Enrollment Trends at Saint Ambrose

The student population at Saint Ambrose University is 2,747 (2,118 undergraduate and 629 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 860 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Ambrose is 77.10% which is decreased by 625 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 235 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

157 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 313.16% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,136 where 2,747 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.10% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.90% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 625 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 235 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Saint Ambrose than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,607	2,743	1,137	1,606	864	319	545
2014-15	3,508 -99	2,714 -29	1,156 19	1,558 -48	794 -70	301 -18	493 -52
2015-16	3,266 -242	2,490 -224	1,087 -69	1,403 -155	776 -18	287 -14	489 -4
2016-17	3,184 -82	2,404 -86	1,027 -60	1,377 -26	780 4	258 -29	522 33
2017-18	3,114 -70	2,368 -36	1,041 14	1,327 -50	746 -34	228 -30	518 -4
2018-19	3,045 -69	2,309 -59	1,031 -10	1,278 -49	736 -10	217 -11	519 1
2019-20	2,968 -77	2,260 -49	1,021 -10	1,239 -39	708 -28	199 -18	509 -10
2020-21	3,003 35	2,305 45	1,015 -6	1,290 51	698 -10	205 6	493 -16
2021-22	2,913 -90	2,228 -77	1,009 -6	1,219 -71	685 -13	190 -15	495 2
2022-23	2,747 -166	2,118 -110	970 -39	1,148 -71	629 -56	180 -10	449 -46
Average	3,136	2,394	1,049	1,345	742	238	503

Saint Ambrose University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,394 where 2,118 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 Saint Ambrose University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,743	2,440	1,043	1,397	303	94	209
2014-15	2,714	2,401	1,050	1,351	313	106	207
2015-16	2,490	2,221	986	1,235	269	101	168
2016-17	2,404	2,188	951	1,237	216	76	140
2017-18	2,368	2,215	981	1,234	153	60	93
2018-19	2,309	2,140	971	1,169	169	60	109
2019-20	2,260	2,122	960	1,162	138	61	77
2020-21	2,305	2,180	955	1,225	125	60	65
2021-22	2,228	2,121	965	1,156	107	44	63
2022-23	2,118	2,030	931	1,099	88	39	49
Average	2,394	2,394	979	1,227	2,394	70	118

Saint Ambrose University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 742 where 629 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 Saint Ambrose University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	864	392	86	306	472	233	239
2014-15	794	415	111	304	379	190	189
2015-16	776	424	117	307	352	170	182
2016-17	780	368	90	278	412	168	244
2017-18	746	469	108	361	277	120	157
2018-19	736	464	104	360	272	113	159
2019-20	708	458	77	381	250	122	128
2020-21	698	464	100	364	234	105	129
2021-22	685	479	94	385	206	96	110
2022-23	629	441	102	339	188	78	110
Average	742	742	99	339	742	140	165

Saint Ambrose University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.23%. The percentage was 81.09% 10 years ago and Saint Ambrose still has a high percentage of white students. 1.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.39% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Ambrose 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	7	38	126	199	2	2,925	55
2014-15	7	42	109	195	2	2,841	65
2015-16	4	45	102	190	3	2,600	68
2016-17	4	43	123	209	3	2,509	69
2017-18	5	47	134	216	5	2,367	81
2018-19	7	57	128	220	5	2,279	90
2019-20	5	50	137	231	3	2,225	96
2020-21	5	62	141	249	6	2,275	87
2021-22	7	73	144	250	5	2,178	102
2022-23	4	53	148	255	2	2,039	109
Average	6	51	129	221	4	2,424	82

Saint Ambrose University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

157 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 313.16% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Ambrose University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,508	38	486	2,984
2015-16	3,266	0	226	3,040
2016-17	3,184	36	668	2,480
2017-18	3,114	19	609	2,486
2018-19	3,045	93	451	2,501
2019-20	2,968	141	373	2,454
2020-21	3,003	144	51	2,808
2021-22	2,913	163	709	2,041
2022-23	2,747	157	54	2,536
Average	3,083	88	403	2,592

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