Enrollment Trends at Saint Michael's

The student population at Saint Michael's College is 1,323 (1,120 undergraduate and 203 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,044 (44.11%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Michael's is 84.66% which is decreased by 877 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 167 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 77 male students for every 100 female students, up from 71 in 2015.
40 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 900.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,788 where 1,323 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 2,367 to 1,323 students, a loss of 1,044 (44.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,367	1,997	909	1,088	370	71	299
2016-17	2,226 -141	1,902 -95	846 -63	1,056 -32	324 -46	65 -6	259 -40
2017-18	2,077 -149	1,792 -110	797 -49	995 -61	285 -39	59 -6	226 -33
2018-19	1,950 -127	1,694 -98	774 -23	920 -75	256 -29	57 -2	199 -27
2019-20	1,875 -75	1,583 -111	734 -40	849 -71	292 36	65 8	227 28
2020-21	1,724 -151	1,537 -46	724 -10	813 -36	187 -105	43 -22	144 -83
2021-22	1,573 -151	1,421 -116	665 -59	756 -57	152 -35	39 -4	113 -31
2022-23	1,399 -174	1,209 -212	570 -95	639 -117	190 38	53 14	137 24
2023-24	1,370 -29	1,178 -31	536 -34	642 3	192 2	45 -8	147 10
2024-25	1,323 -47	1,120 -58	530 -6	590 -52	203 11	45	158 11
Average	1,788	1,543	709	835	245	54	191

Saint Michael's College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,543 where 1,120 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 Michael's College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,997	1,971	894	1,077	26	15	11
2016-17	1,902	1,868	825	1,043	34	21	13
2017-18	1,792	1,766	786	980	26	11	15
2018-19	1,694	1,669	759	910	25	15	10
2019-20	1,583	1,558	719	839	25	15	10
2020-21	1,537	1,492	699	793	45	25	20
2021-22	1,421	1,395	649	746	26	16	10
2022-23	1,209	1,193	559	634	16	11	5
2023-24	1,178	1,143	521	622	35	15	20
2024-25	1,120	1,083	502	581	37	28	9
Average	1,543	1,543	691	823	1,543	17	12

Saint Michael's College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 245 where 203 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 Michael's College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	370	49	10	39	321	61	260
2016-17	324	39	9	30	285	56	229
2017-18	285	41	17	24	244	42	202
2018-19	256	56	18	38	200	39	161
2019-20	292	62	15	47	230	50	180
2020-21	187	51	16	35	136	27	109
2021-22	152	43	15	28	109	24	85
2022-23	190	38	15	23	152	38	114
2023-24	192	36	10	26	156	35	121
2024-25	203	60	17	43	143	28	115
Average	245	245	14	33	245	40	158

Saint Michael's College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.49%. The percentage was 83.35% 10 years ago and Saint Michael's still has a high percentage of white students. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.10% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.35% to 76.49%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.61% to 1.59%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.24% to 3.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.84% to 5.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4097 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3026 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Michael's 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	1	38	53	91	1	1,973	46
2016-17	4	34	39	80	1	1,870	38
2017-18	3	27	42	98	1	1,695	33
2018-19	4	32	45	99	2	1,572	41
2019-20	2	24	40	97	3	1,532	40
2020-21	3	28	32	100	2	1,392	43
2021-22	1	25	34	87	0	1,299	33
2022-23	2	19	36	70	0	1,137	31
2023-24	4	19	41	77	0	1,088	35
2024-25	3	21	41	77	0	1,012	33
Average	3	27	40	88	1	1,457	37

Saint Michael's College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

40 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 900.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Michael's College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,367	4	8	2,355
2016-17	2,226	4	9	2,213
2017-18	2,077	10	28	2,039
2018-19	1,950	8	45	1,897
2019-20	1,875	2	3	1,870
2020-21	1,724	162	1,228	334
2021-22	1,573	13	306	1,254
2022-23	1,399	26	150	1,223
2023-24	1,370	39	149	1,182
2024-25	1,323	40	174	1,109
Average	1,788	31	210	1,548

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Enrollment Trends at Saint Michael'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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