Enrollment Trends at Saint Louis

The student population at Saint Louis University is 15,755 (10,662 undergraduate and 5,093 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,588 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Saint Louis is 67.67% which is decreased by 1,905 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 317 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,218 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 54.37% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,131 where 15,755 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.67% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.33% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,905 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 317 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Saint Louis than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,343	12,567	5,212	7,355	4,776	1,980	2,796
2014-15	17,052 -291	12,374 -193	5,161 -51	7,213 -142	4,678 -98	1,887 -93	2,791 -5
2015-16	17,047 -5	12,401 27	5,084 -77	7,317 104	4,646 -32	1,893 6	2,753 -38
2016-17	16,591 -456	11,779 -622	4,774 -310	7,005 -312	4,812 166	1,902 9	2,910 157
2017-18	14,581 -2,010	9,910 -1,869	3,908 -866	6,002 -1,003	4,671 -141	1,842 -60	2,829 -81
2018-19	14,438 -143	9,782 -128	3,899 -9	5,883 -119	4,656 -15	1,858 16	2,798 -31
2019-20	12,799 -1,639	8,332 -1,450	3,327 -572	5,005 -878	4,467 -189	1,783 -75	2,684 -114
2020-21	12,229 -570	7,723 -609	3,022 -305	4,701 -304	4,506 39	1,774 -9	2,732 48
2021-22	13,474 1,245	8,745 1,022	3,457 435	5,288 587	4,729 223	1,889 115	2,840 108
2022-23	15,755 2,281	10,662 1,917	4,336 879	6,326 1,038	5,093 364	2,115 226	2,978 138
Average	15,131	10,428	4,218	6,210	4,703	1,892	2,811

Saint Louis University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,428 where 10,662 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 Louis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,567	7,210	3,034	4,176	5,357	2,178	3,179
2014-15	12,374	7,136	3,042	4,094	5,238	2,119	3,119
2015-16	12,401	6,899	2,900	3,999	5,502	2,184	3,318
2016-17	11,779	6,747	2,785	3,962	5,032	1,989	3,043
2017-18	9,910	6,625	2,640	3,985	3,285	1,268	2,017
2018-19	9,782	6,440	2,565	3,875	3,342	1,334	2,008
2019-20	8,332	6,691	2,632	4,059	1,641	695	946
2020-21	7,723	6,847	2,585	4,262	876	437	439
2021-22	8,745	6,647	2,499	4,148	2,098	958	1,140
2022-23	10,662	6,708	2,589	4,119	3,954	1,747	2,207
Average	10,428	10,428	2,727	4,068	10,428	1,491	2,142

Saint Louis University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,703 where 5,093 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 Louis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,776	3,311	1,420	1,891	1,465	560	905
2014-15	4,678	3,280	1,352	1,928	1,398	535	863
2015-16	4,646	4,038	1,654	2,384	608	239	369
2016-17	4,812	4,124	1,662	2,462	688	240	448
2017-18	4,671	4,082	1,654	2,428	589	188	401
2018-19	4,656	4,080	1,661	2,419	576	197	379
2019-20	4,467	3,873	1,590	2,283	594	193	401
2020-21	4,506	3,889	1,592	2,297	617	182	435
2021-22	4,729	4,107	1,684	2,423	622	205	417
2022-23	5,093	4,521	1,919	2,602	572	196	376
Average	4,703	4,703	1,619	2,312	4,703	274	499

Saint Louis University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.05%. The percentage was 70.47% 10 years ago and Saint Louis still has a high percentage of white students. 9.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.49% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Saint Louis 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	24	1,117	1,105	518	0	12,222	663
2014-15	13	1,111	1,091	567	0	12,065	699
2015-16	13	1,205	1,103	665	0	12,172	652
2016-17	22	1,252	1,077	690	13	11,830	528
2017-18	21	1,235	913	693	6	10,174	452
2018-19	20	1,255	958	724	14	9,874	483
2019-20	17	1,241	811	692	3	8,658	432
2020-21	15	1,338	817	757	3	7,954	452
2021-22	19	1,448	977	880	8	8,475	526
2022-23	21	1,498	1,022	894	5	8,043	562
Average	19	1,270	987	708	5	10,147	545

Saint Louis University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,218 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 54.37% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Saint Louis University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,052	789	1,514	14,749
2015-16	17,047	990	1,041	15,016
2016-17	16,591	1,210	646	14,735
2017-18	14,581	1,202	1,033	12,346
2018-19	14,438	1,113	725	12,600
2019-20	12,799	1,000	593	11,206
2020-21	12,229	2,543	6,447	3,239
2021-22	13,474	1,352	2,186	9,936
2022-23	15,755	1,218	1,803	12,734
Average	14,885	1,269	1,776	11,840

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