Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Maryland

The student population at Strayer University-Maryland is 1,290 (1,044 undergraduate and 246 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,691 (56.73%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Strayer University-Maryland is 80.93% which is decreased by 1,136 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 555 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 36 male students for every 100 female students, down from 51 in 2015.
1,253 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -19.58% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,427 where 1,290 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 3,244 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,290 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,981 to 1,290 students, a net loss of 1,691 (56.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Strayer University-Maryland since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,981	2,180	721	1,459	801	286	515
2016-17	3,244 263	2,499 319	809 88	1,690 231	745 -56	230 -56	515
2017-18	2,915 -329	2,294 -205	669 -140	1,625 -65	621 -124	204 -26	417 -98
2018-19	3,181 266	2,565 271	670 1	1,895 270	616 -5	197 -7	419 2
2019-20	3,224 43	2,684 119	618 -52	2,066 171	540 -76	165 -32	375 -44
2020-21	2,760 -464	2,344 -340	576 -42	1,768 -298	416 -124	115 -50	301 -74
2021-22	1,690 -1,070	1,423 -921	366 -210	1,057 -711	267 -149	75 -40	192 -109
2022-23	1,535 -155	1,298 -125	400 34	898 -159	237 -30	52 -23	185 -7
2023-24	1,445 -90	1,177 -121	349 -51	828 -70	268 31	62 10	206 21
2024-25	1,290 -155	1,044 -133	284 -65	760 -68	246 -22	57 -5	189 -17
Average	2,427	1,951	546	1,405	476	144	331

Strayer University-Maryland Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,951 where 1,044 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 Strayer University-Maryland since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,180	337	189	148	1,843	532	1,311
2016-17	2,499	421	242	179	2,078	567	1,511
2017-18	2,294	371	202	169	1,923	467	1,456
2018-19	2,565	355	187	168	2,210	483	1,727
2019-20	2,684	279	126	153	2,405	492	1,913
2020-21	2,344	253	132	121	2,091	444	1,647
2021-22	1,423	154	81	73	1,269	285	984
2022-23	1,298	167	103	64	1,131	297	834
2023-24	1,177	119	78	41	1,058	271	787
2024-25	1,044	93	50	43	951	234	717
Average	1,951	1,951	139	116	1,951	407	1,289

Strayer University-Maryland Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 476 where 246 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 Strayer University-Maryland since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	801	232	108	124	569	178	391
2016-17	745	217	96	121	528	134	394
2017-18	621	184	76	108	437	128	309
2018-19	616	174	74	100	442	123	319
2019-20	540	158	64	94	382	101	281
2020-21	416	119	43	76	297	72	225
2021-22	267	56	19	37	211	56	155
2022-23	237	59	15	44	178	37	141
2023-24	268	72	19	53	196	43	153
2024-25	246	81	26	55	165	31	134
Average	476	476	54	81	476	90	250

Strayer University-Maryland Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.87% and the percentage of black students is 73.26% at Strayer University-Maryland. 1.01% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 12.41% to 12.87%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.44% to 1.01%. Black student enrollment increased from 72.79% to 73.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.23% to 5.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4416 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4509 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Strayer University-Maryland 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	13	43	2,170	156	8	370	86
2016-17	18	44	2,395	180	5	371	99
2017-18	20	37	2,175	166	4	305	102
2018-19	20	35	2,413	157	3	335	127
2019-20	16	39	2,424	157	4	377	133
2020-21	12	37	2,022	137	2	367	132
2021-22	7	18	1,234	98	2	210	88
2022-23	3	26	1,056	97	2	229	89
2023-24	10	35	961	90	1	237	69
2024-25	11	13	945	72	0	166	56
Average	13	33	1,780	131	3	297	98

Strayer University-Maryland Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,253 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 97% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -19.58% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Strayer University-Maryland from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,981	1,558	677	746
2016-17	3,244	1,925	735	584
2017-18	2,915	1,956	576	383
2018-19	3,181	2,364	552	265
2019-20	3,224	2,582	459	183
2020-21	2,760	2,760	0	0
2021-22	1,690	1,690	0	0
2022-23	1,535	1,534	1	0
2023-24	1,445	1,438	6	1
2024-25	1,290	1,253	37	0
Average	2,427	1,906	304	216

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Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Maryland

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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