Enrollment Trends at SHU

The student population at Sacred Heart University is 10,721 (6,782 undergraduate and 3,939 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,738 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SHU is 63.26% which is increased by 2,293 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,445 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,221 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 9.02% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,801 where 10,721 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

63.26% of total students is undergraduate students and 36.74% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,293 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,445 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SHU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Sacred Heart University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,983	4,489	1,621	2,868	2,494	644	1,850
2014-15	7,781 798	4,997 508	1,803 182	3,194 326	2,784 290	790 146	1,994 144
2015-16	8,235 454	5,205 208	1,857 54	3,348 154	3,030 246	803 13	2,227 233
2016-17	8,532 297	5,428 223	1,952 95	3,476 128	3,104 74	891 88	2,213 -14
2017-18	8,543 11	5,603 175	2,022 70	3,581 105	2,940 -164	797 -94	2,143 -70
2018-19	8,958 415	5,974 371	2,073 51	3,901 320	2,984 44	764 -33	2,220 77
2019-20	9,156 198	6,158 184	2,068 -5	4,090 189	2,998 14	801 37	2,197 -23
2020-21	9,313 157	6,417 259	2,063 -5	4,354 264	2,896 -102	708 -93	2,188 -9
2021-22	9,785 472	6,761 344	2,201 138	4,560 206	3,024 128	779 71	2,245 57
2022-23	10,721 936	6,782 21	2,245 44	4,537 -23	3,939 915	1,475 696	2,464 219
Average	8,801	5,781	1,991	3,791	3,019	845	2,174

Sacred Heart University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,781 where 6,782 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sacred Heart University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,489	3,773	1,408	2,365	716	213	503
2014-15	4,997	4,232	1,587	2,645	765	216	549
2015-16	5,205	4,435	1,647	2,788	770	210	560
2016-17	5,428	4,794	1,769	3,025	634	183	451
2017-18	5,603	4,982	1,844	3,138	621	178	443
2018-19	5,974	5,130	1,852	3,278	844	221	623
2019-20	6,158	5,348	1,891	3,457	810	177	633
2020-21	6,417	5,671	1,870	3,801	746	193	553
2021-22	6,761	6,071	2,021	4,050	690	180	510
2022-23	6,782	6,277	2,091	4,186	505	154	351
Average	5,781	5,781	1,798	3,273	5,781	193	518

Sacred Heart University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,019 where 3,939 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sacred Heart University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,494	769	251	518	1,725	393	1,332
2014-15	2,784	1,031	374	657	1,753	416	1,337
2015-16	3,030	1,076	343	733	1,954	460	1,494
2016-17	3,104	1,159	423	736	1,945	468	1,477
2017-18	2,940	1,086	350	736	1,854	447	1,407
2018-19	2,984	1,195	412	783	1,789	352	1,437
2019-20	2,998	1,291	425	866	1,707	376	1,331
2020-21	2,896	1,213	345	868	1,683	363	1,320
2021-22	3,024	1,380	427	953	1,644	352	1,292
2022-23	3,939	2,396	1,116	1,280	1,543	359	1,184
Average	3,019	3,019	447	813	3,019	399	1,361

Sacred Heart University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.66%. The percentage was 67.75% 10 years ago and SHU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.12% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sacred Heart University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	19	147	292	403	8	4,731	39
2014-15	14	174	361	497	11	5,262	89
2015-16	12	190	386	602	9	5,603	115
2016-17	10	204	414	727	7	5,857	132
2017-18	11	195	434	809	8	6,019	167
2018-19	17	226	482	975	6	6,223	174
2019-20	15	213	490	1,041	8	6,383	200
2020-21	11	196	504	1,115	8	6,584	209
2021-22	8	217	467	1,181	4	6,944	235
2022-23	5	199	442	1,104	3	6,932	223
Average	12	196	427	845	7	6,054	158

Sacred Heart University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,221 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 9.02% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sacred Heart University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,781	1,120	1,148	5,513
2015-16	8,235	1,215	1,153	5,867
2016-17	8,532	1,145	1,759	5,628
2017-18	8,543	1,072	1,796	5,675
2018-19	8,958	1,102	1,699	6,157
2019-20	9,156	1,073	2,038	6,045
2020-21	9,313	1,576	4,745	2,992
2021-22	9,785	1,303	2,774	5,708
2022-23	10,721	1,221	3,268	6,232
Average	9,003	1,203	2,264	5,535

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