Enrollment Trends at Saint Cloud State

The student population at Saint Cloud State University is 10,420 (8,569 undergraduate and 1,851 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,345 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Cloud State is 82.24% which is decreased by 6,565 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 220 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,587 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 145.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,967 where 10,420 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.24% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.76% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 6,565 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 220 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Saint Cloud State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,765	15,134	7,285	7,849	1,631	664	967
2014-15	16,076 -689	14,377 -757	6,853 -432	7,524 -325	1,699 68	716 52	983 16
2015-16	16,096 20	14,233 -144	6,672 -181	7,561 37	1,863 164	801 85	1,062 79
2016-17	15,744 -352	13,878 -355	6,450 -222	7,428 -133	1,866 3	771 -30	1,095 33
2017-18	14,975 -769	13,128 -750	6,122 -328	7,006 -422	1,847 -19	737 -34	1,110 15
2018-19	13,928 -1,047	12,128 -1,000	5,603 -519	6,525 -481	1,800 -47	734 -3	1,066 -44
2019-20	13,049 -879	11,346 -782	5,214 -389	6,132 -393	1,703 -97	683 -51	1,020 -46
2020-21	11,841 -1,208	10,187 -1,159	4,726 -488	5,461 -671	1,654 -49	637 -46	1,017 -3
2021-22	10,774 -1,067	8,956 -1,231	4,097 -629	4,859 -602	1,818 164	670 33	1,148 131
2022-23	10,420 -354	8,569 -387	3,833 -264	4,736 -123	1,851 33	695 25	1,156 8
Average	13,967	12,194	5,686	6,508	1,773	711	1,062

Saint Cloud State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,194 where 8,569 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 Cloud State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,134	9,860	4,914	4,946	5,274	2,371	2,903
2014-15	14,377	9,310	4,612	4,698	5,067	2,241	2,826
2015-16	14,233	9,134	4,440	4,694	5,099	2,232	2,867
2016-17	13,878	8,841	4,236	4,605	5,037	2,214	2,823
2017-18	13,128	8,373	4,067	4,306	4,755	2,055	2,700
2018-19	12,128	7,844	3,769	4,075	4,284	1,834	2,450
2019-20	11,346	6,977	3,364	3,613	4,369	1,850	2,519
2020-21	10,187	5,959	2,870	3,089	4,228	1,856	2,372
2021-22	8,956	4,991	2,362	2,629	3,965	1,735	2,230
2022-23	8,569	4,594	2,155	2,439	3,975	1,678	2,297
Average	12,194	12,194	3,679	3,909	12,194	2,007	2,599

Saint Cloud State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,773 where 1,851 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 Cloud State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,631	587	209	378	1,044	455	589
2014-15	1,699	616	260	356	1,083	456	627
2015-16	1,863	694	291	403	1,169	510	659
2016-17	1,866	686	281	405	1,180	490	690
2017-18	1,847	662	264	398	1,185	473	712
2018-19	1,800	668	257	411	1,132	477	655
2019-20	1,703	637	248	389	1,066	435	631
2020-21	1,654	616	217	399	1,038	420	618
2021-22	1,818	677	273	404	1,141	397	744
2022-23	1,851	731	281	450	1,120	414	706
Average	1,773	1,773	258	399	1,773	453	663

Saint Cloud State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.76%. The percentage was 75.24% 10 years ago and Saint Cloud State still has a high percentage of white students. 4.20% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Cloud State 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	53	643	825	418	16	12,614	455
2014-15	61	745	812	408	10	11,727	432
2015-16	48	831	865	416	10	11,648	456
2016-17	44	797	864	462	7	11,183	444
2017-18	44	835	905	457	6	10,296	493
2018-19	32	728	936	461	9	9,374	496
2019-20	30	687	891	452	8	8,800	430
2020-21	28	607	897	480	6	7,859	364
2021-22	26	483	833	410	4	7,050	297
2022-23	30	438	820	419	5	6,540	324
Average	40	679	865	438	8	9,709	419

Saint Cloud State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,587 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 145.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Cloud State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,076	647	2,712	12,717
2015-16	16,096	670	2,911	12,515
2016-17	15,744	643	3,077	12,024
2017-18	14,975	746	3,339	10,890
2018-19	13,928	786	3,478	9,664
2019-20	13,049	859	3,189	9,001
2020-21	11,841	790	3,935	7,116
2021-22	10,774	1,506	3,952	5,316
2022-23	10,420	1,587	3,789	5,044
Average	13,656	915	3,376	9,365

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