Enrollment Trends at Seton Hall

The student population at Seton Hall University is 9,571 (6,146 undergraduate and 3,425 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 253 (2.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Seton Hall is 64.21% which is increased by 56 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 309 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 75 in 2015.
878 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 83.30% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,823 where 9,571 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 10,219 students in 2020 and was lowest at 9,494 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 9,824 to 9,571 students, a net loss of 253 (2.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,824	6,090	2,676	3,414	3,734	1,527	2,207
2016-17	9,836 12	5,956 -134	2,681 5	3,275 -139	3,880 146	1,655 128	2,225 18
2017-18	9,801 -35	5,969 13	2,719 38	3,250 -25	3,832 -48	1,593 -62	2,239 14
2018-19	10,162 361	6,136 167	2,877 158	3,259 9	4,026 194	1,622 29	2,404 165
2019-20	10,219 57	6,102 -34	2,899 22	3,203 -56	4,117 91	1,612 -10	2,505 101
2020-21	9,814 -405	5,913 -189	2,787 -112	3,126 -77	3,901 -216	1,501 -111	2,400 -105
2021-22	9,881 67	6,063 150	2,797 10	3,266 140	3,818 -83	1,436 -65	2,382 -18
2022-23	9,623 -258	6,012 -51	2,707 -90	3,305 39	3,611 -207	1,333 -103	2,278 -104
2023-24	9,494 -129	6,061 49	2,688 -19	3,373 68	3,433 -178	1,300 -33	2,133 -145
2024-25	9,571 77	6,146 85	2,712 24	3,434 61	3,425 -8	1,280 -20	2,145 12
Average	9,823	6,045	2,754	3,291	3,778	1,486	2,292

Seton Hall University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,045 where 6,146 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 Seton Hall University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,090	5,588	2,475	3,113	502	201	301
2016-17	5,956	5,494	2,474	3,020	462	207	255
2017-18	5,969	5,554	2,535	3,019	415	184	231
2018-19	6,136	5,777	2,680	3,097	359	197	162
2019-20	6,102	5,782	2,728	3,054	320	171	149
2020-21	5,913	5,724	2,667	3,057	189	120	69
2021-22	6,063	5,914	2,704	3,210	149	93	56
2022-23	6,012	5,844	2,616	3,228	168	91	77
2023-24	6,061	5,916	2,605	3,311	145	83	62
2024-25	6,146	6,003	2,635	3,368	143	77	66
Average	6,045	6,045	2,612	3,148	6,045	142	143

Seton Hall University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,778 where 3,425 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 Seton Hall University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,734	1,580	645	935	2,154	882	1,272
2016-17	3,880	1,676	722	954	2,204	933	1,271
2017-18	3,832	1,711	688	1,023	2,121	905	1,216
2018-19	4,026	1,812	728	1,084	2,214	894	1,320
2019-20	4,117	1,809	706	1,103	2,308	906	1,402
2020-21	3,901	1,717	688	1,029	2,184	813	1,371
2021-22	3,818	1,738	667	1,071	2,080	769	1,311
2022-23	3,611	1,622	619	1,003	1,989	714	1,275
2023-24	3,433	1,608	613	995	1,825	687	1,138
2024-25	3,425	1,694	616	1,078	1,731	664	1,067
Average	3,778	3,778	669	1,028	3,778	817	1,264

Seton Hall University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.89% and the percentage of black students is 11.82% at Seton Hall University. 9.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.37% to 45.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.54% to 9.02%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.92% to 11.82%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.94% to 23.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7096 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7256 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Seton Hall 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	16	741	1,073	1,468	23	4,752	206
2016-17	12	799	1,062	1,394	14	4,626	240
2017-18	9	863	990	1,480	12	4,774	288
2018-19	15	884	952	1,447	14	5,032	321
2019-20	9	936	945	1,495	13	5,185	350
2020-21	13	908	937	1,552	16	5,182	349
2021-22	14	891	982	1,769	15	5,176	343
2022-23	11	921	1,048	1,908	11	4,909	335
2023-24	10	860	1,103	2,126	10	4,565	370
2024-25	8	863	1,131	2,271	9	4,392	367
Average	12	867	1,022	1,691	14	4,859	317

Seton Hall University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

878 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 83.30% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Seton Hall University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	9,824	479	1,038	8,307
2016-17	9,836	533	1,123	8,180
2017-18	9,801	474	1,312	8,015
2018-19	10,162	872	1,377	7,913
2019-20	10,219	1,046	1,557	7,616
2020-21	9,814	4,178	4,326	1,310
2021-22	9,881	1,097	1,136	7,648
2022-23	9,623	1,084	2,073	6,466
2023-24	9,494	930	1,818	6,746
2024-25	9,571	878	1,884	6,809
Average	9,823	1,157	1,764	6,901

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Enrollment Trends at Seton Hall

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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