Enrollment Trends at MWSU

The student population at Missouri Western State University is 4,023 (3,841 undergraduate and 182 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,772 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MWSU is 95.48% which is decreased by 1,775 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

353 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -49.28% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,264 where 4,023 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,775 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MWSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,795	5,616	2,422	3,194	179	61	118
2014-15	5,834 39	5,650 34	2,364 -58	3,286 92	184 5	79 18	105 -13
2015-16	5,513 -321	5,296 -354	2,165 -199	3,131 -155	217 33	103 24	114 9
2016-17	5,363 -150	5,120 -176	2,107 -58	3,013 -118	243 26	103 0	140 26
2017-18	5,533 170	5,292 172	2,175 68	3,117 104	241 -2	89 -14	152 12
2018-19	5,669 136	5,434 142	2,142 -33	3,292 175	235 -6	95 6	140 -12
2019-20	5,608 -61	5,367 -67	2,100 -42	3,267 -25	241 6	90 -5	151 11
2020-21	4,911 -697	4,717 -650	1,774 -326	2,943 -324	194 -47	70 -20	124 -27
2021-22	4,395 -516	4,219 -498	1,584 -190	2,635 -308	176 -18	56 -14	120 -4
2022-23	4,023 -372	3,841 -378	1,470 -114	2,371 -264	182 6	69 13	113 -7
Average	5,264	5,055	2,030	3,025	209	82	128

Missouri Western State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,055 where 3,841 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 Western State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,616	3,945	1,729	2,216	1,671	693	978
2014-15	5,650	3,875	1,631	2,244	1,775	733	1,042
2015-16	5,296	3,631	1,497	2,134	1,665	668	997
2016-17	5,120	3,439	1,402	2,037	1,681	705	976
2017-18	5,292	3,498	1,418	2,080	1,794	757	1,037
2018-19	5,434	3,592	1,433	2,159	1,842	709	1,133
2019-20	5,367	3,382	1,320	2,062	1,985	780	1,205
2020-21	4,717	3,039	1,184	1,855	1,678	590	1,088
2021-22	4,219	2,579	993	1,586	1,640	591	1,049
2022-23	3,841	2,337	951	1,386	1,504	519	985
Average	5,055	5,055	1,356	1,976	5,055	675	1,049

Missouri Western State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 209 where 182 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 Western State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	179	52	31	21	127	30	97
2014-15	184	58	37	21	126	42	84
2015-16	217	67	48	19	150	55	95
2016-17	243	93	55	38	150	48	102
2017-18	241	82	36	46	159	53	106
2018-19	235	81	49	32	154	46	108
2019-20	241	67	33	34	174	57	117
2020-21	194	67	34	33	127	36	91
2021-22	176	59	22	37	117	34	83
2022-23	182	14	6	8	168	63	105
Average	209	209	35	29	209	46	99

Missouri Western State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.56%. The percentage was 80.26% 10 years ago and MWSU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.79% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Missouri Western 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	41	59	540	55	9	4,651	155
2014-15	29	74	600	60	12	4,586	163
2015-16	17	75	484	44	9	4,442	162
2016-17	21	71	450	60	10	4,286	179
2017-18	25	77	489	101	11	4,341	198
2018-19	27	94	492	137	11	4,371	224
2019-20	31	86	530	152	10	4,284	347
2020-21	32	83	446	136	13	3,648	329
2021-22	26	92	457	88	14	3,193	331
2022-23	51	85	434	50	6	2,758	335
Average	30	80	492	88	11	4,056	242

Missouri Western State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

353 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -49.28% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Missouri Western State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,834	696	2,073	3,065
2015-16	5,513	337	1,375	3,801
2016-17	5,363	459	1,440	3,464
2017-18	5,533	305	1,642	3,586
2018-19	5,669	343	1,682	3,644
2019-20	5,608	416	1,715	3,477
2020-21	4,911	567	2,741	1,603
2021-22	4,395	346	1,944	2,105
2022-23	4,023	353	1,791	1,879
Average	5,205	425	1,823	2,958

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