Enrollment Trends at USJ

The student population at University of Saint Joseph is 1,952 (993 undergraduate and 959 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 601 (23.54%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at USJ is 50.87% which is increased by 33 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 634 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 32 male students for every 100 female students, up from 13 in 2015.
407 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 59.61% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,261 where 1,952 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,553 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,939 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,553 to 1,952 students, a net loss of 601 (23.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,553	960	25	935	1,593	277	1,316
2016-17	2,467 -86	894 -66	23 -2	871 -64	1,573 -20	286 9	1,287 -29
2017-18	2,405 -62	810 -84	20 -3	790 -81	1,595 22	280 -6	1,315 28
2018-19	2,465 60	903 93	111 91	792 2	1,562 -33	278 -2	1,284 -31
2019-20	2,398 -67	904 1	176 65	728 -64	1,494 -68	267 -11	1,227 -57
2020-21	2,305 -93	898 -6	196 20	702 -26	1,407 -87	252 -15	1,155 -72
2021-22	2,132 -173	906 8	207 11	699 -3	1,226 -181	222 -30	1,004 -151
2022-23	1,992 -140	831 -75	221 14	610 -89	1,161 -65	232 10	929 -75
2023-24	1,939 -53	879 48	262 41	617 7	1,060 -101	210 -22	850 -79
2024-25	1,952 13	993 114	301 39	692 75	959 -101	176 -34	783 -67
Average	2,261	898	154	744	1,363	248	1,115

University of Saint Joseph Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 898 where 993 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 Saint Joseph since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	960	767	10	757	193	15	178
2016-17	894	726	6	720	168	17	151
2017-18	810	654	8	646	156	12	144
2018-19	903	765	100	665	138	11	127
2019-20	904	794	161	633	110	15	95
2020-21	898	820	185	635	78	11	67
2021-22	906	852	199	653	54	8	46
2022-23	831	787	212	575	44	9	35
2023-24	879	796	235	561	83	27	56
2024-25	993	812	260	552	181	41	140
Average	898	898	138	640	898	17	104

University of Saint Joseph Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,363 where 959 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 Saint Joseph since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,593	568	107	461	1,025	170	855
2016-17	1,573	541	106	435	1,032	180	852
2017-18	1,595	537	118	419	1,058	162	896
2018-19	1,562	573	122	451	989	156	833
2019-20	1,494	866	171	695	628	96	532
2020-21	1,407	796	150	646	611	102	509
2021-22	1,226	673	118	555	553	104	449
2022-23	1,161	647	144	503	514	88	426
2023-24	1,060	649	131	518	411	79	332
2024-25	959	584	106	478	375	70	305
Average	1,363	1,363	127	516	1,363	121	599

University of Saint Joseph Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.89%. The percentage was 55.97% 10 years ago and USJ still has a high percentage of white students. 5.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.71% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.97% to 55.89%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.95% to 5.43%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.73% to 10.71%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.46% to 16.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6460 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6604 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Saint Joseph 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	3	152	274	267	5	1,429	41
2016-17	3	147	274	261	5	1,444	41
2017-18	4	144	267	274	4	1,416	40
2018-19	5	157	285	294	2	1,501	53
2019-20	4	146	281	281	4	1,485	57
2020-21	5	139	282	270	2	1,425	63
2021-22	3	119	253	283	1	1,319	52
2022-23	2	110	238	303	0	1,232	55
2023-24	1	100	227	306	0	1,165	61
2024-25	3	106	209	319	3	1,091	45
Average	3	132	259	286	3	1,351	51

University of Saint Joseph Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

407 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 59.61% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Saint Joseph from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,553	255	197	2,101
2016-17	2,467	268	256	1,943
2017-18	2,405	227	314	1,864
2018-19	2,465	227	342	1,896
2019-20	2,398	172	324	1,902
2020-21	2,305	206	613	1,486
2021-22	2,132	193	442	1,497
2022-23	1,992	206	451	1,335
2023-24	1,939	359	433	1,147
2024-25	1,952	407	564	981
Average	2,261	252	394	1,615

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Enrollment Trends at USJ

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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