,250	2,654	2,650	937	1,714

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,904 where 5,044 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 Joseph's University - Philadelphia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,391	4,623	2,125	2,498	768	287	481
2016-17	5,377	4,656	2,126	2,530	721	294	427
2017-18	5,144	4,481	2,078	2,403	663	267	396
2018-19	4,904	4,350	2,005	2,345	554	219	335
2019-20	4,784	4,222	1,987	2,235	562	222	340
2020-21	4,299	3,945	1,836	2,109	354	183	171
2021-22	4,196	3,859	1,844	2,015	337	164	173
2022-23	5,071	4,809	2,174	2,635	262	129	133
2023-24	4,828	4,594	2,115	2,479	234	121	113
2024-25	5,044	4,820	2,195	2,625	224	130	94
Average	4,904	4,904	2,049	2,387	4,904	202	266

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,650 where 2,115 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 Joseph's University - Philadelphia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,234	553	268	285	2,681	966	1,715
2016-17	3,038	529	241	288	2,509	902	1,607
2017-18	2,941	423	203	220	2,518	913	1,605
2018-19	2,685	423	187	236	2,262	779	1,483
2019-20	2,578	415	163	252	2,163	742	1,421
2020-21	2,480	441	166	275	2,039	678	1,361
2021-22	2,268	442	182	260	1,826	616	1,210
2022-23	2,790	1,041	325	716	1,749	572	1,177
2023-24	2,373	966	325	641	1,407	448	959
2024-25	2,115	819	251	568	1,296	438	858
Average	2,650	2,650	231	374	2,650	705	1,340

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.09%. The percentage was 72.08% 10 years ago and Saint Joseph's still has a high percentage of white students. 9.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.87% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.08% to 64.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.13% to 9.50%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.47% to 8.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.94% to 8.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5645 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4678 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia 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	12	270	817	426	13	6,217	141
2016-17	10	247	770	447	12	6,040	134
2017-18	11	242	756	506	11	5,741	134
2018-19	11	244	682	469	12	5,385	147
2019-20	9	232	621	482	11	5,169	149
2020-21	10	224	601	490	10	4,698	155
2021-22	10	228	566	522	6	4,520	172
2022-23	12	843	656	618	5	4,963	214
2023-24	9	735	593	609	5	4,581	200
2024-25	4	680	635	594	4	4,588	232
Average	10	395	670	516	9	5,190	168

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,277 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -30.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,625	1,828	520	6,277
2016-17	8,415	2,135	1,459	4,821
2017-18	8,085	2,195	1,171	4,719
2018-19	7,589	2,074	1,117	4,398
2019-20	7,362	2,023	385	4,954
2020-21	6,779	2,296	3,101	1,382
2021-22	6,464	2,032	563	3,869
2022-23	7,861	1,805	1,605	4,451
2023-24	7,201	1,419	1,065	4,717
2024-25	7,159	1,277	1,035	4,847
Average	7,554	1,908	1,202	4,444

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Enrollment Trends at Saint Joseph'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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