[kearnyirish2]

Most Catholic schools are in a death spiral in terms of attendance; many have simply gone from all-boys/all-girls to co-ed in response. See this as just another doing the same; I’d take it as a sign it will be closed within 10 years or so.

[StAnDeliver]

"Most Catholic schools are in a death spiral in terms of attendance; many have simply gone from all-boys/all-girls to co-ed in response. See this as just another doing the same; I’d take it as a sign it will be closed within 10 years or so."

Catholic Universities directly mirror the same increase / decrease in attendance as public univerities.

Notre Dame has been more or less the same attendance this decade, minus the plandemic dip that affected all schools equally. As compared against their Catholic-affiliated peers, they are certainly doing no worse. Meanwhile, Saint Louis University remarkably lept into the Top 10 this year. By chance I happen to know 2 SLU grad-school grads and both loved the place.

St. Mary's College almost identical to Notre Dame per enrollment changes. Interestingly, this chart contains similarly-sized public universities in the same state; per comparison, St. Mary's fared better than most in 2023 enrollment, and St. Mary's Of The Woods -- traditionally a school for Catholic novitiates -- saw an enrollment increase.

Finally, nationally, K-12 Catholic feeder school enrollment has stayed steady between 1.6-1.8M, nearly recovered from the plandemic dip that identically affected all school enrollment.