Enrollment Trends at Saint Xavier

The student population at Saint Xavier University is 3,485 (3,098 undergraduate and 387 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 464 (11.75%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Xavier is 88.90% which is increased by 100 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 564 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, up from 46 in 2015.
291 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -30.88% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,683 where 3,485 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 3,949 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,457 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,949 to 3,485 students, a net loss of 464 (11.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,949	2,998	999	1,999	951	254	697
2016-17	3,896 -53	2,954 -44	1,049 50	1,905 -94	942 -9	277 23	665 -32
2017-18	3,715 -181	2,942 -12	1,059 10	1,883 -22	773 -169	213 -64	560 -105
2018-19	3,667 -48	2,955 13	1,079 20	1,876 -7	712 -61	199 -14	513 -47
2019-20	3,623 -44	2,957 2	1,118 39	1,839 -37	666 -46	176 -23	490 -23
2020-21	3,764 141	3,080 123	1,108 -10	1,972 133	684 18	166 -10	518 28
2021-22	3,749 -15	3,101 21	1,147 39	1,954 -18	648 -36	156 -10	492 -26
2022-23	3,523 -226	2,981 -120	1,111 -36	1,870 -84	542 -106	125 -31	417 -75
2023-24	3,457 -66	3,039 58	1,173 62	1,866 -4	418 -124	99 -26	319 -98
2024-25	3,485 28	3,098 59	1,205 32	1,893 27	387 -31	93 -6	294 -25
Average	3,683	3,011	1,105	1,906	672	176	497

Saint Xavier University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,011 where 3,098 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 Xavier University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,998	2,615	875	1,740	383	124	259
2016-17	2,954	2,601	916	1,685	353	133	220
2017-18	2,942	2,638	957	1,681	304	102	202
2018-19	2,955	2,713	977	1,736	242	102	140
2019-20	2,957	2,725	1,014	1,711	232	104	128
2020-21	3,080	2,878	1,013	1,865	202	95	107
2021-22	3,101	2,848	1,044	1,804	253	103	150
2022-23	2,981	2,752	1,022	1,730	229	89	140
2023-24	3,039	2,864	1,094	1,770	175	79	96
2024-25	3,098	2,940	1,140	1,800	158	65	93
Average	3,011	3,011	1,005	1,752	3,011	100	154

Saint Xavier University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 672 where 387 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 Xavier University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	951	179	54	125	772	200	572
2016-17	942	202	70	132	740	207	533
2017-18	773	154	46	108	619	167	452
2018-19	712	145	35	110	567	164	403
2019-20	666	165	35	130	501	141	360
2020-21	684	150	34	116	534	132	402
2021-22	648	162	37	125	486	119	367
2022-23	542	170	33	137	372	92	280
2023-24	418	143	30	113	275	69	206
2024-25	387	131	24	107	256	69	187
Average	672	672	40	120	672	136	376

Saint Xavier University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.02% and the percentage of black students is 11.85% at Saint Xavier University. 1.84% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 49.12% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.58% to 31.02%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.14% to 1.84%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.84% to 11.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 26.64% to 49.12%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6475 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6792 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Xavier 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	11	124	586	1,052	1	1,879	83
2016-17	3	128	537	1,126	2	1,776	108
2017-18	4	132	444	1,189	4	1,629	110
2018-19	3	114	439	1,236	2	1,578	81
2019-20	3	91	415	1,310	2	1,539	75
2020-21	2	103	472	1,465	1	1,499	75
2021-22	4	84	462	1,578	2	1,410	88
2022-23	3	80	424	1,576	3	1,247	82
2023-24	3	76	406	1,654	2	1,129	82
2024-25	2	64	413	1,712	0	1,081	86
Average	4	100	460	1,390	2	1,477	87

Saint Xavier University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

291 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -30.88% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Xavier University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,949	421	207	3,321
2016-17	3,896	398	319	3,179
2017-18	3,715	357	366	2,992
2018-19	3,667	318	756	2,593
2019-20	3,623	346	1,431	1,846
2020-21	3,764	336	2,331	1,097
2021-22	3,749	372	1,776	1,601
2022-23	3,523	267	1,685	1,571
2023-24	3,457	229	1,941	1,287
2024-25	3,485	291	2,241	953
Average	3,683	334	1,305	2,044

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Enrollment Trends at Saint Xavier

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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