Enrollment Trends at Methodist

The student population at Methodist University is 1,811 (1,448 undergraduate and 363 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 652 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Methodist is 79.96% which is decreased by 795 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 143 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

253 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 803.57% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,166 where 1,811 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.96% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.04% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 795 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 143 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Methodist.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,463	2,243	1,206	1,037	220	79	141
2014-15	2,461 -2	2,228 -15	1,213 7	1,015 -22	233 13	109 30	124 -17
2015-16	2,474 13	2,225 -3	1,216 3	1,009 -6	249 16	122 13	127 3
2016-17	2,446 -28	2,170 -55	1,174 -42	996 -13	276 27	111 -11	165 38
2017-18	2,259 -187	1,933 -237	1,009 -165	924 -72	326 50	122 11	204 39
2018-19	2,092 -167	1,772 -161	921 -88	851 -73	320 -6	108 -14	212 8
2019-20	1,968 -124	1,646 -126	875 -46	771 -80	322 2	105 -3	217 5
2020-21	1,773 -195	1,426 -220	770 -105	656 -115	347 25	102 -3	245 28
2021-22	1,916 143	1,520 94	836 66	684 28	396 49	112 10	284 39
2022-23	1,811 -105	1,448 -72	790 -46	658 -26	363 -33	115 3	248 -36
Average	2,166	1,861	1,001	860	305	109	197

Methodist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,861 where 1,448 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 Methodist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,243	1,962	1,065	897	281	141	140
2014-15	2,228	1,994	1,096	898	234	117	117
2015-16	2,225	1,986	1,103	883	239	113	126
2016-17	2,170	1,949	1,067	882	221	107	114
2017-18	1,933	1,755	922	833	178	87	91
2018-19	1,772	1,580	837	743	192	84	108
2019-20	1,646	1,500	803	697	146	72	74
2020-21	1,426	1,296	704	592	130	66	64
2021-22	1,520	1,376	767	609	144	69	75
2022-23	1,448	1,288	726	562	160	64	96
Average	1,861	1,861	909	760	1,861	92	101

Methodist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 305 where 363 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 Methodist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	220	138	37	101	82	42	40
2014-15	233	141	53	88	92	56	36
2015-16	249	172	70	102	77	52	25
2016-17	276	219	80	139	57	31	26
2017-18	326	261	97	164	65	25	40
2018-19	320	277	90	187	43	18	25
2019-20	322	308	99	209	14	6	8
2020-21	347	297	96	201	50	6	44
2021-22	396	294	92	202	102	20	82
2022-23	363	297	101	196	66	14	52
Average	305	305	82	159	305	27	38

Methodist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.05% and the percentage of black students is 20.65% at Methodist University. 1.21% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Methodist 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	22	37	467	166	9	1,270	98
2014-15	20	37	454	186	5	1,242	83
2015-16	21	32	445	174	4	1,178	92
2016-17	29	35	425	174	6	1,121	85
2017-18	22	40	356	172	7	989	56
2018-19	21	30	318	146	3	869	39
2019-20	21	29	308	162	4	798	32
2020-21	12	23	288	130	7	725	26
2021-22	15	32	367	165	4	852	23
2022-23	28	22	374	147	3	834	29
Average	21	32	380	162	5	988	56

Methodist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

253 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 803.57% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Methodist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,461	28	158	2,275
2015-16	2,474	33	142	2,299
2016-17	2,446	34	140	2,272
2017-18	2,259	40	142	2,077
2018-19	2,092	44	136	1,912
2019-20	1,968	45	160	1,763
2020-21	1,773	43	192	1,538
2021-22	1,916	177	560	1,179
2022-23	1,811	253	605	953
Average	2,133	77	248	1,808

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