Enrollment Trends at MSUM

The student population at Minnesota State University Moorhead is 4,682 (3,729 undergraduate and 953 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,952 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MSUM is 79.65% which is decreased by 2,434 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 482 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.84 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,293 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 89.87% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,764 where 4,682 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.65% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.35% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,434 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 482 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.84 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MSUM than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,634	6,163	2,487	3,676	471	119	352
2014-15	6,306 -328	5,731 -432	2,252 -235	3,479 -197	575 104	126 7	449 97
2015-16	5,844 -462	5,243 -488	2,085 -167	3,158 -321	601 26	129 3	472 23
2016-17	5,923 79	5,205 -38	2,095 10	3,110 -48	718 117	163 34	555 83
2017-18	6,005 82	5,130 -75	2,011 -84	3,119 9	875 157	224 61	651 96
2018-19	5,860 -145	4,828 -302	1,904 -107	2,924 -195	1,032 157	297 73	735 84
2019-20	5,747 -113	4,673 -155	1,838 -66	2,835 -89	1,074 42	303 6	771 36
2020-21	5,547 -200	4,445 -228	1,700 -138	2,745 -90	1,102 28	298 -5	804 33
2021-22	5,088 -459	4,026 -419	1,517 -183	2,509 -236	1,062 -40	297 -1	765 -39
2022-23	4,682 -406	3,729 -297	1,380 -137	2,349 -160	953 -109	270 -27	683 -82
Average	5,764	4,917	1,927	2,990	846	223	624

Minnesota State University Moorhead Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,917 where 3,729 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 Moorhead since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,163	5,109	2,083	3,026	1,054	404	650
2014-15	5,731	4,727	1,882	2,845	1,004	370	634
2015-16	5,243	4,325	1,701	2,624	918	384	534
2016-17	5,205	4,279	1,727	2,552	926	368	558
2017-18	5,130	4,157	1,646	2,511	973	365	608
2018-19	4,828	3,897	1,536	2,361	931	368	563
2019-20	4,673	3,787	1,499	2,288	886	339	547
2020-21	4,445	3,529	1,356	2,173	916	344	572
2021-22	4,026	3,134	1,173	1,961	892	344	548
2022-23	3,729	2,909	1,084	1,825	820	296	524
Average	4,917	4,917	1,569	2,417	4,917	358	574

Minnesota State University Moorhead Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 846 where 953 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 Moorhead since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	471	151	33	118	320	86	234
2014-15	575	181	30	151	394	96	298
2015-16	601	175	35	140	426	94	332
2016-17	718	180	28	152	538	135	403
2017-18	875	177	39	138	698	185	513
2018-19	1,032	184	43	141	848	254	594
2019-20	1,074	203	43	160	871	260	611
2020-21	1,102	190	42	148	912	256	656
2021-22	1,062	206	51	155	856	246	610
2022-23	953	196	58	138	757	212	545
Average	846	846	40	144	846	182	480

Minnesota State University Moorhead Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.52%. The percentage was 78.31% 10 years ago and MSUM still has a high percentage of white students. 1.69% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.78% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minnesota State University Moorhead 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	47	90	167	173	2	5,195	160
2014-15	47	81	161	158	2	4,905	146
2015-16	38	73	156	146	2	4,594	148
2016-17	42	74	170	173	5	4,670	180
2017-18	34	80	185	181	5	4,826	196
2018-19	34	87	202	169	4	4,784	211
2019-20	49	88	218	160	3	4,703	219
2020-21	39	92	241	167	4	4,570	207
2021-22	30	82	234	171	3	4,177	183
2022-23	36	79	224	181	3	3,770	194
Average	40	83	196	168	3	4,619	184

Minnesota State University Moorhead Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,293 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 89.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Minnesota State University Moorhead from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,306	681	1,266	4,359
2015-16	5,844	661	1,317	3,866
2016-17	5,923	835	1,454	3,634
2017-18	6,005	1,151	1,474	3,380
2018-19	5,860	1,213	1,764	2,883
2019-20	5,747	1,329	1,797	2,621
2020-21	5,547	1,242	2,119	2,186
2021-22	5,088	1,426	2,426	1,236
2022-23	4,682	1,293	2,147	1,242
Average	5,667	1,092	1,752	2,823

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