Enrollment Trends at Saint Mary's

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,593 where 1,601 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

94.00% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.00% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 114 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 58 over past 10 years.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Saint Mary's College since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,657	1,619	13	1,606	38	4	34
2016-17	1,701 44	1,625 6	20 7	1,605 -1	76 38	10 6	66 32
2017-18	1,637 -64	1,531 -94	9 -11	1,522 -83	106 30	10	96 30
2018-19	1,611 -26	1,485 -46	15 6	1,470 -52	126 20	7 -3	119 23
2019-20	1,580 -31	1,452 -33	6 -9	1,446 -24	128 2	8 1	120 1
2020-21	1,581 1	1,438 -14	8 2	1,430 -16	143 15	16 8	127 7
2021-22	1,527 -54	1,402 -36	3 -5	1,399 -31	125 -18	8 -8	117 -10
2022-23	1,519 -8	1,406 4	8 5	1,398 -1	113 -12	2 -6	111 -6
2023-24	1,518 -1	1,424 18	7 -1	1,417 19	94 -19	3 1	91 -20
2024-25	1,601 83	1,505 81	16 9	1,489 72	96 2	1 -2	95 4
Average	1,593	1,489	11	1,478	105	7	98

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,489 where 1,505 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 Mary's College 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	1,619	1,558	0	1,558	61	13	48
2016-17	1,625	1,569	0	1,569	56	20	36
2017-18	1,531	1,486	0	1,486	45	9	36
2018-19	1,485	1,436	0	1,436	49	15	34
2019-20	1,452	1,421	0	1,421	31	6	25
2020-21	1,438	1,403	0	1,403	35	8	27
2021-22	1,402	1,368	0	1,368	34	3	31
2022-23	1,406	1,376	1	1,375	30	7	23
2023-24	1,424	1,393	0	1,393	31	7	24
2024-25	1,505	1,461	0	1,461	44	16	28
Average	1,489	1,489	0	1,447	1,489	10	31

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 105 where 96 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 Mary's College 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	38	29	3	26	9	1	8
2016-17	76	50	4	46	26	6	20
2017-18	106	57	0	57	49	10	39
2018-19	126	61	0	61	65	7	58
2019-20	128	63	0	63	65	8	57
2020-21	143	73	2	71	70	14	56
2021-22	125	63	1	62	62	7	55
2022-23	113	60	1	59	53	1	52
2023-24	94	57	2	55	37	1	36
2024-25	96	62	1	61	34	0	34
Average	105	105	1	56	105	6	42

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.33%. The percentage was 76.28% 10 years ago and Saint Mary's still has a high percentage of white students. 1.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.28% to 72.33%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.63% to 1.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.99% to 2.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.32% to 15.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4498 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4058 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Mary's College 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	1	27	33	171	0	1,264	52
2016-17	2	38	36	182	1	1,286	50
2017-18	3	39	43	171	1	1,237	43
2018-19	3	33	46	201	1	1,194	41
2019-20	2	29	44	222	1	1,172	48
2020-21	2	25	40	228	0	1,187	43
2021-22	2	22	29	223	0	1,155	46
2022-23	0	27	30	216	1	1,149	42
2023-24	0	22	34	204	2	1,151	52
2024-25	3	26	33	254	2	1,158	55
Average	2	29	37	207	1	1,195	47