Enrollment Trends at Saint Joseph's

The student population at Saint Joseph's University is 7,861 (5,071 undergraduate and 2,790 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,093 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Joseph's is 64.51% which is decreased by 303 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 790 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,805 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 20.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,911 where 7,861 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 303 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 790 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Saint Joseph's than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,954	5,374	2,498	2,876	3,580	1,391	2,189
2014-15	8,974 20	5,512 138	2,547 49	2,965 89	3,462 -118	1,344 -47	2,118 -71
2015-16	8,625 -349	5,391 -121	2,412 -135	2,979 14	3,234 -228	1,234 -110	2,000 -118
2016-17	8,415 -210	5,377 -14	2,420 8	2,957 -22	3,038 -196	1,143 -91	1,895 -105
2017-18	8,085 -330	5,144 -233	2,345 -75	2,799 -158	2,941 -97	1,116 -27	1,825 -70
2018-19	7,589 -496	4,904 -240	2,224 -121	2,680 -119	2,685 -256	966 -150	1,719 -106
2019-20	7,362 -227	4,784 -120	2,209 -15	2,575 -105	2,578 -107	905 -61	1,673 -46
2020-21	6,779 -583	4,299 -485	2,019 -190	2,280 -295	2,480 -98	844 -61	1,636 -37
2021-22	6,464 -315	4,196 -103	2,008 -11	2,188 -92	2,268 -212	798 -46	1,470 -166
2022-23	7,861 1,397	5,071 875	2,303 295	2,768 580	2,790 522	897 99	1,893 423
Average	7,911	5,005	2,299	2,707	2,906	1,064	1,842

Saint Joseph's University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,005 where 5,071 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 Joseph's University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,374	4,489	2,132	2,357	885	366	519
2014-15	5,512	4,671	2,208	2,463	841	339	502
2015-16	5,391	4,623	2,125	2,498	768	287	481
2016-17	5,377	4,656	2,126	2,530	721	294	427
2017-18	5,144	4,481	2,078	2,403	663	267	396
2018-19	4,904	4,350	2,005	2,345	554	219	335
2019-20	4,784	4,222	1,987	2,235	562	222	340
2020-21	4,299	3,945	1,836	2,109	354	183	171
2021-22	4,196	3,859	1,844	2,015	337	164	173
2022-23	5,071	4,809	2,174	2,635	262	129	133
Average	5,005	5,005	2,052	2,359	5,005	247	348

Saint Joseph's University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,906 where 2,790 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 Joseph's University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,580	635	261	374	2,945	1,130	1,815
2014-15	3,462	552	231	321	2,910	1,113	1,797
2015-16	3,234	553	268	285	2,681	966	1,715
2016-17	3,038	529	241	288	2,509	902	1,607
2017-18	2,941	423	203	220	2,518	913	1,605
2018-19	2,685	423	187	236	2,262	779	1,483
2019-20	2,578	415	163	252	2,163	742	1,421
2020-21	2,480	441	166	275	2,039	678	1,361
2021-22	2,268	442	182	260	1,826	616	1,210
2022-23	2,790	1,041	325	716	1,749	572	1,177
Average	2,906	2,906	223	323	2,906	841	1,519

Saint Joseph's University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.13%. The percentage was 71.92% 10 years ago and Saint Joseph's still has a high percentage of white students. 10.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.34% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Joseph's 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	15	245	884	388	13	6,440	143
2014-15	10	272	851	425	13	6,461	143
2015-16	12	270	817	426	13	6,217	141
2016-17	10	247	770	447	12	6,040	134
2017-18	11	242	756	506	11	5,741	134
2018-19	11	244	682	469	12	5,385	147
2019-20	9	232	621	482	11	5,169	149
2020-21	10	224	601	490	10	4,698	155
2021-22	10	228	566	522	6	4,520	172
2022-23	12	843	656	618	5	4,963	214
Average	11	305	720	477	11	5,563	153

Saint Joseph's University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,805 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 20.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Joseph's University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,974	1,500	939	6,535
2015-16	8,625	1,828	520	6,277
2016-17	8,415	2,135	1,459	4,821
2017-18	8,085	2,195	1,171	4,719
2018-19	7,589	2,074	1,117	4,398
2019-20	7,362	2,023	385	4,954
2020-21	6,779	2,296	3,101	1,382
2021-22	6,464	2,032	563	3,869
2022-23	7,861	1,805	1,605	4,451
Average	7,795	1,988	1,207	4,601

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