Enrollment Trends at SAU

The student population at St. Andrews University is 676 (628 undergraduate and 48 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 31 (4.81%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SAU is 92.90% which is increased by 5 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 26 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 103 male students for every 100 female students, up from 80 in 2015.
175 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 400.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 759 where 676 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 911 students in 2022 and was lowest at 645 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 645 to 676 students, a net gain of 31 (4.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	645	623	274	349	22	12	10
2016-17	722 77	688 65	365 91	323 -26	34 12	21 9	13 3
2017-18	665 -57	638 -50	347 -18	291 -32	27 -7	15 -6	12 -1
2018-19	683 18	656 18	323 -24	333 42	27	13 -2	14 2
2019-20	758 75	744 88	330 7	414 81	14 -13	6 -7	8 -6
2020-21	887 129	862 118	381 51	481 67	25 11	11 5	14 6
2021-22	911 24	876 14	402 21	474 -7	35 10	19 8	16 2
2022-23	809 -102	780 -96	341 -61	439 -35	29 -6	12 -7	17 1
2023-24	832 23	806 26	384 43	422 -17	26 -3	15 3	11 -6
2024-25	676 -156	628 -178	321 -63	307 -115	48 22	22 7	26 15
Average	759	730	347	383	29	15	14

St. Andrews University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 730 where 628 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 St. Andrews University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	623	576	267	309	47	7	40
2016-17	688	613	349	264	75	16	59
2017-18	638	567	335	232	71	12	59
2018-19	656	623	317	306	33	6	27
2019-20	744	624	317	307	120	13	107
2020-21	862	808	364	444	54	17	37
2021-22	876	846	395	451	30	7	23
2022-23	780	681	333	348	99	8	91
2023-24	806	695	375	320	111	9	102
2024-25	628	563	312	251	65	9	56
Average	730	730	336	323	730	10	60

St. Andrews University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 29 where 48 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 St. Andrews University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22	10	5	5	12	7	5
2016-17	34	25	14	11	9	7	2
2017-18	27	17	10	7	10	5	5
2018-19	27	11	5	6	16	8	8
2019-20	14	13	6	7	1	0	1
2020-21	25	20	9	11	5	2	3
2021-22	35	33	18	15	2	1	1
2022-23	29	19	5	14	10	7	3
2023-24	26	24	13	11	2	2	0
2024-25	48	43	21	22	5	1	4
Average	29	29	11	11	29	4	3

St. Andrews University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.89%. The percentage was 49.15% 10 years ago and SAU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 25.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 49.15% to 50.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.24% to 1.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.40% to 25.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.24% to 11.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6586 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7426 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at St. Andrews 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	8	8	80	8	0	317	4
2016-17	6	5	120	11	0	312	16
2017-18	9	5	155	24	0	300	21
2018-19	14	0	165	27	4	256	28
2019-20	17	8	142	30	0	234	23
2020-21	16	11	165	61	0	259	32
2021-22	21	12	233	82	0	287	46
2022-23	19	13	140	79	0	233	24
2023-24	20	9	150	77	0	219	28
2024-25	21	9	174	81	0	344	18
Average	15	8	152	48	0	276	24

St. Andrews University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

175 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 400.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at St. Andrews University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	645	35	0	610
2016-17	722	39	0	683
2017-18	665	43	0	622
2018-19	683	117	39	527
2019-20	758	230	46	482
2020-21	887	287	30	570
2021-22	911	373	106	432
2022-23	809	283	133	393
2023-24	832	247	0	585
2024-25	676	175	484	17
Average	759	183	84	492

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Enrollment Trends at SAU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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