Enrollment Trends at SCU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,882 where 9,728 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

67.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,192 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 144 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in SCU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Santa Clara University since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,680	5,385	2,732	2,653	3,295	1,657	1,638
2016-17	8,422 -258	5,438 53	2,720 -12	2,718 65	2,984 -311	1,410 -247	1,574 -64
2017-18	8,629 207	5,499 61	2,757 37	2,742 24	3,130 146	1,499 89	1,631 57
2018-19	8,642 13	5,520 21	2,796 39	2,724 -18	3,122 -8	1,460 -39	1,662 31
2019-20	8,669 27	5,694 174	2,846 50	2,848 124	2,975 -147	1,377 -83	1,598 -64
2020-21	8,616 -53	5,608 -86	2,905 59	2,703 -145	3,008 33	1,386 9	1,622 24
2021-22	8,918 302	5,895 287	3,105 200	2,790 87	3,023 15	1,392 6	1,631 9
2022-23	9,178 260	6,115 220	3,160 55	2,955 165	3,063 40	1,408 16	1,655 24
2023-24	9,340 162	6,249 134	3,211 51	3,038 83	3,091 28	1,433 25	1,658 3
2024-25	9,728 388	6,577 328	3,322 111	3,255 217	3,151 60	1,397 -36	1,754 96
Average	8,882	5,798	2,955	2,843	3,084	1,442	1,642

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,798 where 6,577 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 Santa Clara University 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	5,385	5,303	2,691	2,612	82	41	41
2016-17	5,438	5,353	2,671	2,682	85	49	36
2017-18	5,499	5,411	2,709	2,702	88	48	40
2018-19	5,520	5,440	2,751	2,689	80	45	35
2019-20	5,694	5,586	2,780	2,806	108	66	42
2020-21	5,608	5,478	2,829	2,649	130	76	54
2021-22	5,895	5,779	3,033	2,746	116	72	44
2022-23	6,115	5,998	3,084	2,914	117	76	41
2023-24	6,249	6,118	3,135	2,983	131	76	55
2024-25	6,577	6,431	3,229	3,202	146	93	53
Average	5,798	5,798	2,891	2,799	5,798	64	44

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,084 where 3,151 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 Santa Clara University 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	3,295	1,998	978	1,020	1,297	679	618
2016-17	2,984	1,832	862	970	1,152	548	604
2017-18	3,130	1,972	935	1,037	1,158	564	594
2018-19	3,122	2,129	989	1,140	993	471	522
2019-20	2,975	1,884	875	1,009	1,091	502	589
2020-21	3,008	1,953	911	1,042	1,055	475	580
2021-22	3,023	1,899	881	1,018	1,124	511	613
2022-23	3,063	2,009	981	1,028	1,054	427	627
2023-24	3,091	1,952	944	1,008	1,139	489	650
2024-25	3,151	1,919	887	1,032	1,232	510	722
Average	3,084	3,084	924	1,030	3,084	518	612

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.95% and the percentage of black students is 2.96% at Santa Clara University. 20.81% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 19.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.27% to 32.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 16.64% to 20.81%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.83% to 2.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.75% to 19.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8041 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7766 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Santa Clara University 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	8	1,444	246	1,280	16	3,582	466
2016-17	7	1,422	240	1,304	16	3,524	472
2017-18	11	1,446	244	1,411	17	3,592	494
2018-19	11	1,488	229	1,389	18	3,522	569
2019-20	5	1,592	220	1,477	23	3,532	570
2020-21	2	1,715	219	1,499	23	3,376	621
2021-22	4	1,829	227	1,567	22	3,281	664
2022-23	4	1,884	267	1,638	16	3,184	709
2023-24	3	1,900	285	1,697	24	3,102	664
2024-25	7	2,024	288	1,882	18	3,205	738
Average	6	1,674	247	1,514	19	3,390	597