Enrollment Trends at MSU

The student population at Minot State University is 2,777 (2,530 undergraduate and 247 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 756 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MSU is 91.11% which is decreased by 724 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 32 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.85 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

605 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -45.54% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,177 where 2,777 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.11% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.89% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 724 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 32 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.85 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,533	3,254	1,254	2,000	279	90	189
2014-15	3,410 -123	3,116 -138	1,235 -19	1,881 -119	294 15	107 17	187 -2
2015-16	3,348 -62	3,064 -52	1,190 -45	1,874 -7	284 -10	101 -6	183 -4
2016-17	3,412 64	3,136 72	1,252 62	1,884 10	276 -8	93 -8	183 0
2017-18	3,216 -196	2,956 -180	1,190 -62	1,766 -118	260 -16	90 -3	170 -13
2018-19	3,189 -27	2,915 -41	1,156 -34	1,759 -7	274 14	93 3	181 11
2019-20	3,125 -64	2,836 -79	1,111 -45	1,725 -34	289 15	98 5	191 10
2020-21	2,920 -205	2,656 -180	1,008 -103	1,648 -77	264 -25	78 -20	186 -5
2021-22	2,836 -84	2,576 -80	937 -71	1,639 -9	260 -4	69 -9	191 5
2022-23	2,777 -59	2,530 -46	907 -30	1,623 -16	247 -13	66 -3	181 -10
Average	3,177	2,904	1,124	1,780	273	89	184

Minot State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,904 where 2,530 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 Minot State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,254	2,151	788	1,363	1,103	466	637
2014-15	3,116	2,075	775	1,300	1,041	460	581
2015-16	3,064	2,021	760	1,261	1,043	430	613
2016-17	3,136	2,021	780	1,241	1,115	472	643
2017-18	2,956	1,952	774	1,178	1,004	416	588
2018-19	2,915	1,979	772	1,207	936	384	552
2019-20	2,836	1,921	754	1,167	915	357	558
2020-21	2,656	1,836	697	1,139	820	311	509
2021-22	2,576	1,840	701	1,139	736	236	500
2022-23	2,530	1,768	650	1,118	762	257	505
Average	2,904	2,904	745	1,211	2,904	379	569

Minot State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 273 where 247 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 Minot State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	279	122	38	84	157	52	105
2014-15	294	116	35	81	178	72	106
2015-16	284	107	32	75	177	69	108
2016-17	276	111	37	74	165	56	109
2017-18	260	110	32	78	150	58	92
2018-19	274	114	29	85	160	64	96
2019-20	289	105	26	79	184	72	112
2020-21	264	112	29	83	152	49	103
2021-22	260	121	35	86	139	34	105
2022-23	247	114	32	82	133	34	99
Average	273	273	33	81	273	56	104

Minot State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.27%. The percentage was 68.50% 10 years ago and MSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.14% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minot 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	64	43	158	135	16	2,420	92
2014-15	52	46	167	167	13	2,360	100
2015-16	45	61	172	197	15	2,258	126
2016-17	58	69	195	236	11	2,265	139
2017-18	49	59	184	221	9	2,235	127
2018-19	63	53	178	219	11	2,170	132
2019-20	59	38	133	228	13	2,138	144
2020-21	57	43	111	221	12	1,995	149
2021-22	51	38	93	229	10	1,925	158
2022-23	60	48	115	219	8	1,868	159
Average	56	50	151	207	12	2,163	133

Minot State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

605 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -45.54% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Minot State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,410	1,111	496	1,803
2015-16	3,348	1,028	609	1,711
2016-17	3,412	1,110	604	1,698
2017-18	3,216	997	597	1,622
2018-19	3,189	986	623	1,580
2019-20	3,125	552	776	1,797
2020-21	2,920	697	1,269	954
2021-22	2,836	564	1,193	1,079
2022-23	2,777	605	1,089	1,083
Average	3,137	850	806	1,481

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