Enrollment Trends at USD

The student population at University of San Diego is 8,815 (5,669 undergraduate and 3,146 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 494 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at USD is 64.31% which is increased by 4 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 490 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

970 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 418.72% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,731 where 8,815 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 490 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in USD than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,321	5,665	2,548	3,117	2,656	1,027	1,629
2014-15	8,349 28	5,741 76	2,574 26	3,167 50	2,608 -48	1,014 -13	1,594 -35
2015-16	8,251 -98	5,647 -94	2,573 -1	3,074 -93	2,604 -4	1,029 15	1,575 -19
2016-17	8,508 257	5,711 64	2,627 54	3,084 10	2,797 193	1,135 106	1,662 87
2017-18	8,905 397	5,774 63	2,633 6	3,141 57	3,131 334	1,209 74	1,922 260
2018-19	9,073 168	5,855 81	2,646 13	3,209 68	3,218 87	1,271 62	1,947 25
2019-20	9,181 108	5,919 64	2,629 -17	3,290 81	3,262 44	1,256 -15	2,006 59
2020-21	8,861 -320	5,529 -390	2,370 -259	3,159 -131	3,332 70	1,350 94	1,982 -24
2021-22	9,041 180	5,702 173	2,501 131	3,201 42	3,339 7	1,417 67	1,922 -60
2022-23	8,815 -226	5,669 -33	2,481 -20	3,188 -13	3,146 -193	1,288 -129	1,858 -64
Average	8,731	5,721	2,558	3,163	3,009	1,200	1,810

University of San Diego Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,721 where 5,669 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 University of San Diego since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,665	5,486	2,459	3,027	179	89	90
2014-15	5,741	5,541	2,469	3,072	200	105	95
2015-16	5,647	5,441	2,468	2,973	206	105	101
2016-17	5,711	5,499	2,527	2,972	212	100	112
2017-18	5,774	5,605	2,537	3,068	169	96	73
2018-19	5,855	5,678	2,548	3,130	177	98	79
2019-20	5,919	5,761	2,543	3,218	158	86	72
2020-21	5,529	5,294	2,240	3,054	235	130	105
2021-22	5,702	5,544	2,411	3,133	158	90	68
2022-23	5,669	5,512	2,404	3,108	157	77	80
Average	5,721	5,721	2,461	3,076	5,721	98	88

University of San Diego Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,009 where 3,146 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 University of San Diego since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,656	1,580	604	976	1,076	423	653
2014-15	2,608	1,539	617	922	1,069	397	672
2015-16	2,604	1,543	617	926	1,061	412	649
2016-17	2,797	1,515	594	921	1,282	541	741
2017-18	3,131	1,714	596	1,118	1,417	613	804
2018-19	3,218	1,671	601	1,070	1,547	670	877
2019-20	3,262	1,680	585	1,095	1,582	671	911
2020-21	3,332	1,728	604	1,124	1,604	746	858
2021-22	3,339	1,643	583	1,060	1,696	834	862
2022-23	3,146	1,576	579	997	1,570	709	861
Average	3,009	3,009	598	1,021	3,009	602	789

University of San Diego Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.58% and the percentage of black students is 4.54% at University of San Diego. 8.84% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of San Diego 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	43	615	253	1,454	27	4,467	410
2014-15	42	641	291	1,505	30	4,406	408
2015-16	39	667	310	1,504	30	4,327	391
2016-17	38	695	336	1,626	35	4,298	393
2017-18	35	764	364	1,726	30	4,410	424
2018-19	33	740	379	1,807	31	4,466	475
2019-20	28	732	383	1,890	23	4,519	529
2020-21	27	744	374	1,961	23	4,318	552
2021-22	24	795	405	2,037	25	4,270	572
2022-23	21	779	400	2,054	22	4,018	575
Average	33	717	350	1,756	28	4,350	473

University of San Diego Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

970 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 418.72% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of San Diego from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,349	187	0	8,162
2015-16	8,251	337	53	7,861
2016-17	8,508	469	39	8,000
2017-18	8,905	580	39	8,286
2018-19	9,073	713	23	8,337
2019-20	9,181	711	28	8,442
2020-21	8,861	788	0	8,073
2021-22	9,041	993	0	8,048
2022-23	8,815	970	0	7,845
Average	8,776	639	20	8,117

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