Enrollment Trends at McNeese

The student population at McNeese State University is 6,230 (5,696 undergraduate and 534 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,111 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at McNeese is 91.43% which is decreased by 1,879 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 232 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,165 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 70.07% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,489 where 6,230 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.43% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.57% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,879 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 232 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in McNeese than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,341	7,575	2,907	4,668	766	245	521
2014-15	8,237 -104	7,484 -91	2,885 -22	4,599 -69	753 -13	232 -13	521 0
2015-16	8,153 -84	7,386 -98	3,013 128	4,373 -226	767 14	232 0	535 14
2016-17	7,621 -532	6,894 -492	2,807 -206	4,087 -286	727 -40	215 -17	512 -23
2017-18	7,629 8	6,926 32	2,776 -31	4,150 63	703 -24	203 -12	500 -12
2018-19	7,647 18	6,998 72	2,843 67	4,155 5	649 -54	181 -22	468 -32
2019-20	7,295 -352	6,663 -335	2,716 -127	3,947 -208	632 -17	165 -16	467 -1
2020-21	7,284 -11	6,674 11	2,638 -78	4,036 89	610 -22	163 -2	447 -20
2021-22	6,454 -830	5,893 -781	2,275 -363	3,618 -418	561 -49	140 -23	421 -26
2022-23	6,230 -224	5,696 -197	2,242 -33	3,454 -164	534 -27	135 -5	399 -22
Average	7,489	6,819	2,710	4,109	670	191	479

McNeese State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,819 where 5,696 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 McNeese State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,575	5,973	2,304	3,669	1,602	603	999
2014-15	7,484	5,839	2,297	3,542	1,645	588	1,057
2015-16	7,386	5,821	2,416	3,405	1,565	597	968
2016-17	6,894	5,467	2,254	3,213	1,427	553	874
2017-18	6,926	5,567	2,286	3,281	1,359	490	869
2018-19	6,998	5,641	2,329	3,312	1,357	514	843
2019-20	6,663	5,407	2,210	3,197	1,256	506	750
2020-21	6,674	5,401	2,142	3,259	1,273	496	777
2021-22	5,893	4,757	1,838	2,919	1,136	437	699
2022-23	5,696	4,471	1,785	2,686	1,225	457	768
Average	6,819	6,819	2,186	3,248	6,819	524	860

McNeese State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 670 where 534 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 McNeese State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	766	334	121	213	432	124	308
2014-15	753	355	134	221	398	98	300
2015-16	767	320	123	197	447	109	338
2016-17	727	315	108	207	412	107	305
2017-18	703	330	105	225	373	98	275
2018-19	649	289	90	199	360	91	269
2019-20	632	305	85	220	327	80	247
2020-21	610	301	86	215	309	77	232
2021-22	561	267	83	184	294	57	237
2022-23	534	244	85	159	290	50	240
Average	670	670	102	204	670	89	275

McNeese State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.46%. The percentage was 72.62% 10 years ago and McNeese still has a high percentage of white students. 1.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.41% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at McNeese State 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	49	114	1,475	167	10	6,057	142
2014-15	53	121	1,421	211	6	5,886	172
2015-16	40	120	1,410	216	8	5,590	207
2016-17	30	115	1,252	229	5	5,267	234
2017-18	40	118	1,262	232	5	5,259	256
2018-19	37	116	1,234	279	6	5,308	262
2019-20	28	115	1,136	277	5	5,030	255
2020-21	33	108	1,202	285	4	4,982	267
2021-22	26	100	987	259	5	4,443	259
2022-23	34	109	960	271	5	4,203	247
Average	37	114	1,234	243	6	5,203	230

McNeese State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,165 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 70.07% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at McNeese State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,237	685	3,215	4,337
2015-16	8,153	772	3,267	4,114
2016-17	7,621	760	3,225	3,636
2017-18	7,629	871	3,410	3,348
2018-19	7,647	951	3,476	3,220
2019-20	7,295	802	3,268	3,225
2020-21	7,284	1,554	4,814	916
2021-22	6,454	1,250	4,320	884
2022-23	6,230	1,165	3,170	1,895
Average	7,394	979	3,574	2,842

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