Enrollment Trends at Seattle

The student population at Seattle University is 7,121 (4,046 undergraduate and 3,075 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 301 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Seattle is 56.82% which is decreased by 562 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 261 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

386 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,279 where 7,121 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

56.82% of total students is undergraduate students and 43.18% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 562 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 261 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Seattle than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,422	4,608	1,918	2,690	2,814	1,142	1,672
2014-15	7,273 -149	4,437 -171	1,826 -92	2,611 -79	2,836 22	1,100 -42	1,736 64
2015-16	7,405 132	4,602 165	1,843 17	2,759 148	2,803 -33	1,063 -37	1,740 4
2016-17	7,487 82	4,657 55	1,833 -10	2,824 65	2,830 27	1,058 -5	1,772 32
2017-18	7,278 -209	4,560 -97	1,755 -78	2,805 -19	2,718 -112	1,035 -23	1,683 -89
2018-19	7,291 13	4,685 125	1,851 96	2,834 29	2,606 -112	931 -104	1,675 -8
2019-20	7,199 -92	4,633 -52	1,832 -19	2,801 -33	2,566 -40	904 -27	1,662 -13
2020-21	7,050 -149	4,244 -389	1,700 -132	2,544 -257	2,806 240	946 42	1,860 198
2021-22	7,268 218	4,241 -3	1,642 -58	2,599 55	3,027 221	1,026 80	2,001 141
2022-23	7,121 -147	4,046 -195	1,588 -54	2,458 -141	3,075 48	1,029 3	2,046 45
Average	7,279	4,471	1,779	2,693	2,808	1,023	1,785

Seattle University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,471 where 4,046 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 Seattle University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,608	4,377	1,798	2,579	231	120	111
2014-15	4,437	4,224	1,739	2,485	213	87	126
2015-16	4,602	4,402	1,748	2,654	200	95	105
2016-17	4,657	4,463	1,738	2,725	194	95	99
2017-18	4,560	4,325	1,651	2,674	235	104	131
2018-19	4,685	4,469	1,748	2,721	216	103	113
2019-20	4,633	4,410	1,729	2,681	223	103	120
2020-21	4,244	4,045	1,603	2,442	199	97	102
2021-22	4,241	4,098	1,576	2,522	143	66	77
2022-23	4,046	3,874	1,514	2,360	172	74	98
Average	4,471	4,471	1,684	2,584	4,471	94	108

Seattle University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,808 where 3,075 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 Seattle University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,814	1,403	534	869	1,411	608	803
2014-15	2,836	1,414	514	900	1,422	586	836
2015-16	2,803	1,417	543	874	1,386	520	866
2016-17	2,830	1,423	514	909	1,407	544	863
2017-18	2,718	1,402	504	898	1,316	531	785
2018-19	2,606	1,435	486	949	1,171	445	726
2019-20	2,566	1,492	508	984	1,074	396	678
2020-21	2,806	1,585	500	1,085	1,221	446	775
2021-22	3,027	1,705	530	1,175	1,322	496	826
2022-23	3,075	1,615	480	1,135	1,460	549	911
Average	2,808	2,808	511	978	2,808	512	807

Seattle University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.62% and the percentage of black students is 5.58% at Seattle University. 20.36% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Seattle 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	48	1,045	261	609	41	3,734	470
2014-15	41	1,011	215	612	43	3,491	457
2015-16	34	1,035	235	625	47	3,418	473
2016-17	37	1,122	238	724	47	3,572	529
2017-18	33	1,030	230	773	50	3,247	531
2018-19	26	1,022	266	849	47	3,117	511
2019-20	29	1,096	303	851	47	3,030	535
2020-21	28	1,226	330	836	58	3,010	567
2021-22	25	1,378	389	935	69	2,996	594
2022-23	19	1,450	397	919	52	2,750	580
Average	32	1,142	286	773	50	3,237	525

Seattle University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

386 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Seattle University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,273	0	0	7,273
2015-16	7,405	0	0	7,405
2016-17	7,487	27	77	7,383
2017-18	7,278	42	132	7,104
2018-19	7,291	38	186	7,067
2019-20	7,199	52	216	6,931
2020-21	7,050	4,624	1,568	858
2021-22	7,268	916	2,609	3,743
2022-23	7,121	386	1,004	5,731
Average	7,264	676	644	5,944

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