Enrollment Trends at Saint Francis

The student population at Saint Francis University is 2,857 (2,461 undergraduate and 396 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 513 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Francis is 86.14% which is increased by 767 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 254 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.73 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

459 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 87.35% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,730 where 2,857 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.14% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.86% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 767 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 254 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.73 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Saint Francis than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,344	1,694	645	1,049	650	197	453
2014-15	2,667 323	1,991 297	754 109	1,237 188	676 26	210 13	466 13
2015-16	2,664 -3	2,045 54	797 43	1,248 11	619 -57	180 -30	439 -27
2016-17	2,742 78	2,120 75	792 -5	1,328 80	622 3	170 -10	452 13
2017-18	2,680 -62	2,117 -3	780 -12	1,337 9	563 -59	189 19	374 -78
2018-19	2,611 -69	2,102 -15	732 -48	1,370 33	509 -54	165 -24	344 -30
2019-20	2,930 319	2,373 271	853 121	1,520 150	557 48	194 29	363 19
2020-21	2,769 -161	2,279 -94	852 -1	1,427 -93	490 -67	159 -35	331 -32
2021-22	3,034 265	2,552 273	970 118	1,582 155	482 -8	141 -18	341 10
2022-23	2,857 -177	2,461 -91	929 -41	1,532 -50	396 -86	116 -25	280 -61
Average	2,730	2,173	810	1,363	556	172	384

Saint Francis University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,173 where 2,461 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 Francis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,694	1,547	593	954	147	52	95
2014-15	1,991	1,584	595	989	407	159	248
2015-16	2,045	1,605	613	992	440	184	256
2016-17	2,120	1,540	585	955	580	207	373
2017-18	2,117	1,526	554	972	591	226	365
2018-19	2,102	1,485	539	946	617	193	424
2019-20	2,373	1,466	552	914	907	301	606
2020-21	2,279	1,484	571	913	795	281	514
2021-22	2,552	1,501	580	921	1,051	390	661
2022-23	2,461	1,490	560	930	971	369	602
Average	2,173	2,173	574	949	2,173	236	414

Saint Francis University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 556 where 396 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 Francis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	650	234	68	166	416	129	287
2014-15	676	225	68	157	451	142	309
2015-16	619	229	68	161	390	112	278
2016-17	622	237	69	168	385	101	284
2017-18	563	279	105	174	284	84	200
2018-19	509	269	80	189	240	85	155
2019-20	557	307	107	200	250	87	163
2020-21	490	278	85	193	212	74	138
2021-22	482	278	79	199	204	62	142
2022-23	396	212	59	153	184	57	127
Average	556	556	79	176	556	93	208

Saint Francis University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.90%. The percentage was 78.46% 10 years ago and Saint Francis still has a high percentage of white students. 2.28% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.31% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Francis 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	3	27	143	63	6	1,839	16
2014-15	3	52	152	65	8	2,085	32
2015-16	4	67	154	59	13	1,485	33
2016-17	8	79	143	60	9	2,186	38
2017-18	6	62	163	56	8	2,118	39
2018-19	4	62	159	59	5	2,074	49
2019-20	5	74	141	74	7	2,405	47
2020-21	7	60	137	61	7	2,278	62
2021-22	7	71	147	48	7	2,498	68
2022-23	5	65	123	24	6	2,397	94
Average	5	62	146	57	8	2,137	48

Saint Francis University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

459 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 87.35% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Francis University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,667	245	334	2,088
2015-16	2,664	352	445	1,867
2016-17	2,742	376	392	1,974
2017-18	2,680	349	1,056	1,275
2018-19	2,611	458	1,542	611
2019-20	2,930	509	473	1,948
2020-21	2,769	504	865	1,400
2021-22	3,034	471	759	1,804
2022-23	2,857	459	692	1,706
Average	2,773	414	729	1,630

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