Enrollment Trends at Thomas

The student population at Thomas College is 1,635 (1,526 undergraduate and 109 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 268 (19.60%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Thomas is 93.33% which is increased by 314 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 46 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 84 male students for every 100 female students, down from 91 in 2015.
86 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -2.27% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,640 where 1,635 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,949 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,367 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,367 to 1,635 students, a net gain of 268 (19.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,367	1,212	582	630	155	71	84
2016-17	1,375 8	1,227 15	601 19	626 -4	148 -7	61 -10	87 3
2017-18	1,802 427	1,663 436	798 197	865 239	139 -9	49 -12	90 3
2018-19	1,767 -35	1,645 -18	764 -34	881 16	122 -17	47 -2	75 -15
2019-20	1,949 182	1,819 174	846 82	973 92	130 8	51 4	79 4
2020-21	1,705 -244	1,601 -218	753 -93	848 -125	104 -26	37 -14	67 -12
2021-22	1,394 -311	1,304 -297	609 -144	695 -153	90 -14	32 -5	58 -9
2022-23	1,737 343	1,623 319	726 117	897 202	114 24	49 17	65 7
2023-24	1,669 -68	1,581 -42	716 -10	865 -32	88 -26	40 -9	48 -17
2024-25	1,635 -34	1,526 -55	695 -21	831 -34	109 21	49 9	60 12
Average	1,640	1,520	709	811	120	49	71

Thomas College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,520 where 1,526 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 Thomas College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,212	808	424	384	404	158	246
2016-17	1,227	846	427	419	381	174	207
2017-18	1,663	774	424	350	889	374	515
2018-19	1,645	782	410	372	863	354	509
2019-20	1,819	752	382	370	1,067	464	603
2020-21	1,601	756	387	369	845	366	479
2021-22	1,304	673	344	329	631	265	366
2022-23	1,623	654	313	341	969	413	556
2023-24	1,581	696	353	343	885	363	522
2024-25	1,526	645	343	302	881	352	529
Average	1,520	1,520	381	358	1,520	328	453

Thomas College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 120 where 109 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 Thomas College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	155	60	31	29	95	40	55
2016-17	148	47	27	20	101	34	67
2017-18	139	58	20	38	81	29	52
2018-19	122	51	23	28	71	24	47
2019-20	130	58	27	31	72	24	48
2020-21	104	41	19	22	63	18	45
2021-22	90	30	17	13	60	15	45
2022-23	114	66	33	33	48	16	32
2023-24	88	46	23	23	42	17	25
2024-25	109	56	29	27	53	20	33
Average	120	120	25	26	120	24	45

Thomas College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.49%. The percentage was 73.96% 10 years ago and Thomas still has a high percentage of white students. 1.22% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.24% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 73.96% to 77.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.66% to 1.22%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.78% to 3.24%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.54% to 0.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3956 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4488 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Thomas College 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	9	9	38	21	0	1,011	77
2016-17	3	10	41	17	0	1,087	61
2017-18	4	20	51	17	1	1,263	77
2018-19	2	14	44	12	0	1,121	52
2019-20	10	25	42	21	0	1,568	80
2020-21	10	35	57	12	0	1,471	69
2021-22	6	22	39	16	0	1,191	56
2022-23	8	27	55	17	1	1,452	95
2023-24	11	33	66	29	1	1,351	84
2024-25	10	20	53	16	2	1,267	82
Average	7	22	49	18	1	1,278	73

Thomas College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

86 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -2.27% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Thomas College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,367	0	0	1,367
2016-17	1,375	0	0	1,375
2017-18	1,802	0	0	1,802
2018-19	1,767	0	0	1,767
2019-20	1,949	0	0	1,949
2020-21	1,705	88	436	1,181
2021-22	1,394	75	464	855
2022-23	1,737	92	430	1,215
2023-24	1,669	72	449	1,148
2024-25	1,635	86	436	1,113
Average	1,640	41	222	1,377

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Enrollment Trends at 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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