Enrollment Trends at Messiah

The student population at Messiah University is 3,231 (2,495 undergraduate and 736 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 147 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Messiah is 77.22% which is decreased by 277 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 424 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

559 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 75.24% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,288 where 3,231 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 277 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 424 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Messiah than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,084	2,772	1,088	1,684	312	71	241
2014-15	3,234 150	2,789 17	1,108 20	1,681 -3	445 133	115 44	330 89
2015-16	3,302 68	2,819 30	1,106 -2	1,713 32	483 38	134 19	349 19
2016-17	3,305 3	2,788 -31	1,092 -14	1,696 -17	517 34	133 -1	384 35
2017-18	3,331 26	2,759 -29	1,106 14	1,653 -43	572 55	140 7	432 48
2018-19	3,375 44	2,734 -25	1,065 -41	1,669 16	641 69	151 11	490 58
2019-20	3,374 -1	2,709 -25	1,062 -3	1,647 -22	665 24	168 17	497 7
2020-21	3,370 -4	2,614 -95	1,043 -19	1,571 -76	756 91	221 53	535 38
2021-22	3,276 -94	2,495 -119	974 -69	1,521 -50	781 25	223 2	558 23
2022-23	3,231 -45	2,495 0	978 4	1,517 -4	736 -45	220 -3	516 -42
Average	3,288	2,697	1,062	1,635	591	158	433

Messiah University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,697 where 2,495 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 Messiah University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,772	2,701	1,060	1,641	71	28	43
2014-15	2,789	2,680	1,067	1,613	109	41	68
2015-16	2,819	2,681	1,055	1,626	138	51	87
2016-17	2,788	2,648	1,050	1,598	140	42	98
2017-18	2,759	2,637	1,061	1,576	122	45	77
2018-19	2,734	2,598	1,021	1,577	136	44	92
2019-20	2,709	2,545	1,009	1,536	164	53	111
2020-21	2,614	2,424	970	1,454	190	73	117
2021-22	2,495	2,304	898	1,406	191	76	115
2022-23	2,495	2,277	899	1,378	218	79	139
Average	2,697	2,697	1,009	1,541	2,697	53	95

Messiah University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 591 where 736 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 Messiah University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	312	59	8	51	253	63	190
2014-15	445	82	15	67	363	100	263
2015-16	483	103	20	83	380	114	266
2016-17	517	113	16	97	404	117	287
2017-18	572	152	19	133	420	121	299
2018-19	641	189	24	165	452	127	325
2019-20	665	225	41	184	440	127	313
2020-21	756	290	72	218	466	149	317
2021-22	781	284	65	219	497	158	339
2022-23	736	269	60	209	467	160	307
Average	591	591	34	143	591	124	291

Messiah University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.96%. The percentage was 86.41% 10 years ago and Messiah still has a high percentage of white students. 3.31% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.15% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Messiah 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	0	51	76	97	1	2,665	81
2014-15	1	63	83	116	1	2,748	95
2015-16	3	64	109	131	0	2,746	96
2016-17	3	69	98	137	1	2,722	107
2017-18	1	78	94	159	2	2,729	97
2018-19	2	81	111	169	1	2,739	108
2019-20	3	89	118	183	0	2,731	107
2020-21	3	103	140	192	1	2,710	108
2021-22	3	109	149	206	0	2,578	123
2022-23	4	107	134	230	2	2,519	122
Average	2	81	111	162	1	2,689	104

Messiah University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

559 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 75.24% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Messiah University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,234	319	88	2,827
2015-16	3,302	408	39	2,855
2016-17	3,305	450	31	2,824
2017-18	3,331	491	44	2,796
2018-19	3,375	463	86	2,826
2019-20	3,374	445	72	2,857
2020-21	3,370	501	967	1,902
2021-22	3,276	584	233	2,459
2022-23	3,231	559	597	2,075
Average	3,311	469	240	2,602

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