Enrollment Trends at UHC

The student population at University of Holy Cross is 802 (471 undergraduate and 331 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 333 (29.34%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UHC is 58.73% which is decreased by 444 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 111 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 20 male students for every 100 female students, down from 21 in 2015.
425 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 6,983.33% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,123 where 802 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,255 students in 2019 and was lowest at 802 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,135 to 802 students, a net loss of 333 (29.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Holy Cross since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,135	915	147	768	220	51	169
2016-17	1,040 -95	765 -150	126 -21	639 -129	275 55	60 9	215 46
2017-18	1,246 206	912 147	125 -1	787 148	334 59	67 7	267 52
2018-19	1,255 9	923 11	163 38	760 -27	332 -2	55 -12	277 10
2019-20	1,102 -153	775 -148	150 -13	625 -135	327 -5	59 4	268 -9
2020-21	1,137 35	784 9	161 11	623 -2	353 26	64 5	289 21
2021-22	1,236 99	881 97	227 66	654 31	355 2	68 4	287 -2
2022-23	1,120 -116	774 -107	213 -14	561 -93	346 -9	62 -6	284 -3
2023-24	1,152 32	806 32	253 40	553 -8	346	62	284
2024-25	802 -350	471 -335	72 -181	399 -154	331 -15	60 -2	271 -13
Average	1,123	801	164	637	322	61	261

University of Holy Cross Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 801 where 471 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 University of Holy Cross since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	915	491	72	419	424	75	349
2016-17	765	440	75	365	325	51	274
2017-18	912	457	66	391	455	59	396
2018-19	923	472	76	396	451	87	364
2019-20	775	382	67	315	393	83	310
2020-21	784	344	59	285	440	102	338
2021-22	881	341	62	279	540	165	375
2022-23	774	306	62	244	468	151	317
2023-24	806	265	53	212	541	200	341
2024-25	471	335	49	286	136	23	113
Average	801	801	64	319	801	100	318

University of Holy Cross Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 322 where 331 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 University of Holy Cross since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	220	102	26	76	118	25	93
2016-17	275	144	34	110	131	26	105
2017-18	334	181	41	140	153	26	127
2018-19	332	178	36	142	154	19	135
2019-20	327	152	36	116	175	23	152
2020-21	353	181	35	146	172	29	143
2021-22	355	187	31	156	168	37	131
2022-23	346	146	24	122	200	38	162
2023-24	346	164	28	136	182	34	148
2024-25	331	136	26	110	195	34	161
Average	322	322	32	125	322	29	136

University of Holy Cross Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.90% and the percentage of black students is 33.79% at University of Holy Cross. 2.49% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.72% to 38.90%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.67% to 2.49%. Black student enrollment increased from 24.32% to 33.79%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.11% to 11.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7180 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6947 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Holy Cross 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	0	53	276	92	0	553	0
2016-17	5	31	198	66	1	279	0
2017-18	11	43	399	121	2	560	13
2018-19	6	41	409	137	1	561	33
2019-20	5	33	357	127	1	491	39
2020-21	3	47	384	134	1	466	55
2021-22	6	49	341	130	1	533	52
2022-23	3	30	268	97	1	393	43
2023-24	4	33	277	125	0	446	50
2024-25	11	20	271	93	0	312	38
Average	5	38	318	112	1	459	32

University of Holy Cross Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

425 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 53% of total students. The number of online students has increased 6,983.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Holy Cross from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,135	6	232	897
2016-17	1,040	79	376	585
2017-18	1,246	98	349	799
2018-19	1,255	84	513	658
2019-20	1,102	10	415	677
2020-21	1,137	33	1,098	6
2021-22	1,236	97	593	546
2022-23	1,120	468	298	354
2023-24	1,152	549	278	325
2024-25	802	425	180	197
Average	1,123	185	433	504

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Enrollment Trends at UHC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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