Enrollment Trends at PA College

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,719 where 1,439 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

93.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.32% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 9 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 53 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 7.04 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in PA College than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,377	1,339	186	1,153	38	5	33
2016-17	1,600 223	1,507 168	220 34	1,287 134	93 55	17 12	76 43
2017-18	1,793 193	1,686 179	237 17	1,449 162	107 14	22 5	85 9
2018-19	1,800 7	1,693 7	221 -16	1,472 23	107	23 1	84 -1
2019-20	1,811 11	1,688 -5	204 -17	1,484 12	123 16	22 -1	101 17
2020-21	2,011 200	1,848 160	208 4	1,640 156	163 40	23 1	140 39
2021-22	1,816 -195	1,670 -178	179 -29	1,491 -149	146 -17	22 -1	124 -16
2022-23	1,775 -41	1,640 -30	184 5	1,456 -35	135 -11	23 1	112 -12
2023-24	1,770 -5	1,648 8	198 14	1,450 -6	122 -13	22 -1	100 -12
2024-25	1,439 -331	1,348 -300	167 -31	1,181 -269	91 -31	12 -10	79 -21
Average	1,719	1,607	200	1,406	113	19	93

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,607 where 1,348 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 Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster 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	1,339	485	57	428	854	129	725
2016-17	1,507	484	68	416	1,023	152	871
2017-18	1,686	527	73	454	1,159	164	995
2018-19	1,693	489	55	434	1,204	166	1,038
2019-20	1,688	598	65	533	1,090	139	951
2020-21	1,848	668	81	587	1,180	127	1,053
2021-22	1,670	646	72	574	1,024	107	917
2022-23	1,640	555	66	489	1,085	118	967
2023-24	1,648	651	81	570	997	117	880
2024-25	1,348	477	58	419	871	109	762
Average	1,607	1,607	68	490	1,607	133	916

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 113 where 91 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 Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	38	0	0	0	38	5	33
2016-17	93	0	0	0	93	17	76
2017-18	107	4	0	4	103	22	81
2018-19	107	2	1	1	105	22	83
2019-20	123	1	0	1	122	22	100
2020-21	163	18	2	16	145	21	124
2021-22	146	1	1	0	145	21	124
2022-23	135	1	0	1	134	23	111
2023-24	122	1	0	1	121	22	99
2024-25	91	0	0	0	91	12	79
Average	113	113	0	2	113	19	91

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.43%. The percentage was 79.96% 10 years ago and PA College still has a high percentage of white students. 5.07% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 17.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.96% to 61.43%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.69% to 5.07%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.01% to 11.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.10% to 17.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5744 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3537 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	37	69	84	0	1,101	13
2016-17	0	28	86	105	0	1,268	29
2017-18	2	51	71	139	0	1,416	33
2018-19	6	56	90	144	1	1,391	45
2019-20	3	61	128	185	1	1,330	39
2020-21	3	76	201	236	1	1,386	46
2021-22	4	91	185	254	3	1,207	38
2022-23	2	94	203	288	4	1,122	39
2023-24	2	95	217	305	0	1,091	45
2024-25	2	73	169	253	1	884	43
Average	3	66	142	199	1	1,220	37