Enrollment Trends at Misericordia

The student population at Misericordia University is 2,242 (1,776 undergraduate and 466 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 784 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Misericordia is 79.21% which is decreased by 641 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 143 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.12 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

268 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -45.64% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,648 where 2,242 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.21% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.79% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 641 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 143 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.12 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Misericordia than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,026	2,417	764	1,653	609	177	432
2014-15	3,054 28	2,465 48	780 16	1,685 32	589 -20	170 -7	419 -13
2015-16	2,963 -91	2,400 -65	771 -9	1,629 -56	563 -26	174 4	389 -30
2016-17	2,808 -155	2,195 -205	718 -53	1,477 -152	613 50	159 -15	454 65
2017-18	2,708 -100	2,146 -49	704 -14	1,442 -35	562 -51	145 -14	417 -37
2018-19	2,566 -142	2,030 -116	625 -79	1,405 -37	536 -26	147 2	389 -28
2019-20	2,503 -63	1,964 -66	633 8	1,331 -74	539 3	144 -3	395 6
2020-21	2,374 -129	1,845 -119	601 -32	1,244 -87	529 -10	121 -23	408 13
2021-22	2,239 -135	1,773 -72	587 -14	1,186 -58	466 -63	112 -9	354 -54
2022-23	2,242 3	1,776 3	592 5	1,184 -2	466 0	127 15	339 -15
Average	2,648	2,101	678	1,424	547	148	400

Misericordia University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,101 where 1,776 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 Misericordia University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,417	1,790	620	1,170	627	144	483
2014-15	2,465	1,773	616	1,157	692	164	528
2015-16	2,400	1,792	627	1,165	608	144	464
2016-17	2,195	1,641	589	1,052	554	129	425
2017-18	2,146	1,660	594	1,066	486	110	376
2018-19	2,030	1,614	537	1,077	416	88	328
2019-20	1,964	1,584	556	1,028	380	77	303
2020-21	1,845	1,473	521	952	372	80	292
2021-22	1,773	1,417	508	909	356	79	277
2022-23	1,776	1,385	511	874	391	81	310
Average	2,101	2,101	568	1,045	2,101	110	379

Misericordia University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 547 where 466 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 Misericordia University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	609	267	81	186	342	96	246
2014-15	589	280	94	186	309	76	233
2015-16	563	285	95	190	278	79	199
2016-17	613	349	92	257	264	67	197
2017-18	562	338	87	251	224	58	166
2018-19	536	343	87	256	193	60	133
2019-20	539	337	88	249	202	56	146
2020-21	529	321	82	239	208	39	169
2021-22	466	247	55	192	219	57	162
2022-23	466	232	63	169	234	64	170
Average	547	547	82	218	547	65	182

Misericordia University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.46%. The percentage was 93.95% 10 years ago and Misericordia still has a high percentage of white students. 1.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.21% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Misericordia 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	5	32	38	71	2	2,843	22
2014-15	4	33	44	77	3	2,854	27
2015-16	5	35	57	82	2	2,742	38
2016-17	5	33	65	84	5	2,499	58
2017-18	6	33	73	79	3	2,355	66
2018-19	6	37	70	80	3	2,205	63
2019-20	4	38	66	81	3	2,127	82
2020-21	5	45	66	80	2	2,012	87
2021-22	4	41	70	73	2	1,898	76
2022-23	2	32	72	90	2	1,804	58
Average	5	36	62	80	3	2,334	58

Misericordia University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

268 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -45.64% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Misericordia University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,054	493	436	2,125
2015-16	2,963	418	490	2,055
2016-17	2,808	467	590	1,751
2017-18	2,708	423	587	1,698
2018-19	2,566	407	556	1,603
2019-20	2,503	263	701	1,539
2020-21	2,374	253	1,018	1,103
2021-22	2,239	120	1,017	1,102
2022-23	2,242	268	847	1,127
Average	2,606	346	694	1,567

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