Enrollment Trends at St Lawrence

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,324 where 1,991 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,522 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,991 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,472 to 1,991 students, a net loss of 481 (19.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at St Lawrence 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	2,472	2,379	1,082	1,297	93	33	60
2016-17	2,464 -8	2,377 -2	1,073 -9	1,304 7	87 -6	33	54 -6
2017-18	2,493 29	2,414 37	1,069 -4	1,345 41	79 -8	30 -3	49 -5
2018-19	2,522 29	2,441 27	1,096 27	1,345	81 2	32 2	49
2019-20	2,434 -88	2,392 -49	1,080 -16	1,312 -33	42 -39	24 -8	18 -31
2020-21	2,319 -115	2,280 -112	1,019 -61	1,261 -51	39 -3	22 -2	17 -1
2021-22	2,279 -40	2,247 -33	1,035 16	1,212 -49	32 -7	18 -4	14 -3
2022-23	2,175 -104	2,145 -102	983 -52	1,162 -50	30 -2	16 -2	14
2023-24	2,089 -86	2,060 -85	937 -46	1,123 -39	29 -1	18 2	11 -3
2024-25	1,991 -98	1,949 -111	930 -7	1,019 -104	42 13	24 6	18 7
Average	2,324	2,268	1,030	1,238	55	25	30

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,268 where 1,949 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 St Lawrence 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	2,379	2,348	1,067	1,281	31	15	16
2016-17	2,377	2,345	1,059	1,286	32	14	18
2017-18	2,414	2,372	1,045	1,327	42	24	18
2018-19	2,441	2,407	1,081	1,326	34	15	19
2019-20	2,392	2,365	1,073	1,292	27	7	20
2020-21	2,280	2,249	1,007	1,242	31	12	19
2021-22	2,247	2,222	1,025	1,197	25	10	15
2022-23	2,145	2,130	977	1,153	15	6	9
2023-24	2,060	2,042	932	1,110	18	5	13
2024-25	1,949	1,918	911	1,007	31	19	12
Average	2,268	2,268	1,018	1,222	2,268	13	16

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 55 where 42 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 St Lawrence 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	93	42	14	28	51	19	32
2016-17	87	37	13	24	50	20	30
2017-18	79	31	11	20	48	19	29
2018-19	81	42	14	28	39	18	21
2019-20	42	18	10	8	24	14	10
2020-21	39	17	8	9	22	14	8
2021-22	32	18	10	8	14	8	6
2022-23	30	9	5	4	21	11	10
2023-24	29	16	11	5	13	7	6
2024-25	42	23	8	15	19	16	3
Average	55	55	10	15	55	15	16

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.84%. The percentage was 77.83% 10 years ago and St Lawrence still has a high percentage of white students. 1.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.56% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.83% to 74.84%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.86% to 1.71%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.40% to 2.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.37% to 5.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4356 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3902 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at St Lawrence 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	9	46	84	108	2	1,924	61
2016-17	7	40	79	107	1	1,930	51
2017-18	15	34	82	120	1	1,917	59
2018-19	10	38	85	120	1	1,963	52
2019-20	7	43	98	129	0	1,867	40
2020-21	5	45	87	137	1	1,753	46
2021-22	7	46	75	133	1	1,736	45
2022-23	8	45	59	130	1	1,647	45
2023-24	12	36	43	111	2	1,599	48
2024-25	10	34	51	107	2	1,490	42
Average	9	41	74	120	1	1,783	49

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

St Lawrence University does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.