Enrollment Trends at St. Peter's

The student population at Saint Peter's University is 3,572 (2,263 undergraduate and 1,309 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 166 (4.87%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at St. Peter's is 63.35% which is decreased by 262 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 428 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, up from 61 in 2015.
742 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 839.24% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,404 where 3,572 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,673 students in 2024 and was lowest at 3,009 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,406 to 3,572 students, a net gain of 166 (4.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,406	2,525	959	1,566	881	331	550
2016-17	3,544 138	2,672 147	966 7	1,706 140	872 -9	314 -17	558 8
2017-18	3,524 -20	2,637 -35	941 -25	1,696 -10	887 15	292 -22	595 37
2018-19	3,452 -72	2,641 4	952 11	1,689 -7	811 -76	279 -13	532 -63
2019-20	3,233 -219	2,423 -218	912 -40	1,511 -178	810 -1	256 -23	554 22
2020-21	3,197 -36	2,355 -68	969 57	1,386 -125	842 32	300 44	542 -12
2021-22	3,009 -188	2,134 -221	797 -172	1,337 -49	875 33	402 102	473 -69
2022-23	3,430 421	2,071 -63	812 15	1,259 -78	1,359 484	751 349	608 135
2023-24	3,673 243	2,101 30	861 49	1,240 -19	1,572 213	884 133	688 80
2024-25	3,572 -101	2,263 162	920 59	1,343 103	1,309 -263	649 -235	660 -28
Average	3,404	2,382	909	1,473	1,022	446	576

Saint Peter's University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,382 where 2,263 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 Peter's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,525	2,208	887	1,321	317	72	245
2016-17	2,672	2,385	899	1,486	287	67	220
2017-18	2,637	2,387	880	1,507	250	61	189
2018-19	2,641	2,353	878	1,475	288	74	214
2019-20	2,423	2,203	854	1,349	220	58	162
2020-21	2,355	2,038	822	1,216	317	147	170
2021-22	2,134	1,937	736	1,201	197	61	136
2022-23	2,071	1,819	709	1,110	252	103	149
2023-24	2,101	1,853	748	1,105	248	113	135
2024-25	2,263	2,062	851	1,211	201	69	132
Average	2,382	2,382	826	1,298	2,382	83	175

Saint Peter's University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,022 where 1,309 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 Peter's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	881	242	116	126	639	215	424
2016-17	872	316	139	177	556	175	381
2017-18	887	237	93	144	650	199	451
2018-19	811	228	91	137	583	188	395
2019-20	810	215	76	139	595	180	415
2020-21	842	282	121	161	560	179	381
2021-22	875	456	260	196	419	142	277
2022-23	1,359	1,012	630	382	347	121	226
2023-24	1,572	1,211	761	450	361	123	238
2024-25	1,309	968	548	420	341	101	240
Average	1,022	1,022	284	233	1,022	162	343

Saint Peter's University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.78% and the percentage of black students is 14.61% at Saint Peter's University. 5.68% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 30.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 21.70% to 14.78%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.75% to 5.68%. Black student enrollment decreased from 22.67% to 14.61%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 30.86% to 30.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8592 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8015 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Peter'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	14	230	772	1,051	19	739	49
2016-17	13	221	741	1,213	21	645	51
2017-18	10	221	719	1,291	19	635	59
2018-19	9	250	703	1,328	15	582	47
2019-20	7	241	628	1,316	14	545	33
2020-21	5	226	605	1,273	8	602	26
2021-22	5	196	508	1,095	1	584	7
2022-23	5	217	487	979	4	654	6
2023-24	6	219	481	980	2	697	6
2024-25	4	203	522	1,097	3	528	5
Average	8	222	617	1,162	11	621	29

Saint Peter's University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

742 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 839.24% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Peter's University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,406	79	363	2,964
2016-17	3,544	75	469	3,000
2017-18	3,524	111	466	2,947
2018-19	3,452	254	577	2,621
2019-20	3,233	386	759	2,088
2020-21	3,197	2,093	933	171
2021-22	3,009	831	823	1,355
2022-23	3,430	953	1,828	649
2023-24	3,673	768	1,803	1,102
2024-25	3,572	742	1,642	1,188
Average	3,404	629	966	1,809

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Enrollment Trends at St. Peter'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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