Enrollment Trends at SCU

The student population at Santa Clara University is 9,178 (6,115 undergraduate and 3,063 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 659 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SCU is 66.63% which is increased by 865 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 206 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.01 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

399 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,733 where 9,178 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

66.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 33.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 865 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 206 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.01 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in SCU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Santa Clara University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,519	5,250	2,634	2,616	3,269	1,822	1,447
2013-14	8,770 251	5,435 185	2,724 90	2,711 95	3,335 66	1,755 -67	1,580 133
2014-15	9,015 245	5,486 51	2,755 31	2,731 20	3,529 194	1,749 -6	1,780 200
2015-16	8,680 -335	5,385 -101	2,732 -23	2,653 -78	3,295 -234	1,657 -92	1,638 -142
2016-17	8,422 -258	5,438 53	2,720 -12	2,718 65	2,984 -311	1,410 -247	1,574 -64
2017-18	8,629 207	5,499 61	2,757 37	2,742 24	3,130 146	1,499 89	1,631 57
2018-19	8,642 13	5,520 21	2,796 39	2,724 -18	3,122 -8	1,460 -39	1,662 31
2019-20	8,669 27	5,694 174	2,846 50	2,848 124	2,975 -147	1,377 -83	1,598 -64
2020-21	8,616 -53	5,608 -86	2,905 59	2,703 -145	3,008 33	1,386 9	1,622 24
2021-22	8,918 302	5,895 287	3,105 200	2,790 87	3,023 15	1,392 6	1,631 9
2022-23	9,178 260	6,115 220	3,160 55	2,955 165	3,063 40	1,408 16	1,655 24
Average	8,733	5,575	2,830	2,745	3,158	1,538	1,620

Santa Clara University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,575 where 6,115 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Santa Clara University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,250	5,141	2,568	2,573	109	66	43
2013-14	5,435	5,338	2,673	2,665	97	51	46
2014-15	5,486	5,389	2,699	2,690	97	56	41
2015-16	5,385	5,303	2,691	2,612	82	41	41
2016-17	5,438	5,353	2,671	2,682	85	49	36
2017-18	5,499	5,411	2,709	2,702	88	48	40
2018-19	5,520	5,440	2,751	2,689	80	45	35
2019-20	5,694	5,586	2,780	2,806	108	66	42
2020-21	5,608	5,478	2,829	2,649	130	76	54
2021-22	5,895	5,779	3,033	2,746	116	72	44
2022-23	6,115	5,998	3,084	2,914	117	76	41
Average	5,575	5,575	2,772	2,703	5,575	59	42

Santa Clara University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,158 where 3,063 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Santa Clara University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,269	1,725	949	776	1,544	873	671
2013-14	3,335	1,887	951	936	1,448	804	644
2014-15	3,529	2,088	1,015	1,073	1,441	734	707
2015-16	3,295	1,998	978	1,020	1,297	679	618
2016-17	2,984	1,832	862	970	1,152	548	604
2017-18	3,130	1,972	935	1,037	1,158	564	594
2018-19	3,122	2,129	989	1,140	993	471	522
2019-20	2,975	1,884	875	1,009	1,091	502	589
2020-21	3,008	1,953	911	1,042	1,055	475	580
2021-22	3,023	1,899	881	1,018	1,124	511	613
2022-23	3,063	2,009	981	1,028	1,054	427	627
Average	3,158	3,158	939	1,004	3,158	599	615

Santa Clara University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.69% and the percentage of black students is 2.91% at Santa Clara University. 20.53% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Santa Clara University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	14	1,434	221	1,168	26	3,569	392
2013-14	9	1,441	213	1,231	26	3,726	423
2014-15	10	1,416	238	1,283	20	3,691	461
2015-16	8	1,444	246	1,280	16	3,582	466
2016-17	7	1,422	240	1,304	16	3,524	472
2017-18	11	1,446	244	1,411	17	3,592	494
2018-19	11	1,488	229	1,389	18	3,522	569
2019-20	5	1,592	220	1,477	23	3,532	570
2020-21	2	1,715	219	1,499	23	3,376	621
2021-22	4	1,829	227	1,567	22	3,281	664
2022-23	4	1,884	267	1,638	16	3,184	709
Average	8	1,556	233	1,386	20	3,507	531

Santa Clara University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

399 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Santa Clara University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,015	0	9,015
2015-16	8,680	0	8,680
2016-17	8,422	1	8,421
2017-18	8,629	8	8,621
2018-19	8,642	84	8,558
2019-20	8,669	206	8,463
2020-21	8,616	299	8,317
2021-22	8,918	417	8,501
2022-23	9,178	399	8,779
Average	8,752	157	8,595

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