Enrollment Trends at Minnesota State University-Mankato

The student population at Minnesota State University-Mankato is 14,590 (12,676 undergraduate and 1,914 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 836 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Minnesota State University-Mankato is 86.88% which is decreased by 791 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 45 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,379 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 155.81% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,863 where 14,590 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.88% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.12% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 791 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 45 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Minnesota State University-Mankato than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,426	13,467	6,478	6,989	1,959	732	1,227
2014-15	15,387 -39	13,395 -72	6,456 -22	6,939 -50	1,992 33	751 19	1,241 14
2015-16	15,313 -74	13,269 -126	6,323 -133	6,946 7	2,044 52	753 2	1,291 50
2016-17	15,165 -148	13,192 -77	6,239 -84	6,953 7	1,973 -71	703 -50	1,270 -21
2017-18	14,712 -453	12,782 -410	6,006 -233	6,776 -177	1,930 -43	605 -98	1,325 55
2018-19	14,374 -338	12,492 -290	5,828 -178	6,664 -112	1,882 -48	598 -7	1,284 -41
2019-20	14,325 -49	12,490 -2	5,827 -1	6,663 -1	1,835 -47	606 8	1,229 -55
2020-21	14,761 436	12,938 448	5,857 30	7,081 418	1,823 -12	579 -27	1,244 15
2021-22	14,576 -185	12,620 -318	5,717 -140	6,903 -178	1,956 133	621 42	1,335 91
2022-23	14,590 14	12,676 56	5,721 4	6,955 52	1,914 -42	629 8	1,285 -50
Average	14,863	12,932	6,045	6,887	1,931	658	1,273

Minnesota State University-Mankato Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,932 where 12,676 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 Minnesota State University-Mankato since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,467	11,419	5,681	5,738	2,048	797	1,251
2014-15	13,395	11,186	5,575	5,611	2,209	881	1,328
2015-16	13,269	11,065	5,437	5,628	2,204	886	1,318
2016-17	13,192	11,009	5,375	5,634	2,183	864	1,319
2017-18	12,782	10,832	5,258	5,574	1,950	748	1,202
2018-19	12,492	10,545	5,093	5,452	1,947	735	1,212
2019-20	12,490	10,413	5,012	5,401	2,077	815	1,262
2020-21	12,938	10,526	4,910	5,616	2,412	947	1,465
2021-22	12,620	10,035	4,741	5,294	2,585	976	1,609
2022-23	12,676	9,945	4,720	5,225	2,731	1,001	1,730
Average	12,932	12,932	5,180	5,517	12,932	865	1,370

Minnesota State University-Mankato Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,931 where 1,914 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 Minnesota State University-Mankato since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,959	678	262	416	1,281	470	811
2014-15	1,992	714	294	420	1,278	457	821
2015-16	2,044	711	286	425	1,333	467	866
2016-17	1,973	681	243	438	1,292	460	832
2017-18	1,930	618	217	401	1,312	388	924
2018-19	1,882	622	219	403	1,260	379	881
2019-20	1,835	622	236	386	1,213	370	843
2020-21	1,823	647	234	413	1,176	345	831
2021-22	1,956	669	199	470	1,287	422	865
2022-23	1,914	651	210	441	1,263	419	844
Average	1,931	1,931	240	421	1,931	418	852

Minnesota State University-Mankato Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.31%. The percentage was 77.21% 10 years ago and Minnesota State University-Mankato still has a high percentage of white students. 3.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.44% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minnesota State University-Mankato 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	36	471	692	488	6	11,911	353
2014-15	39	519	689	512	6	11,720	326
2015-16	51	551	730	560	8	11,419	366
2016-17	41	537	736	612	7	11,176	429
2017-18	47	541	743	596	6	10,571	438
2018-19	42	507	683	650	9	10,459	432
2019-20	44	493	717	698	9	10,424	486
2020-21	41	532	823	771	8	10,592	502
2021-22	45	522	813	741	6	10,516	476
2022-23	45	535	794	803	7	10,404	446
Average	43	521	742	643	7	10,919	425

Minnesota State University-Mankato Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,379 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 155.81% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Minnesota State University-Mankato from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,387	930	3,443	11,014
2015-16	15,313	1,027	3,667	10,619
2016-17	15,165	1,047	4,245	9,873
2017-18	14,712	1,162	4,627	8,923
2018-19	14,374	1,260	4,986	8,128
2019-20	14,325	1,223	5,125	7,977
2020-21	14,761	1,158	5,609	7,994
2021-22	14,576	1,725	5,945	6,906
2022-23	14,590	2,379	6,744	5,467
Average	14,800	1,323	4,932	8,545

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