Enrollment Trends at Sinte Gleska

The student population at Sinte Gleska University is 592 (515 undergraduate and 77 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 11 (1.89%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Sinte Gleska is 86.99% which is decreased by 20 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 31 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 33 male students for every 100 female students, down from 40 in 2015.
291 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -19.83% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 590 where 592 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 781 students in 2022 and was lowest at 438 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 581 to 592 students, a net gain of 11 (1.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	581	535	158	377	46	9	37
2016-17	568 -13	531 -4	171 13	360 -17	37 -9	6 -3	31 -6
2017-18	581 13	512 -19	146 -25	366 6	69 32	14 8	55 24
2018-19	583 2	511 -1	146	365 -1	72 3	14	58 3
2019-20	549 -34	484 -27	126 -20	358 -7	65 -7	11 -3	54 -4
2020-21	438 -111	375 -109	103 -23	272 -86	63 -2	12 1	51 -3
2021-22	781 343	688 313	151 48	537 265	93 30	20 8	73 22
2022-23	544 -237	482 -206	115 -36	367 -170	62 -31	15 -5	47 -26
2023-24	683 139	607 125	137 22	470 103	76 14	18 3	58 11
2024-25	592 -91	515 -92	130 -7	385 -85	77 1	17 -1	60 2
Average	590	524	138	386	66	14	52

Sinte Gleska University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 524 where 515 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 Sinte Gleska University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	535	291	89	202	244	69	175
2016-17	531	258	94	164	273	77	196
2017-18	512	258	83	175	254	63	191
2018-19	511	201	64	137	310	82	228
2019-20	484	176	50	126	308	76	232
2020-21	375	156	43	113	219	60	159
2021-22	688	229	47	182	459	104	355
2022-23	482	156	38	118	326	77	249
2023-24	607	229	51	178	378	86	292
2024-25	515	189	44	145	326	86	240
Average	524	524	60	154	524	78	232

Sinte Gleska University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 66 where 77 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 Sinte Gleska University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	46	15	3	12	31	6	25
2016-17	37	14	4	10	23	2	21
2017-18	69	14	5	9	55	9	46
2018-19	72	14	5	9	58	9	49
2019-20	65	34	8	26	31	3	28
2020-21	63	34	8	26	29	4	25
2021-22	93	48	10	38	45	10	35
2022-23	62	30	7	23	32	8	24
2023-24	76	30	5	25	46	13	33
2024-25	77	23	4	19	54	13	41
Average	66	66	6	20	66	8	33

Sinte Gleska University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.14% and the percentage of black students is 0.00% at Sinte Gleska University.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 10.84% to 10.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2517 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1934 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sinte Gleska University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	518	0	0	0	63	0
2016-17	504	0	1	0	56	7
2017-18	521	0	0	1	58	0
2018-19	524	0	1	6	52	0
2019-20	485	0	0	0	64	0
2020-21	382	0	0	0	56	0
2021-22	703	0	0	0	78	0
2022-23	478	0	0	0	66	0
2023-24	604	0	0	3	76	0
2024-25	508	0	0	24	60	0
Average	523	0	0	3	63	1

Sinte Gleska 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 49% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -19.83% since 2021. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sinte Gleska University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	581	0	0	581
2016-17	568	0	0	568
2017-18	581	0	0	581
2018-19	583	0	0	583
2019-20	549	0	0	549
2020-21	438	0	0	438
2021-22	781	363	176	242
2022-23	544	170	233	141
2023-24	683	371	244	68
2024-25	592	291	301	0
Average	590	120	95	375

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Enrollment Trends at Sinte Gleska

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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