Enrollment Trends at UMary

The student population at University of Mary is 3,861 (2,821 undergraduate and 1,040 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 989 (34.44%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UMary is 73.06% which is increased by 772 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 217 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, up from 56 in 2015.
985 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 111.83% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,600 where 3,861 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 3,861 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,872 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,872 to 3,861 students, a net gain of 989 (34.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,872	2,049	731	1,318	823	298	525
2016-17	3,260 388	2,218 169	808 77	1,410 92	1,042 219	374 76	668 143
2017-18	3,396 136	2,237 19	832 24	1,405 -5	1,159 117	416 42	743 75
2018-19	3,796 400	2,534 297	1,004 172	1,530 125	1,262 103	420 4	842 99
2019-20	3,779 -17	2,523 -11	1,006 2	1,517 -13	1,256 -6	413 -7	843 1
2020-21	3,799 20	2,535 12	1,036 30	1,499 -18	1,264 8	391 -22	873 30
2021-22	3,794 -5	2,579 44	1,069 33	1,510 11	1,215 -49	369 -22	846 -27
2022-23	3,652 -142	2,506 -73	1,050 -19	1,456 -54	1,146 -69	366 -3	780 -66
2023-24	3,794 142	2,650 144	1,095 45	1,555 99	1,144 -2	373 7	771 -9
2024-25	3,861 67	2,821 171	1,149 54	1,672 117	1,040 -104	324 -49	716 -55
Average	3,600	2,465	978	1,487	1,135	374	761

University of Mary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,465 where 2,821 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 Mary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,049	1,706	587	1,119	343	144	199
2016-17	2,218	1,734	608	1,126	484	200	284
2017-18	2,237	1,794	663	1,131	443	169	274
2018-19	2,534	1,846	727	1,119	688	277	411
2019-20	2,523	1,863	756	1,107	660	250	410
2020-21	2,535	1,812	731	1,081	723	305	418
2021-22	2,579	1,856	757	1,099	723	312	411
2022-23	2,506	1,824	754	1,070	682	296	386
2023-24	2,650	1,991	820	1,171	659	275	384
2024-25	2,821	2,100	849	1,251	721	300	421
Average	2,465	2,465	725	1,127	2,465	253	360

University of Mary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,135 where 1,040 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 Mary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	823	556	195	361	267	103	164
2016-17	1,042	666	231	435	376	143	233
2017-18	1,159	678	249	429	481	167	314
2018-19	1,262	726	218	508	536	202	334
2019-20	1,256	714	211	503	542	202	340
2020-21	1,264	714	205	509	550	186	364
2021-22	1,215	698	208	490	517	161	356
2022-23	1,146	638	193	445	508	173	335
2023-24	1,144	601	195	406	543	178	365
2024-25	1,040	540	158	382	500	166	334
Average	1,135	1,135	206	447	1,135	168	314

University of Mary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.16%. The percentage was 80.43% 10 years ago and UMary still has a high percentage of white students. 1.89% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.38% is black students.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.43% to 77.16%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.08% to 1.89%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.37% to 2.38%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4026 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3499 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 Mary 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	31	68	119	6	2,310	53
2016-17	73	44	72	121	6	2,570	90
2017-18	79	45	65	130	10	2,626	89
2018-19	90	57	82	167	11	2,882	93
2019-20	95	45	88	0	6	2,879	88
2020-21	92	50	85	0	8	2,954	103
2021-22	102	53	97	0	9	2,964	100
2022-23	111	53	97	0	7	2,820	98
2023-24	117	68	82	0	12	2,949	98
2024-25	95	73	92	0	13	2,979	94
Average	92	52	83	54	9	2,793	91

University of Mary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

985 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 111.83% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Mary from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,872	465	482	1,925
2016-17	3,260	381	1,620	1,259
2017-18	3,396	543	1,715	1,138
2018-19	3,796	946	782	2,068
2019-20	3,779	870	812	2,097
2020-21	3,799	1,000	866	1,933
2021-22	3,794	1,032	678	2,084
2022-23	3,652	1,017	632	2,003
2023-24	3,794	997	645	2,152
2024-25	3,861	985	708	2,168
Average	3,600	824	894	1,883

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Enrollment Trends at UMary

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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