Enrollment Trends at MTU

The student population at Michigan Technological University is 7,063 (5,699 undergraduate and 1,364 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 88 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MTU is 80.69% which is increased by 82 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 6 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.43 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

320 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 196.30% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,098 where 7,063 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.69% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.31% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 82 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 6 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.43 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in MTU than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,975	5,617	4,198	1,419	1,358	966	392
2014-15	7,099 124	5,658 41	4,213 15	1,445 26	1,441 83	1,019 53	422 30
2015-16	7,218 119	5,697 39	4,180 -33	1,517 72	1,521 80	1,099 80	422 0
2016-17	7,252 34	5,811 114	4,243 63	1,568 51	1,441 -80	1,057 -42	384 -38
2017-18	7,292 40	5,890 79	4,303 60	1,587 19	1,402 -39	1,018 -39	384 0
2018-19	7,172 -120	5,797 -93	4,201 -102	1,596 9	1,375 -27	955 -63	420 36
2019-20	7,027 -145	5,750 -47	4,108 -93	1,642 46	1,277 -98	894 -61	383 -37
2020-21	6,873 -154	5,640 -110	4,014 -94	1,626 -16	1,233 -44	848 -46	385 2
2021-22	7,008 135	5,777 137	4,087 73	1,690 64	1,231 -2	859 11	372 -13
2022-23	7,063 55	5,699 -78	4,012 -75	1,687 -3	1,364 133	940 81	424 52
Average	7,098	5,734	4,156	1,578	1,364	966	399

Michigan Technological University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,734 where 5,699 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 Michigan Technological University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,617	5,198	3,882	1,316	419	316	103
2014-15	5,658	5,242	3,908	1,334	416	305	111
2015-16	5,697	5,330	3,905	1,425	367	275	92
2016-17	5,811	5,446	3,988	1,458	365	255	110
2017-18	5,890	5,492	4,025	1,467	398	278	120
2018-19	5,797	5,465	3,968	1,497	332	233	99
2019-20	5,750	5,383	3,846	1,537	367	262	105
2020-21	5,640	5,294	3,778	1,516	346	236	110
2021-22	5,777	5,470	3,878	1,592	307	209	98
2022-23	5,699	5,403	3,809	1,594	296	203	93
Average	5,734	5,734	3,899	1,474	5,734	257	104

Michigan Technological University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,364 where 1,364 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 Michigan Technological University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,358	960	678	282	398	288	110
2014-15	1,441	1,035	733	302	406	286	120
2015-16	1,521	1,087	788	299	434	311	123
2016-17	1,441	1,010	752	258	431	305	126
2017-18	1,402	991	739	252	411	279	132
2018-19	1,375	973	683	290	402	272	130
2019-20	1,277	881	610	271	396	284	112
2020-21	1,233	784	527	257	449	321	128
2021-22	1,231	814	560	254	417	299	118
2022-23	1,364	889	601	288	475	339	136
Average	1,364	1,364	667	275	1,364	298	124

Michigan Technological University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.96%. The percentage was 74.72% 10 years ago and MTU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.10% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Michigan Technological 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	32	75	95	132	3	5,212	136
2014-15	33	82	95	117	8	5,301	156
2015-16	22	79	82	122	3	5,375	173
2016-17	23	87	69	130	5	5,525	176
2017-18	20	97	69	128	4	5,635	184
2018-19	25	111	78	138	2	5,575	208
2019-20	21	113	79	129	2	5,543	239
2020-21	26	140	71	158	2	5,471	243
2021-22	25	147	81	186	2	5,508	243
2022-23	32	158	78	189	2	5,365	241
Average	26	109	80	143	3	5,451	200

Michigan Technological University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

320 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 196.30% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Michigan Technological University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,099	108	206	6,785
2015-16	7,218	147	144	6,927
2016-17	7,252	127	214	6,911
2017-18	7,292	143	302	6,847
2018-19	7,172	179	331	6,662
2019-20	7,027	233	385	6,409
2020-21	6,873	267	3,132	3,474
2021-22	7,008	264	522	6,222
2022-23	7,063	320	725	6,018
Average	7,112	199	662	6,251

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