Enrollment Trends at Saint Leo

The student population at Saint Leo University is 9,692 (7,516 undergraduate and 2,176 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,108 (38.66%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Leo is 77.55% which is decreased by 4,505 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,603 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, up from 67 in 2015.
6,714 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -26.19% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,579 where 9,692 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 15,800 students in 2016 and was lowest at 9,523 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 15,800 to 9,692 students, a net loss of 6,108 (38.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,800	12,021	4,879	7,142	3,779	1,486	2,293
2016-17	14,649 -1,151	11,017 -1,004	4,462 -417	6,555 -587	3,632 -147	1,373 -113	2,259 -34
2017-18	13,099 -1,550	9,671 -1,346	3,961 -501	5,710 -845	3,428 -204	1,310 -63	2,118 -141
2018-19	11,808 -1,291	8,662 -1,009	3,574 -387	5,088 -622	3,146 -282	1,138 -172	2,008 -110
2019-20	10,912 -896	7,843 -819	3,101 -473	4,742 -346	3,069 -77	1,088 -50	1,981 -27
2020-21	9,832 -1,080	6,945 -898	2,736 -365	4,209 -533	2,887 -182	1,011 -77	1,876 -105
2021-22	9,523 -309	6,740 -205	2,622 -114	4,118 -91	2,783 -104	1,006 -5	1,777 -99
2022-23	10,242 719	7,320 580	2,853 231	4,467 349	2,922 139	1,150 144	1,772 -5
2023-24	10,231 -11	7,603 283	3,143 290	4,460 -7	2,628 -294	1,121 -29	1,507 -265
2024-25	9,692 -539	7,516 -87	3,141 -2	4,375 -85	2,176 -452	909 -212	1,267 -240
Average	11,579	8,534	3,447	5,087	3,045	1,159	1,886

Saint Leo University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,534 where 7,516 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 Leo University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,021	8,221	3,354	4,867	3,800	1,525	2,275
2016-17	11,017	7,658	3,100	4,558	3,359	1,362	1,997
2017-18	9,671	6,732	2,730	4,002	2,939	1,231	1,708
2018-19	8,662	6,112	2,471	3,641	2,550	1,103	1,447
2019-20	7,843	5,866	2,277	3,589	1,977	824	1,153
2020-21	6,945	5,192	1,985	3,207	1,753	751	1,002
2021-22	6,740	4,940	1,860	3,080	1,800	762	1,038
2022-23	7,320	3,945	1,480	2,465	3,375	1,373	2,002
2023-24	7,603	4,116	1,662	2,454	3,487	1,481	2,006
2024-25	7,516	4,498	1,902	2,596	3,018	1,239	1,779
Average	8,534	8,534	2,282	3,446	8,534	1,165	1,641

Saint Leo University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,045 where 2,176 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 Leo University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,779	3,685	1,458	2,227	94	28	66
2016-17	3,632	3,534	1,351	2,183	98	22	76
2017-18	3,428	3,273	1,280	1,993	155	30	125
2018-19	3,146	3,055	1,119	1,936	91	19	72
2019-20	3,069	2,827	943	1,884	242	145	97
2020-21	2,887	2,663	888	1,775	224	123	101
2021-22	2,783	2,512	874	1,638	271	132	139
2022-23	2,922	1,564	681	883	1,358	469	889
2023-24	2,628	1,092	403	689	1,536	718	818
2024-25	2,176	1,008	384	624	1,168	525	643
Average	3,045	3,045	938	1,583	3,045	221	303

Saint Leo University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.92% and the percentage of black students is 17.73% at Saint Leo University. 0.97% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.69% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.40% to 24.92%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.47% to 0.97%. Black student enrollment decreased from 35.53% to 17.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.71% to 14.69%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8846 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7220 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Leo 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	50	233	5,614	1,692	32	5,909	229
2016-17	59	230	5,115	1,591	30	5,403	250
2017-18	56	192	4,333	1,495	29	4,588	246
2018-19	52	167	3,645	1,520	27	4,010	227
2019-20	39	157	3,159	1,495	12	3,674	162
2020-21	52	149	2,525	1,448	13	3,363	96
2021-22	43	146	2,256	1,472	8	3,017	146
2022-23	33	176	2,125	1,484	8	2,968	189
2023-24	24	111	1,903	1,407	9	2,569	178
2024-25	23	94	1,718	1,424	10	2,415	124
Average	43	166	3,239	1,503	18	3,792	185

Saint Leo University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,714 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 69% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -26.19% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Leo University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	15,800	9,096	2,148	4,556
2016-17	14,649	7,922	1,977	4,750
2017-18	13,099	8,017	1,622	3,460
2018-19	11,808	7,218	1,494	3,096
2019-20	10,912	6,481	1,392	3,039
2020-21	9,832	6,543	2,546	743
2021-22	9,523	6,380	1,650	1,493
2022-23	10,242	6,831	1,772	1,639
2023-24	10,231	7,351	1,370	1,510
2024-25	9,692	6,714	1,599	1,379
Average	11,579	7,255	1,757	2,567

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Enrollment Trends at Saint Leo

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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