Enrollment Trends at St. Mary's

The student population at St. Mary's University is 3,456 (2,149 undergraduate and 1,307 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 169 (4.66%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at St. Mary's is 62.18% which is decreased by 160 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 9 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, down from 91 in 2015.
205 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 286.79% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,501 where 3,456 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 3,649 students in 2018 and was lowest at 3,253 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,625 to 3,456 students, a net loss of 169 (4.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,625	2,309	1,051	1,258	1,316	673	643
2016-17	3,567 -58	2,298 -11	1,073 22	1,225 -33	1,269 -47	645 -28	624 -19
2017-18	3,649 82	2,327 29	1,059 -14	1,268 43	1,322 53	641 -4	681 57
2018-19	3,648 -1	2,373 46	1,072 13	1,301 33	1,275 -47	593 -48	682 1
2019-20	3,513 -135	2,270 -103	1,005 -67	1,265 -36	1,243 -32	550 -43	693 11
2020-21	3,458 -55	2,139 -131	926 -79	1,213 -52	1,319 76	590 40	729 36
2021-22	3,432 -26	2,093 -46	865 -61	1,228 15	1,339 20	574 -16	765 36
2022-23	3,253 -179	2,001 -92	796 -69	1,205 -23	1,252 -87	555 -19	697 -68
2023-24	3,411 158	2,147 146	885 89	1,262 57	1,264 12	544 -11	720 23
2024-25	3,456 45	2,149 2	849 -36	1,300 38	1,307 43	553 9	754 34
Average	3,501	2,211	958	1,253	1,291	592	699

St. Mary's University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,211 where 2,149 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. Mary's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,309	2,196	992	1,204	113	59	54
2016-17	2,298	2,189	1,022	1,167	109	51	58
2017-18	2,327	2,228	1,008	1,220	99	51	48
2018-19	2,373	2,262	1,005	1,257	111	67	44
2019-20	2,270	2,162	951	1,211	108	54	54
2020-21	2,139	2,037	871	1,166	102	55	47
2021-22	2,093	2,007	817	1,190	86	48	38
2022-23	2,001	1,935	767	1,168	66	29	37
2023-24	2,147	1,841	750	1,091	306	135	171
2024-25	2,149	1,904	756	1,148	245	93	152
Average	2,211	2,211	894	1,182	2,211	64	70

St. Mary's University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,291 where 1,307 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. Mary's University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,316	943	487	456	373	186	187
2016-17	1,269	967	514	453	302	131	171
2017-18	1,322	952	476	476	370	165	205
2018-19	1,275	885	433	452	390	160	230
2019-20	1,243	859	404	455	384	146	238
2020-21	1,319	898	418	480	421	172	249
2021-22	1,339	907	392	515	432	182	250
2022-23	1,252	877	391	486	375	164	211
2023-24	1,264	920	403	517	344	141	203
2024-25	1,307	997	420	577	310	133	177
Average	1,291	1,291	434	487	1,291	158	212

St. Mary's University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.31% and the percentage of black students is 2.78% at St. Mary's University. 1.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 44.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 23.61% to 22.31%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.46% to 1.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.61% to 2.78%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 57.63% to 44.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7491 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6102 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at St. Mary's 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	19	89	131	2,089	4	856	9
2016-17	13	85	139	2,051	2	801	19
2017-18	17	93	141	2,135	3	828	27
2018-19	13	91	152	2,159	3	813	37
2019-20	12	91	130	2,128	4	776	39
2020-21	10	105	131	2,073	3	796	39
2021-22	15	92	114	2,009	3	791	30
2022-23	23	79	106	1,768	6	686	35
2023-24	26	71	95	1,566	13	860	31
2024-25	24	64	96	1,545	10	771	31
Average	17	86	124	1,952	5	798	30

St. Mary's University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

205 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 286.79% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at St. Mary's University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,625	53	160	3,412
2016-17	3,567	56	180	3,331
2017-18	3,649	36	285	3,328
2018-19	3,648	46	372	3,230
2019-20	3,513	17	537	2,959
2020-21	3,458	926	2,265	267
2021-22	3,432	166	981	2,285
2022-23	3,253	146	903	2,204
2023-24	3,411	154	833	2,424
2024-25	3,456	205	712	2,539
Average	3,501	181	723	2,598

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Enrollment Trends at St. Mary's

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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