Enrollment Trends at UST

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,571 where 4,301 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

78.24% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.76% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,599 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 655 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UST than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,351 where 3,365 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 Thomas since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,220 where 936 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 Thomas since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 21.69% and the percentage of black students is 10.60% at University of St Thomas. 9.18% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 49.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 29.73% to 21.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.58% to 9.18%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.78% to 10.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 36.49% to 49.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6905 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7591 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 St Thomas over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

1,129 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 222.57% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of St Thomas from 2015 to 2025.