Enrollment Trends at St. Thomas

The student population at St. Thomas University is 7,652 (4,486 undergraduate and 3,166 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,734 (55.59%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at St. Thomas is 58.63% which is increased by 1,304 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,430 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, up from 64 in 2015.
2,271 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 211.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,517 where 7,652 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 7,652 students in 2025 and was lowest at 4,227 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,918 to 7,652 students, a net gain of 2,734 (55.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,918	3,182	1,308	1,874	1,736	613	1,123
2016-17	4,662 -256	2,752 -430	1,161 -147	1,591 -283	1,910 174	707 94	1,203 80
2017-18	4,538 -124	2,906 154	1,231 70	1,675 84	1,632 -278	612 -95	1,020 -183
2018-19	4,227 -311	2,692 -214	1,181 -50	1,511 -164	1,535 -97	598 -14	937 -83
2019-20	4,824 597	3,100 408	1,451 270	1,649 138	1,724 189	636 38	1,088 151
2020-21	5,601 777	3,670 570	1,735 284	1,935 286	1,931 207	707 71	1,224 136
2021-22	5,921 320	3,608 -62	1,705 -30	1,903 -32	2,313 382	831 124	1,482 258
2022-23	6,370 449	3,950 342	1,782 77	2,168 265	2,420 107	858 27	1,562 80
2023-24	6,455 85	3,967 17	1,864 82	2,103 -65	2,488 68	833 -25	1,655 93
2024-25	7,652 1,197	4,486 519	2,202 338	2,284 181	3,166 678	959 126	2,207 552
Average	5,517	3,431	1,562	1,869	2,086	735	1,350

St. Thomas University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,431 where 4,486 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. Thomas University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,182	849	413	436	2,333	895	1,438
2016-17	2,752	811	413	398	1,941	748	1,193
2017-18	2,906	935	445	490	1,971	786	1,185
2018-19	2,692	899	381	518	1,793	800	993
2019-20	3,100	1,246	689	557	1,854	762	1,092
2020-21	3,670	1,429	775	654	2,241	960	1,281
2021-22	3,608	1,614	887	727	1,994	818	1,176
2022-23	3,950	1,733	943	790	2,217	839	1,378
2023-24	3,967	1,790	1,001	789	2,177	863	1,314
2024-25	4,486	2,065	1,202	863	2,421	1,000	1,421
Average	3,431	3,431	715	622	3,431	847	1,247

St. Thomas University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,086 where 3,166 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. Thomas University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,736	1,334	460	874	402	153	249
2016-17	1,910	1,426	529	897	484	178	306
2017-18	1,632	1,046	384	662	586	228	358
2018-19	1,535	1,143	448	695	392	150	242
2019-20	1,724	1,316	483	833	408	153	255
2020-21	1,931	1,504	563	941	427	144	283
2021-22	2,313	1,899	697	1,202	414	134	280
2022-23	2,420	2,061	748	1,313	359	110	249
2023-24	2,488	2,123	719	1,404	365	114	251
2024-25	3,166	2,653	795	1,858	513	164	349
Average	2,086	2,086	583	1,068	2,086	153	282

St. Thomas University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.58% and the percentage of black students is 22.87% at St. Thomas University. 0.99% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 47.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 15.64% to 14.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.87% to 0.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.69% to 22.87%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 53.78% to 47.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7012 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6696 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at St. Thomas 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	21	43	624	2,645	1	769	110
2016-17	22	51	690	2,281	6	826	152
2017-18	19	61	698	2,247	6	754	169
2018-19	15	73	718	2,044	6	674	144
2019-20	16	66	994	2,377	4	665	111
2020-21	17	70	1,153	2,704	7	780	199
2021-22	5	74	1,324	2,714	4	785	217
2022-23	10	70	1,314	2,969	9	806	126
2023-24	9	63	1,459	2,767	11	850	214
2024-25	10	76	1,750	3,620	5	1,116	278
Average	14	65	1,072	2,637	6	803	172

St. Thomas University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,271 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 211.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at St. Thomas University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,918	728	248	3,942
2016-17	4,662	826	0	3,836
2017-18	4,538	464	640	3,434
2018-19	4,227	489	708	3,030
2019-20	4,824	841	796	3,187
2020-21	5,601	1,084	934	3,583
2021-22	5,921	1,312	1,216	3,393
2022-23	6,370	1,416	1,405	3,549
2023-24	6,455	1,867	1,094	3,494
2024-25	7,652	2,271	1,349	4,032
Average	5,517	1,130	839	3,548

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Enrollment Trends at St. Thomas

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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