Enrollment Trends at Seton Hill

The student population at Seton Hill University is 1,927 (1,501 undergraduate and 426 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 432 (18.31%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Seton Hill is 77.89% which is decreased by 460 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 28 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
142 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 305.71% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,145 where 1,927 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 2,470 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,927 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,359 to 1,927 students, a net loss of 432 (18.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,359	1,961	693	1,268	398	119	279
2016-17	2,404 45	2,055 94	745 52	1,310 42	349 -49	108 -11	241 -38
2017-18	2,470 66	2,092 37	772 27	1,320 10	378 29	115 7	263 22
2018-19	2,297 -173	1,951 -141	686 -86	1,265 -55	346 -32	102 -13	244 -19
2019-20	2,073 -224	1,728 -223	596 -90	1,132 -133	345 -1	90 -12	255 11
2020-21	1,935 -138	1,635 -93	551 -45	1,084 -48	300 -45	74 -16	226 -29
2021-22	2,012 77	1,653 18	582 31	1,071 -13	359 59	104 30	255 29
2022-23	1,988 -24	1,627 -26	560 -22	1,067 -4	361 2	123 19	238 -17
2023-24	1,984 -4	1,597 -30	572 12	1,025 -42	387 26	123	264 26
2024-25	1,927 -57	1,501 -96	541 -31	960 -65	426 39	118 -5	308 44
Average	2,145	1,780	630	1,150	365	108	257

Seton Hill University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,780 where 1,501 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 Hill University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,961	1,473	519	954	488	174	314
2016-17	2,055	1,484	519	965	571	226	345
2017-18	2,092	1,551	551	1,000	541	221	320
2018-19	1,951	1,572	565	1,007	379	121	258
2019-20	1,728	1,575	548	1,027	153	48	105
2020-21	1,635	1,514	526	988	121	25	96
2021-22	1,653	1,526	549	977	127	33	94
2022-23	1,627	1,489	525	964	138	35	103
2023-24	1,597	1,450	532	918	147	40	107
2024-25	1,501	1,394	522	872	107	19	88
Average	1,780	1,780	536	967	1,780	94	183

Seton Hill University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 365 where 426 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 Hill University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	398	285	75	210	113	44	69
2016-17	349	241	70	171	108	38	70
2017-18	378	264	77	187	114	38	76
2018-19	346	240	74	166	106	28	78
2019-20	345	241	64	177	104	26	78
2020-21	300	217	52	165	83	22	61
2021-22	359	277	87	190	82	17	65
2022-23	361	281	95	186	80	28	52
2023-24	387	310	105	205	77	18	59
2024-25	426	344	81	263	82	37	45
Average	365	365	78	192	365	30	65

Seton Hill University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.02%. The percentage was 82.20% 10 years ago and Seton Hill still has a high percentage of white students. 2.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.75% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.20% to 76.02%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.93% to 2.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.15% to 6.75%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.97% to 4.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4139 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3188 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Seton Hill 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	2	22	145	70	2	1,939	68
2016-17	0	34	139	71	2	1,965	62
2017-18	3	35	165	81	1	2,048	57
2018-19	4	39	171	81	4	1,856	64
2019-20	6	40	158	80	2	1,658	60
2020-21	5	31	149	77	2	1,560	41
2021-22	6	38	148	82	1	1,622	57
2022-23	2	45	133	76	0	1,603	48
2023-24	3	45	128	75	0	1,598	52
2024-25	1	56	130	86	0	1,465	53
Average	3	39	147	78	1	1,731	56

Seton Hill University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

142 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 305.71% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Seton Hill University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,359	35	534	1,790
2016-17	2,404	53	476	1,875
2017-18	2,470	65	424	1,981
2018-19	2,297	163	637	1,497
2019-20	2,073	145	580	1,348
2020-21	1,935	248	798	889
2021-22	2,012	236	691	1,085
2022-23	1,988	278	806	904
2023-24	1,984	309	626	1,049
2024-25	1,927	142	570	1,215
Average	2,145	167	614	1,363

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