Enrollment Trends at McKendree

The student population at McKendree University is 1,960 (1,534 undergraduate and 426 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,067 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at McKendree is 78.27% which is decreased by 824 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 243 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

451 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -5.65% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,564 where 1,960 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 824 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 243 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in McKendree than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,027	2,358	1,038	1,320	669	192	477
2014-15	3,131 104	2,521 163	1,118 80	1,403 83	610 -59	186 -6	424 -53
2015-16	3,001 -130	2,342 -179	1,078 -40	1,264 -139	659 49	208 22	451 27
2016-17	2,902 -99	2,261 -81	1,043 -35	1,218 -46	641 -18	200 -8	441 -10
2017-18	2,676 -226	2,104 -157	966 -77	1,138 -80	572 -69	187 -13	385 -56
2018-19	2,494 -182	1,951 -153	918 -48	1,033 -105	543 -29	162 -25	381 -4
2019-20	2,292 -202	1,788 -163	861 -57	927 -106	504 -39	156 -6	348 -33
2020-21	2,200 -92	1,701 -87	870 9	831 -96	499 -5	160 4	339 -9
2021-22	1,958 -242	1,443 -258	721 -149	722 -109	515 16	166 6	349 10
2022-23	1,960 2	1,534 91	776 55	758 36	426 -89	129 -37	297 -52
Average	2,564	2,000	939	1,061	564	175	389

McKendree University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,000 where 1,534 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 McKendree University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,358	1,776	841	935	582	197	385
2014-15	2,521	1,950	900	1,050	571	218	353
2015-16	2,342	1,820	883	937	522	195	327
2016-17	2,261	1,823	890	933	438	153	285
2017-18	2,104	1,692	827	865	412	139	273
2018-19	1,951	1,631	812	819	320	106	214
2019-20	1,788	1,484	757	727	304	104	200
2020-21	1,701	1,430	778	652	271	92	179
2021-22	1,443	1,257	654	603	186	67	119
2022-23	1,534	1,410	735	675	124	41	83
Average	2,000	2,000	808	820	2,000	131	242

McKendree University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 564 where 426 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 McKendree University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	669	159	53	106	510	139	371
2014-15	610	177	67	110	433	119	314
2015-16	659	162	75	87	497	133	364
2016-17	641	183	72	111	458	128	330
2017-18	572	175	71	104	397	116	281
2018-19	543	160	56	104	383	106	277
2019-20	504	157	56	101	347	100	247
2020-21	499	155	70	85	344	90	254
2021-22	515	174	85	89	341	81	260
2022-23	426	153	62	91	273	67	206
Average	564	564	67	99	564	108	290

McKendree University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.95%. The percentage was 72.88% 10 years ago and McKendree still has a high percentage of white students. 0.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.77% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at McKendree 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	33	408	110	12	2,206	32
2014-15	30	39	410	121	12	2,253	51
2015-16	27	29	399	119	6	2,144	52
2016-17	15	20	383	129	6	1,981	79
2017-18	7	15	334	104	4	1,825	69
2018-19	8	15	307	115	4	1,626	77
2019-20	4	16	259	111	3	1,490	75
2020-21	2	17	251	120	3	1,392	110
2021-22	1	11	210	115	2	1,245	100
2022-23	3	5	211	115	2	1,175	116
Average	12	20	317	116	5	1,734	76

McKendree University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

451 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 decreased -5.65% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at McKendree University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,131	478	0	2,653
2015-16	3,001	506	476	2,019
2016-17	2,902	491	391	2,020
2017-18	2,676	504	566	1,606
2018-19	2,494	491	559	1,444
2019-20	2,292	460	607	1,225
2020-21	2,200	594	26	1,580
2021-22	1,958	424	736	798
2022-23	1,960	451	1,003	506
Average	2,513	489	485	1,539

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