Enrollment Trends at USF

The student population at University of St Francis is 3,074 (1,343 undergraduate and 1,731 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 883 (22.31%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at USF is 43.69% which is decreased by 325 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 558 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 37 male students for every 100 female students, up from 34 in 2015.
1,500 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -12.74% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,620 where 3,074 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 4,166 students in 2018 and was lowest at 3,074 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,957 to 3,074 students, a net loss of 883 (22.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,957	1,668	548	1,120	2,289	450	1,839
2016-17	3,864 -93	1,620 -48	553 5	1,067 -53	2,244 -45	426 -24	1,818 -21
2017-18	4,166 302	1,599 -21	553	1,046 -21	2,567 323	498 72	2,069 251
2018-19	3,927 -239	1,629 30	545 -8	1,084 38	2,298 -269	431 -67	1,867 -202
2019-20	3,776 -151	1,744 115	593 48	1,151 67	2,032 -266	405 -26	1,627 -240
2020-21	3,529 -247	1,627 -117	510 -83	1,117 -34	1,902 -130	438 33	1,464 -163
2021-22	3,426 -103	1,572 -55	480 -30	1,092 -25	1,854 -48	372 -66	1,482 18
2022-23	3,297 -129	1,414 -158	465 -15	949 -143	1,883 29	407 35	1,476 -6
2023-24	3,185 -112	1,306 -108	440 -25	866 -83	1,879 -4	462 55	1,417 -59
2024-25	3,074 -111	1,343 37	449 9	894 28	1,731 -148	385 -77	1,346 -71
Average	3,620	1,552	514	1,039	2,068	427	1,641

University of St Francis Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,552 where 1,343 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 St Francis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,668	1,309	473	836	359	75	284
2016-17	1,620	1,322	494	828	298	59	239
2017-18	1,599	1,291	487	804	308	66	242
2018-19	1,629	1,362	491	871	267	54	213
2019-20	1,744	1,424	520	904	320	73	247
2020-21	1,627	1,365	451	914	262	59	203
2021-22	1,572	1,250	419	831	322	61	261
2022-23	1,414	1,176	408	768	238	57	181
2023-24	1,306	1,109	394	715	197	46	151
2024-25	1,343	1,070	393	677	273	56	217
Average	1,552	1,552	453	815	1,552	61	224

University of St Francis Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,068 where 1,731 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 St Francis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,289	190	52	138	2,099	398	1,701
2016-17	2,244	207	59	148	2,037	367	1,670
2017-18	2,567	232	71	161	2,335	427	1,908
2018-19	2,298	249	73	176	2,049	358	1,691
2019-20	2,032	208	66	142	1,824	339	1,485
2020-21	1,902	194	66	128	1,708	372	1,336
2021-22	1,854	196	61	135	1,658	311	1,347
2022-23	1,883	238	63	175	1,645	344	1,301
2023-24	1,879	224	77	147	1,655	385	1,270
2024-25	1,731	202	64	138	1,529	321	1,208
Average	2,068	2,068	65	149	2,068	362	1,492

University of St Francis Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.59%. The percentage was 70.41% 10 years ago and USF still has a high percentage of white students. 3.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.37% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 23.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.41% to 58.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.60% to 3.71%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.79% to 9.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.18% to 23.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5909 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4805 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 St Francis 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	10	103	348	482	8	2,786	87
2016-17	8	94	361	492	10	2,722	81
2017-18	7	109	366	604	9	2,883	76
2018-19	5	120	375	553	9	2,663	80
2019-20	3	130	345	577	2	2,537	74
2020-21	5	132	319	596	2	2,301	67
2021-22	7	122	293	679	4	2,136	77
2022-23	6	116	268	668	5	2,069	79
2023-24	4	108	283	714	3	1,931	63
2024-25	2	114	288	722	2	1,801	68
Average	6	115	325	609	5	2,383	75

University of St Francis Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,500 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 49% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -12.74% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of St Francis from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,957	1,719	649	1,589
2016-17	3,864	1,562	715	1,587
2017-18	4,166	1,598	725	1,843
2018-19	3,927	1,718	765	1,444
2019-20	3,776	1,561	814	1,401
2020-21	3,529	1,858	1,281	390
2021-22	3,426	1,704	1,117	605
2022-23	3,297	1,638	943	716
2023-24	3,185	1,603	909	673
2024-25	3,074	1,500	890	684
Average	3,620	1,646	881	1,093

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Enrollment Trends at USF

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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