Enrollment Trends at UST

The student population at University of St Thomas is 9,025 (5,906 undergraduate and 3,119 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,264 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UST is 65.44% which is decreased by 403 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 861 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

771 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 139.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 9,871 where 9,025 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

65.44% of total students is undergraduate students and 34.56% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 403 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 861 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UST.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of St Thomas since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,289	6,309	3,374	2,935	3,980	1,902	2,078
2013-14	10,192 -97	6,321 12	3,337 -37	2,984 49	3,871 -109	1,898 -4	1,973 -105
2014-15	10,140 -52	6,148 -173	3,343 6	2,805 -179	3,992 121	1,863 -35	2,129 156
2015-16	10,148 8	6,143 -5	3,344 1	2,799 -6	4,005 13	1,808 -55	2,197 68
2016-17	9,920 -228	6,048 -95	3,287 -57	2,761 -38	3,872 -133	1,775 -33	2,097 -100
2017-18	9,878 -42	6,199 151	3,318 31	2,881 120	3,679 -193	1,715 -60	1,964 -133
2018-19	10,035 157	6,395 196	3,400 82	2,995 114	3,640 -39	1,724 9	1,916 -48
2019-20	9,824 -211	6,355 -40	3,354 -46	3,001 6	3,469 -171	1,648 -76	1,821 -95
2020-21	9,792 -32	6,333 -22	3,350 -4	2,983 -18	3,459 -10	1,572 -76	1,887 66
2021-22	9,336 -456	6,056 -277	3,127 -223	2,929 -54	3,280 -179	1,481 -91	1,799 -88
2022-23	9,025 -311	5,906 -150	3,045 -82	2,861 -68	3,119 -161	1,385 -96	1,734 -65
Average	9,871	6,201	3,298	2,903	3,670	1,706	1,963

University of St Thomas Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,201 where 5,906 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of St Thomas since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,309	6,046	3,239	2,807	263	135	128
2013-14	6,321	6,065	3,200	2,865	256	137	119
2014-15	6,148	5,883	3,204	2,679	265	139	126
2015-16	6,143	5,855	3,202	2,653	288	142	146
2016-17	6,048	5,786	3,137	2,649	262	150	112
2017-18	6,199	5,945	3,184	2,761	254	134	120
2018-19	6,395	6,162	3,274	2,888	233	126	107
2019-20	6,355	6,137	3,245	2,892	218	109	109
2020-21	6,333	6,126	3,230	2,896	207	120	87
2021-22	6,056	5,845	3,005	2,840	211	122	89
2022-23	5,906	5,712	2,934	2,778	194	111	83
Average	6,201	6,201	3,169	2,792	6,201	130	111

University of St Thomas Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,670 where 3,119 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of St Thomas since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,980	1,223	574	649	2,757	1,328	1,429
2013-14	3,871	1,192	568	624	2,679	1,330	1,349
2014-15	3,992	1,231	540	691	2,761	1,323	1,438
2015-16	4,005	1,190	507	683	2,815	1,301	1,514
2016-17	3,872	1,235	554	681	2,637	1,221	1,416
2017-18	3,679	1,141	492	649	2,538	1,223	1,315
2018-19	3,640	1,210	536	674	2,430	1,188	1,242
2019-20	3,469	1,130	489	641	2,339	1,159	1,180
2020-21	3,459	1,080	453	627	2,379	1,119	1,260
2021-22	3,280	1,059	419	640	2,221	1,062	1,159
2022-23	3,119	1,065	414	651	2,054	971	1,083
Average	3,670	3,670	504	655	3,670	1,202	1,308

University of St Thomas Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.41%. The percentage was 79.97% 10 years ago and UST still has a high percentage of white students. 5.46% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.01% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of St Thomas over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	23	409	347	327	7	8,228	263
2013-14	16	400	359	351	6	8,077	275
2014-15	13	403	372	382	4	7,931	287
2015-16	20	403	407	429	2	7,837	282
2016-17	17	451	404	406	3	7,594	256
2017-18	19	464	433	450	2	7,273	276
2018-19	19	511	449	456	3	7,178	293
2019-20	11	531	452	534	3	6,824	294
2020-21	12	534	475	592	4	6,711	310
2021-22	18	492	477	579	7	6,340	308
2022-23	15	493	542	667	6	5,903	304
Average	17	463	429	470	4	7,263	286

University of St Thomas Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

771 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 139.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of St Thomas from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,140	322	206	9,612
2015-16	10,148	429	284	9,435
2016-17	9,920	373	550	8,997
2017-18	9,878	340	659	8,879
2018-19	10,035	462	781	8,792
2019-20	9,824	187	697	8,940
2020-21	9,792	2,134	6,667	991
2021-22	9,336	1,135	3,011	5,190
2022-23	9,025	771	2,792	5,462
Average	9,789	684	1,739	7,366

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