Enrollment Trends at The College of Saint Scholastica

The student population at The College of Saint Scholastica is 2,930 (1,810 undergraduate and 1,120 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,399 (32.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at The College of Saint Scholastica is 61.77% which is decreased by 1,007 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 392 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 45 male students for every 100 female students, up from 40 in 2015.
727 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -45.79% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,725 where 2,930 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 4,351 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,930 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,329 to 2,930 students, a net loss of 1,399 (32.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The College of Saint Scholastica since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,329	2,817	819	1,998	1,512	413	1,099
2016-17	4,351 22	2,790 -27	795 -24	1,995 -3	1,561 49	428 15	1,133 34
2017-18	4,276 -75	2,676 -114	772 -23	1,904 -91	1,600 39	409 -19	1,191 58
2018-19	4,043 -233	2,479 -197	712 -60	1,767 -137	1,564 -36	395 -14	1,169 -22
2019-20	3,906 -137	2,481 2	721 9	1,760 -7	1,425 -139	345 -50	1,080 -89
2020-21	3,712 -194	2,244 -237	646 -75	1,598 -162	1,468 43	352 7	1,116 36
2021-22	3,512 -200	2,144 -100	658 12	1,486 -112	1,368 -100	318 -34	1,050 -66
2022-23	3,207 -305	1,938 -206	618 -40	1,320 -166	1,269 -99	291 -27	978 -72
2023-24	2,979 -228	1,755 -183	596 -22	1,159 -161	1,224 -45	314 23	910 -68
2024-25	2,930 -49	1,810 55	625 29	1,185 26	1,120 -104	290 -24	830 -80
Average	3,725	2,313	696	1,617	1,411	356	1,056

The College of Saint Scholastica Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,313 where 1,810 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 The College of Saint Scholastica since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,817	2,277	699	1,578	540	120	420
2016-17	2,790	2,255	679	1,576	535	116	419
2017-18	2,676	2,179	666	1,513	497	106	391
2018-19	2,479	2,062	635	1,427	417	77	340
2019-20	2,481	2,062	642	1,420	419	79	340
2020-21	2,244	1,934	579	1,355	310	67	243
2021-22	2,144	1,804	579	1,225	340	79	261
2022-23	1,938	1,676	560	1,116	262	58	204
2023-24	1,755	1,583	558	1,025	172	38	134
2024-25	1,810	1,626	583	1,043	184	42	142
Average	2,313	2,313	618	1,328	2,313	78	289

The College of Saint Scholastica Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,411 where 1,120 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 The College of Saint Scholastica since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,512	1,012	264	748	500	149	351
2016-17	1,561	1,079	282	797	482	146	336
2017-18	1,600	1,126	283	843	474	126	348
2018-19	1,564	1,064	265	799	500	130	370
2019-20	1,425	984	244	740	441	101	340
2020-21	1,468	968	232	736	500	120	380
2021-22	1,368	957	208	749	411	110	301
2022-23	1,269	862	193	669	407	98	309
2023-24	1,224	860	213	647	364	101	263
2024-25	1,120	839	206	633	281	84	197
Average	1,411	1,411	239	736	1,411	117	320

The College of Saint Scholastica Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.90%. The percentage was 81.47% 10 years ago and The College of Saint Scholastica still has a high percentage of white students. 4.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.64% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.47% to 72.90%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.00% to 4.30%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.55% to 4.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.59% to 4.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4612 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3315 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The College of Saint Scholastica 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	62	130	197	112	1	3,527	128
2016-17	47	176	186	137	2	3,528	130
2017-18	37	192	162	143	2	3,511	116
2018-19	25	203	167	139	1	3,290	125
2019-20	41	172	170	137	1	3,137	119
2020-21	37	172	166	121	1	2,928	145
2021-22	35	163	166	125	5	2,774	85
2022-23	40	159	158	119	5	2,433	72
2023-24	26	135	133	137	4	2,219	113
2024-25	23	126	136	118	2	2,136	118
Average	37	163	164	129	2	2,948	115

The College of Saint Scholastica Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

727 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -45.79% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The College of Saint Scholastica from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,329	1,341	370	2,618
2016-17	4,351	1,374	224	2,753
2017-18	4,276	1,279	353	2,644
2018-19	4,043	1,150	199	2,694
2019-20	3,906	1,062	250	2,594
2020-21	3,712	1,072	272	2,368
2021-22	3,512	1,006	368	2,138
2022-23	3,207	945	349	1,913
2023-24	2,979	836	309	1,834
2024-25	2,930	727	335	1,868
Average	3,725	1,079	303	2,342

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Enrollment Trends at The College of Saint Scholastica

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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