Enrollment Trends at Middle Tennessee State

The student population at Middle Tennessee State University is 20,086 (17,438 undergraduate and 2,648 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,795 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Middle Tennessee State is 86.82% which is decreased by 3,724 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 71 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,020 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 89.10% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 22,017 where 20,086 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.82% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.18% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,724 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 71 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Middle Tennessee State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23,881	21,162	9,867	11,295	2,719	1,039	1,680
2014-15	22,729 -1,152	20,262 -900	9,463 -404	10,799 -496	2,467 -252	939 -100	1,528 -152
2015-16	22,511 -218	20,140 -122	9,324 -139	10,816 17	2,371 -96	875 -64	1,496 -32
2016-17	22,050 -461	19,693 -447	9,050 -274	10,643 -173	2,357 -14	879 4	1,478 -18
2017-18	21,913 -137	19,523 -170	9,054 4	10,469 -174	2,390 33	893 14	1,497 19
2018-19	21,631 -282	19,252 -271	8,885 -169	10,367 -102	2,379 -11	886 -7	1,493 -4
2019-20	21,721 90	19,461 209	9,064 179	10,397 30	2,260 -119	856 -30	1,404 -89
2020-21	22,080 359	19,188 -273	8,828 -236	10,360 -37	2,892 632	1,083 227	1,809 405
2021-22	21,568 -512	18,603 -585	8,405 -423	10,198 -162	2,965 73	1,070 -13	1,895 86
2022-23	20,086 -1,482	17,438 -1,165	8,137 -268	9,301 -897	2,648 -317	973 -97	1,675 -220
Average	22,017	19,472	9,008	10,465	2,545	949	1,596

Middle Tennessee State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 19,472 where 17,438 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 Middle Tennessee State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21,162	17,381	8,106	9,275	3,781	1,761	2,020
2014-15	20,262	16,627	7,686	8,941	3,635	1,777	1,858
2015-16	20,140	16,167	7,507	8,660	3,973	1,817	2,156
2016-17	19,693	16,019	7,346	8,673	3,674	1,704	1,970
2017-18	19,523	15,812	7,333	8,479	3,711	1,721	1,990
2018-19	19,252	15,511	7,157	8,354	3,741	1,728	2,013
2019-20	19,461	15,721	7,363	8,358	3,740	1,701	2,039
2020-21	19,188	15,520	7,206	8,314	3,668	1,622	2,046
2021-22	18,603	15,112	6,903	8,209	3,491	1,502	1,989
2022-23	17,438	13,884	6,573	7,311	3,554	1,564	1,990
Average	19,472	19,472	7,318	8,457	19,472	1,690	2,007

Middle Tennessee State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,545 where 2,648 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 Middle Tennessee State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,719	899	405	494	1,820	634	1,186
2014-15	2,467	860	369	491	1,607	570	1,037
2015-16	2,371	794	335	459	1,577	540	1,037
2016-17	2,357	788	317	471	1,569	562	1,007
2017-18	2,390	763	328	435	1,627	565	1,062
2018-19	2,379	720	323	397	1,659	563	1,096
2019-20	2,260	681	305	376	1,579	551	1,028
2020-21	2,892	913	391	522	1,979	692	1,287
2021-22	2,965	880	334	546	2,085	736	1,349
2022-23	2,648	729	287	442	1,919	686	1,233
Average	2,545	2,545	339	463	2,545	610	1,132

Middle Tennessee State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.44%. The percentage was 66.92% 10 years ago and Middle Tennessee State still has a high percentage of white students. 4.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.51% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Middle Tennessee 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	80	619	4,638	929	20	15,980	646
2014-15	71	589	4,407	917	22	14,973	647
2015-16	63	616	4,482	940	19	14,550	648
2016-17	60	661	4,342	998	12	14,223	671
2017-18	56	687	4,241	1,086	8	14,133	705
2018-19	49	747	3,970	1,238	11	14,005	761
2019-20	52	829	3,825	1,404	15	14,035	788
2020-21	50	890	3,771	1,503	21	14,400	801
2021-22	51	852	3,242	1,581	24	14,271	796
2022-23	47	831	2,915	1,580	17	13,144	743
Average	58	732	3,983	1,218	17	14,371	721

Middle Tennessee State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,020 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 89.10% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Middle Tennessee State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	22,729	1,597	4,224	16,908
2015-16	22,511	1,716	4,372	16,423
2016-17	22,050	1,670	4,908	15,472
2017-18	21,913	1,594	5,056	15,263
2018-19	21,631	1,634	5,857	14,140
2019-20	21,721	1,627	6,293	13,801
2020-21	22,080	2,276	9,976	9,828
2021-22	21,568	2,489	7,472	11,607
2022-23	20,086	3,020	7,846	9,220
Average	21,810	1,958	6,223	13,629

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