Enrollment Trends at Elms College

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,453 where 1,268 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

79.02% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.98% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 309 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 135 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.80 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Elms College than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at College of Our Lady of the Elms since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,712	1,311	319	992	401	79	322
2016-17	1,604 -108	1,188 -123	301 -18	887 -105	416 15	83 4	333 11
2017-18	1,580 -24	1,174 -14	307 6	867 -20	406 -10	92 9	314 -19
2018-19	1,531 -49	1,151 -23	283 -24	868 1	380 -26	87 -5	293 -21
2019-20	1,495 -36	1,123 -28	275 -8	848 -20	372 -8	82 -5	290 -3
2020-21	1,355 -140	1,030 -93	238 -37	792 -56	325 -47	64 -18	261 -29
2021-22	1,379 24	1,060 30	251 13	809 17	319 -6	67 3	252 -9
2022-23	1,275 -104	980 -80	252 1	728 -81	295 -24	64 -3	231 -21
2023-24	1,332 57	1,038 58	299 47	739 11	294 -1	56 -8	238 7
2024-25	1,268 -64	1,002 -36	278 -21	724 -15	266 -28	56	210 -28
Average	1,453	1,106	280	825	347	73	274

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,106 where 1,002 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 College of Our Lady of the Elms since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,311	969	248	721	342	71	271
2016-17	1,188	954	246	708	234	55	179
2017-18	1,174	973	257	716	201	50	151
2018-19	1,151	1,003	247	756	148	36	112
2019-20	1,123	997	243	754	126	32	94
2020-21	1,030	881	205	676	149	33	116
2021-22	1,060	885	210	675	175	41	134
2022-23	980	797	217	580	183	35	148
2023-24	1,038	859	253	606	179	46	133
2024-25	1,002	863	239	624	139	39	100
Average	1,106	1,106	237	682	1,106	44	144

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 347 where 266 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 College of Our Lady of the Elms since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	401	61	20	41	340	59	281
2016-17	416	96	15	81	320	68	252
2017-18	406	103	34	69	303	58	245
2018-19	380	109	28	81	271	59	212
2019-20	372	100	34	66	272	48	224
2020-21	325	106	30	76	219	34	185
2021-22	319	100	24	76	219	43	176
2022-23	295	92	26	66	203	38	165
2023-24	294	86	19	67	208	37	171
2024-25	266	109	22	87	157	34	123
Average	347	347	25	71	347	48	203

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.87% and the percentage of black students is 12.78% at College of Our Lady of the Elms. 2.37% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 24.13% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.10% to 44.87%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.81% to 2.37%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.89% to 12.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.35% to 24.13%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7222 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7060 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at College of Our Lady of the Elms over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	7	31	118	143	0	909	0
2016-17	4	34	110	166	0	856	0
2017-18	6	39	133	185	0	845	0
2018-19	2	36	148	185	0	796	0
2019-20	3	42	112	169	1	678	24
2020-21	5	43	136	174	0	641	31
2021-22	4	42	142	205	1	664	40
2022-23	2	40	155	209	0	594	33
2023-24	3	34	164	293	2	572	31
2024-25	1	30	162	306	2	569	46
Average	4	37	138	204	1	712	21