Enrollment Trends at Missouri Southern

The student population at Missouri Southern State University is 4,144 (4,052 undergraduate and 92 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,472 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Missouri Southern is 97.78% which is decreased by 1,535 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 63 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

948 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 18.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,457 where 4,144 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,535 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 63 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 Missouri Southern than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,616	5,587	2,354	3,233	29	9	20
2014-15	5,613 -3	5,561 -26	2,372 18	3,189 -44	52 23	8 -1	44 24
2015-16	5,783 170	5,732 171	2,392 20	3,340 151	51 -1	19 11	32 -12
2016-17	6,231 448	6,117 385	2,546 154	3,571 231	114 63	41 22	73 41
2017-18	6,174 -57	6,021 -96	2,383 -163	3,638 67	153 39	50 9	103 30
2018-19	6,006 -168	5,851 -170	2,238 -145	3,613 -25	155 2	41 -9	114 11
2019-20	5,604 -402	5,475 -376	2,130 -108	3,345 -268	129 -26	39 -2	90 -24
2020-21	5,045 -559	4,927 -548	1,889 -241	3,038 -307	118 -11	35 -4	83 -7
2021-22	4,352 -693	4,245 -682	1,651 -238	2,594 -444	107 -11	35 0	72 -11
2022-23	4,144 -208	4,052 -193	1,538 -113	2,514 -80	92 -15	34 -1	58 -14
Average	5,457	5,357	2,149	3,208	100	31	69

Missouri Southern State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,357 where 4,052 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 Missouri Southern State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,587	4,125	1,797	2,328	1,462	557	905
2014-15	5,561	4,140	1,792	2,348	1,421	580	841
2015-16	5,732	4,210	1,799	2,411	1,522	593	929
2016-17	6,117	4,460	1,858	2,602	1,657	688	969
2017-18	6,021	4,358	1,726	2,632	1,663	657	1,006
2018-19	5,851	4,172	1,610	2,562	1,679	628	1,051
2019-20	5,475	3,844	1,487	2,357	1,631	643	988
2020-21	4,927	3,443	1,316	2,127	1,484	573	911
2021-22	4,245	2,755	1,062	1,693	1,490	589	901
2022-23	4,052	2,571	991	1,580	1,481	547	934
Average	5,357	5,357	1,544	2,264	5,357	606	944

Missouri Southern State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 100 where 92 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 Missouri Southern State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29	1	0	1	28	9	19
2014-15	52	8	2	6	44	6	38
2015-16	51	6	3	3	45	16	29
2016-17	114	33	15	18	81	26	55
2017-18	153	30	16	14	123	34	89
2018-19	155	29	10	19	126	31	95
2019-20	129	23	8	15	106	31	75
2020-21	118	33	12	21	85	23	62
2021-22	107	28	12	16	79	23	56
2022-23	92	22	7	15	70	27	43
Average	100	100	9	13	100	23	56

Missouri Southern State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.32%. The percentage was 78.99% 10 years ago and Missouri Southern still has a high percentage of white students. 2.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.91% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Missouri Southern 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	164	103	274	201	4	4,436	42
2014-15	164	123	341	215	3	4,313	41
2015-16	174	113	343	262	9	4,412	76
2016-17	190	123	382	376	13	4,656	99
2017-18	209	117	390	408	14	4,560	114
2018-19	194	150	354	465	10	4,354	115
2019-20	179	162	337	418	20	4,104	114
2020-21	182	139	343	409	41	3,601	100
2021-22	152	115	306	347	21	3,054	95
2022-23	179	118	245	328	21	2,831	83
Average	179	126	332	343	16	4,032	88

Missouri Southern State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

948 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 18.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Missouri Southern State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,613	800	1,378	3,435
2015-16	5,783	887	1,508	3,388
2016-17	6,231	1,018	1,685	3,528
2017-18	6,174	1,077	1,837	3,260
2018-19	6,006	1,073	1,740	3,193
2019-20	5,604	1,045	1,791	2,768
2020-21	5,045	1,181	1,688	2,176
2021-22	4,352	1,047	1,542	1,763
2022-23	4,144	948	1,524	1,672
Average	5,439	1,008	1,633	2,798

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