Enrollment Trends at USD

The student population at University of San Diego is 9,714 (5,851 undergraduate and 3,863 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,463 (17.73%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at USD is 60.23% which is increased by 204 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,259 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 77 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
1,470 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 336.20% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,946 where 9,714 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 9,714 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,251 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,251 to 9,714 students, a net gain of 1,463 (17.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,251	5,647	2,573	3,074	2,604	1,029	1,575
2016-17	8,508 257	5,711 64	2,627 54	3,084 10	2,797 193	1,135 106	1,662 87
2017-18	8,905 397	5,774 63	2,633 6	3,141 57	3,131 334	1,209 74	1,922 260
2018-19	9,073 168	5,855 81	2,646 13	3,209 68	3,218 87	1,271 62	1,947 25
2019-20	9,181 108	5,919 64	2,629 -17	3,290 81	3,262 44	1,256 -15	2,006 59
2020-21	8,861 -320	5,529 -390	2,370 -259	3,159 -131	3,332 70	1,350 94	1,982 -24
2021-22	9,041 180	5,702 173	2,501 131	3,201 42	3,339 7	1,417 67	1,922 -60
2022-23	8,815 -226	5,669 -33	2,481 -20	3,188 -13	3,146 -193	1,288 -129	1,858 -64
2023-24	9,110 295	5,726 57	2,535 54	3,191 3	3,384 238	1,409 121	1,975 117
2024-25	9,714 604	5,851 125	2,565 30	3,286 95	3,863 479	1,666 257	2,197 222
Average	8,946	5,738	2,556	3,182	3,208	1,303	1,905

University of San Diego Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,738 where 5,851 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 San Diego since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,647	5,441	2,468	2,973	206	105	101
2016-17	5,711	5,499	2,527	2,972	212	100	112
2017-18	5,774	5,605	2,537	3,068	169	96	73
2018-19	5,855	5,678	2,548	3,130	177	98	79
2019-20	5,919	5,761	2,543	3,218	158	86	72
2020-21	5,529	5,294	2,240	3,054	235	130	105
2021-22	5,702	5,544	2,411	3,133	158	90	68
2022-23	5,669	5,512	2,404	3,108	157	77	80
2023-24	5,726	5,596	2,476	3,120	130	59	71
2024-25	5,851	5,651	2,445	3,206	200	120	80
Average	5,738	5,738	2,460	3,098	5,738	96	84

University of San Diego Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,208 where 3,863 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 San Diego since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,604	1,543	617	926	1,061	412	649
2016-17	2,797	1,515	594	921	1,282	541	741
2017-18	3,131	1,714	596	1,118	1,417	613	804
2018-19	3,218	1,671	601	1,070	1,547	670	877
2019-20	3,262	1,680	585	1,095	1,582	671	911
2020-21	3,332	1,728	604	1,124	1,604	746	858
2021-22	3,339	1,643	583	1,060	1,696	834	862
2022-23	3,146	1,576	579	997	1,570	709	861
2023-24	3,384	1,721	622	1,099	1,663	787	876
2024-25	3,863	1,764	614	1,150	2,099	1,052	1,047
Average	3,208	3,208	600	1,056	3,208	704	849

University of San Diego Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.35% and the percentage of black students is 5.04% at University of San Diego. 8.79% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.44% to 41.35%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.08% to 8.79%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.76% to 5.04%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 18.23% to 25.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7477 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6815 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 San Diego 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	39	667	310	1,504	30	4,327	391
2016-17	38	695	336	1,626	35	4,298	393
2017-18	35	764	364	1,726	30	4,410	424
2018-19	33	740	379	1,807	31	4,466	475
2019-20	28	732	383	1,890	23	4,519	529
2020-21	27	744	374	1,961	23	4,318	552
2021-22	24	795	405	2,037	25	4,270	572
2022-23	21	779	400	2,054	22	4,018	575
2023-24	22	790	455	2,253	27	4,007	579
2024-25	17	854	490	2,508	37	4,017	638
Average	28	756	390	1,937	28	4,265	513

University of San Diego Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,470 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 336.20% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of San Diego from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,251	337	53	7,861
2016-17	8,508	469	39	8,000
2017-18	8,905	580	39	8,286
2018-19	9,073	713	23	8,337
2019-20	9,181	711	28	8,442
2020-21	8,861	788	0	8,073
2021-22	9,041	993	0	8,048
2022-23	8,815	970	0	7,845
2023-24	9,110	1,080	0	8,030
2024-25	9,714	1,470	0	8,244
Average	8,946	811	18	8,117

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Enrollment Trends at USD

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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