Enrollment Trends at TMC

The student population at Thomas More University is 2,350 (2,126 undergraduate and 224 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 441 (23.10%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at TMC is 90.47% which is increased by 395 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 46 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 91 male students for every 100 female students, up from 87 in 2015.
285 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 307.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,070 where 2,350 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 2,350 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,909 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,909 to 2,350 students, a net gain of 441 (23.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,909	1,731	787	944	178	103	75
2016-17	1,964 55	1,826 95	865 78	961 17	138 -40	89 -14	49 -26
2017-18	2,064 100	1,880 54	928 63	952 -9	184 46	94 5	90 41
2018-19	2,253 189	2,047 167	976 48	1,071 119	206 22	102 8	104 14
2019-20	2,238 -15	2,030 -17	946 -30	1,084 13	208 2	92 -10	116 12
2020-21	2,037 -201	1,892 -138	907 -39	985 -99	145 -63	71 -21	74 -42
2021-22	1,980 -57	1,836 -56	858 -49	978 -7	144 -1	69 -2	75 1
2022-23	1,958 -22	1,829 -7	888 30	941 -37	129 -15	56 -13	73 -2
2023-24	1,947 -11	1,823 -6	919 31	904 -37	124 -5	56	68 -5
2024-25	2,350 403	2,126 303	1,015 96	1,111 207	224 100	106 50	118 50
Average	2,070	1,902	909	993	168	84	84

Thomas More University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,902 where 2,126 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 More University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,731	1,272	605	667	459	182	277
2016-17	1,826	1,374	700	674	452	165	287
2017-18	1,880	1,356	693	663	524	235	289
2018-19	2,047	1,400	716	684	647	260	387
2019-20	2,030	1,295	655	640	735	291	444
2020-21	1,892	1,323	684	639	569	223	346
2021-22	1,836	1,312	643	669	524	215	309
2022-23	1,829	1,283	680	603	546	208	338
2023-24	1,823	1,236	649	587	587	270	317
2024-25	2,126	1,206	635	571	920	380	540
Average	1,902	1,902	666	640	1,902	243	353

Thomas More University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 168 where 224 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 More University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	178	157	97	60	21	6	15
2016-17	138	120	78	42	18	11	7
2017-18	184	128	75	53	56	19	37
2018-19	206	110	64	46	96	38	58
2019-20	208	102	55	47	106	37	69
2020-21	145	71	37	34	74	34	40
2021-22	144	57	31	26	87	38	49
2022-23	129	61	30	31	68	26	42
2023-24	124	56	28	28	68	28	40
2024-25	224	140	66	74	84	40	44
Average	168	168	56	44	168	28	40

Thomas More University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.40%. The percentage was 78.42% 10 years ago and TMC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.55% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.42% to 73.40%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.73% to 1.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.02% to 6.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.15% to 5.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4519 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3804 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Thomas More 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	4	14	115	41	2	1,497	45
2016-17	3	21	114	41	5	1,561	60
2017-18	6	20	137	47	4	1,609	70
2018-19	5	18	174	61	5	1,742	96
2019-20	3	33	147	71	5	1,752	79
2020-21	2	19	152	63	2	1,556	83
2021-22	1	23	143	55	0	1,459	66
2022-23	2	26	130	78	0	1,540	62
2023-24	2	34	133	90	0	1,492	77
2024-25	4	34	154	126	8	1,725	103
Average	3	24	140	67	3	1,593	74

Thomas More University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

285 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 307.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Thomas More University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,909	70	254	1,585
2016-17	1,964	89	295	1,580
2017-18	2,064	111	279	1,674
2018-19	2,253	243	331	1,679
2019-20	2,238	361	291	1,586
2020-21	2,037	672	1,128	237
2021-22	1,980	252	816	912
2022-23	1,958	294	684	980
2023-24	1,947	262	589	1,096
2024-25	2,350	285	633	1,432
Average	2,070	264	530	1,276

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Enrollment Trends at TMC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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