Enrollment Trends at MC

The student population at Mississippi College is 3,946 (2,396 undergraduate and 1,550 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 975 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MC is 60.72% which is decreased by 509 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 466 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

650 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 199.54% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,772 where 3,946 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.72% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.28% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 509 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 466 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,921	2,905	1,196	1,709	2,016	768	1,248
2014-15	4,984 63	2,984 79	1,242 46	1,742 33	2,000 -16	781 13	1,219 -29
2015-16	5,036 52	3,004 20	1,213 -29	1,791 49	2,032 32	810 29	1,222 3
2016-17	5,048 12	3,145 141	1,256 43	1,889 98	1,903 -129	734 -76	1,169 -53
2017-18	5,036 -12	3,242 97	1,229 -27	2,013 124	1,794 -109	663 -71	1,131 -38
2018-19	5,103 67	3,232 -10	1,213 -16	2,019 6	1,871 77	657 -6	1,214 83
2019-20	4,733 -370	2,944 -288	1,163 -50	1,781 -238	1,789 -82	599 -58	1,190 -24
2020-21	4,667 -66	2,757 -187	1,102 -61	1,655 -126	1,910 121	630 31	1,280 90
2021-22	4,250 -417	2,523 -234	1,041 -61	1,482 -173	1,727 -183	548 -82	1,179 -101
2022-23	3,946 -304	2,396 -127	1,010 -31	1,386 -96	1,550 -177	485 -63	1,065 -114
Average	4,772	2,913	1,167	1,747	1,859	668	1,192

Mississippi College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,913 where 2,396 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 Mississippi College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,905	2,589	1,084	1,505	316	112	204
2014-15	2,984	2,669	1,103	1,566	315	139	176
2015-16	3,004	2,677	1,070	1,607	327	143	184
2016-17	3,145	2,721	1,084	1,637	424	172	252
2017-18	3,242	2,793	1,063	1,730	449	166	283
2018-19	3,232	2,772	1,052	1,720	460	161	299
2019-20	2,944	2,516	1,003	1,513	428	160	268
2020-21	2,757	2,291	912	1,379	466	190	276
2021-22	2,523	2,082	844	1,238	441	197	244
2022-23	2,396	1,953	813	1,140	443	197	246
Average	2,913	2,913	1,003	1,504	2,913	164	243

Mississippi College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,859 where 1,550 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 Mississippi College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,016	1,192	510	682	824	258	566
2014-15	2,000	1,149	517	632	851	264	587
2015-16	2,032	1,246	598	648	786	212	574
2016-17	1,903	1,206	529	677	697	205	492
2017-18	1,794	1,101	439	662	693	224	469
2018-19	1,871	1,092	428	664	779	229	550
2019-20	1,789	1,024	394	630	765	205	560
2020-21	1,910	1,301	473	828	609	157	452
2021-22	1,727	1,182	419	763	545	129	416
2022-23	1,550	1,092	369	723	458	116	342
Average	1,859	1,859	468	691	1,859	200	501

Mississippi College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.71%. The percentage was 59.99% 10 years ago and MC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.20% of enrolled students is Asian and 20.60% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mississippi College 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	26	114	1,275	110	3	2,952	45
2014-15	26	118	1,164	124	5	2,842	52
2015-16	24	138	1,145	133	3	2,850	43
2016-17	28	137	1,151	163	8	2,991	28
2017-18	33	135	1,185	157	7	3,160	24
2018-19	27	135	1,223	158	4	3,265	29
2019-20	24	135	1,043	163	3	3,098	48
2020-21	21	150	1,074	165	1	3,032	58
2021-22	13	114	964	135	2	2,717	66
2022-23	9	87	813	115	1	2,514	67
Average	23	126	1,104	142	4	2,942	46

Mississippi College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

650 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 199.54% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mississippi College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,984	217	872	3,895
2015-16	5,036	248	898	3,890
2016-17	5,048	275	1,195	3,578
2017-18	5,036	434	1,075	3,527
2018-19	5,103	745	1,212	3,146
2019-20	4,733	785	1,850	2,098
2020-21	4,667	870	1,099	2,698
2021-22	4,250	770	1,027	2,453
2022-23	3,946	650	1,145	2,151
Average	4,756	555	1,153	3,048

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