Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Student Population

How many students at Saint Joseph's?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia has a total enrollment of 7,159 students, including 5,044 undergraduate and 2,115 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 3,014 male students (42.1%) and 4,145 female students (57.9%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 4,588 White students (64.1%) and 680 Asian students (9.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 5,044 undergraduate students (70.5%) and 2,115 graduate students (29.5%).
• Class Delivery: 1,277 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,035 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs) - which average 6,772 - Saint Joseph's's body is relatively large.

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, 3,014 male (42.10%) and 4,145 female (57.90%) students are attending Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 72.71.

By class level, 5,044 (70.46%) are undergraduate students and 2,115 (29.54%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 46.09% are male and 53.91% are female, while among graduate students, 32.58% are male and 67.42% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,588 White, 635 Black, and 680 Asian students out of a total of 7,159 are attending at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 56.4% 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, Saint Joseph's has 60 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 5,593 students under 25 years old, and 1,608 students over 25 years old out of 7,201 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 60 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Saint Joseph's has 4,724 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 104 students aged 25 and over.

It has 869 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,504 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• 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 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia, 1,277 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,035 students are enrolled in some online courses.

827 students who live in Pennsylvania or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 450 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,044 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 137 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.72%.129 students have transferred in as full-time status and 8 students transferred in as part-time status.