University of St Thomas Student Population

How many students at UST?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of St Thomas has a total enrollment of 9,410 students, including 6,270 undergraduate and 3,140 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 4,604 male students (48.9%) and 4,806 female students (51.1%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 5,880 White students (62.5%) and 900 Hispanic students (9.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 6,270 undergraduate students (66.6%) and 3,140 graduate students (33.4%).
• Class Delivery: 635 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 2,538 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University - which average 6,371 - UST's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 4,604 male (48.93%) and 4,806 female (51.07%) students are attending University of St Thomas. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 95.80.

By class level, 6,270 (66.63%) are undergraduate students and 3,140 (33.37%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 50.30% are male and 49.70% are female, while among graduate students, 46.18% are male and 53.82% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,880 White, 752 Black, and 547 Asian students out of a total of 9,410 are attending at University of St Thomas. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of St Thomas is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 58.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UST has 51 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 6,853 students under 25 years old, and 2,557 students over 25 years old out of 9,410 total students.

UST has 6,105 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 165 students aged 25 and over.

It has 748 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,392 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of St Thomas, 635 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,538 students are enrolled in some online courses.

563 students who live in Minnesota or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 72 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,270 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 218 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.48%.214 students have transferred in as full-time status and 4 students transferred in as part-time status.