Enrollment Trends at MSU Billings

The student population at Montana State University Billings is 4,057 (3,665 undergraduate and 392 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 912 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MSU Billings is 90.34% which is decreased by 800 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 112 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

986 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -6.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,383 where 4,057 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.34% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.66% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 800 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 112 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MSU Billings than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,969	4,465	1,755	2,710	504	129	375
2014-15	4,768 -201	4,340 -125	1,646 -109	2,694 -16	428 -76	109 -20	319 -56
2015-16	4,425 -343	4,030 -310	1,534 -112	2,496 -198	395 -33	91 -18	304 -15
2016-17	4,362 -63	3,968 -62	1,566 32	2,402 -94	394 -1	82 -9	312 8
2017-18	4,401 39	4,021 53	1,507 -59	2,514 112	380 -14	87 5	293 -19
2018-19	4,315 -86	3,960 -61	1,417 -90	2,543 29	355 -25	76 -11	279 -14
2019-20	4,416 101	4,031 71	1,429 12	2,602 59	385 30	82 6	303 24
2020-21	4,000 -416	3,602 -429	1,225 -204	2,377 -225	398 13	98 16	300 -3
2021-22	4,114 114	3,728 126	1,335 110	2,393 16	386 -12	91 -7	295 -5
2022-23	4,057 -57	3,665 -63	1,344 9	2,321 -72	392 6	92 1	300 5
Average	4,383	3,981	1,476	2,505	402	94	308

Montana State University Billings Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,981 where 3,665 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 Montana State University Billings since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,465	3,162	1,337	1,825	1,303	418	885
2014-15	4,340	3,044	1,256	1,788	1,296	390	906
2015-16	4,030	2,701	1,109	1,592	1,329	425	904
2016-17	3,968	2,500	1,081	1,419	1,468	485	983
2017-18	4,021	2,400	1,000	1,400	1,621	507	1,114
2018-19	3,960	2,303	921	1,382	1,657	496	1,161
2019-20	4,031	2,216	883	1,333	1,815	546	1,269
2020-21	3,602	1,985	797	1,188	1,617	428	1,189
2021-22	3,728	1,954	785	1,169	1,774	550	1,224
2022-23	3,665	1,896	782	1,114	1,769	562	1,207
Average	3,981	3,981	995	1,421	3,981	481	1,084

Montana State University Billings Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 402 where 392 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 Montana State University Billings since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	504	210	61	149	294	68	226
2014-15	428	169	44	125	259	65	194
2015-16	395	173	44	129	222	47	175
2016-17	394	169	39	130	225	43	182
2017-18	380	163	40	123	217	47	170
2018-19	355	137	34	103	218	42	176
2019-20	385	157	39	118	228	43	185
2020-21	398	160	43	117	238	55	183
2021-22	386	151	39	112	235	52	183
2022-23	392	156	27	129	236	65	171
Average	402	402	41	124	402	53	185

Montana State University Billings Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.38%. The percentage was 82.65% 10 years ago and MSU Billings still has a high percentage of white students. 1.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.91% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Montana State University Billings 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	212	46	53	215	11	4,107	121
2014-15	192	49	54	221	14	3,928	115
2015-16	185	40	43	219	9	3,652	116
2016-17	177	40	50	229	11	3,563	127
2017-18	185	41	49	241	12	3,571	156
2018-19	172	36	40	254	11	3,500	169
2019-20	200	35	49	269	12	3,484	196
2020-21	169	33	37	247	7	3,185	185
2021-22	165	41	44	243	6	3,241	220
2022-23	168	44	37	265	5	3,180	223
Average	183	41	46	240	10	3,541	163

Montana State University Billings Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

986 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -6.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Montana State University Billings from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,768	1,051	1,558	2,159
2015-16	4,425	919	1,501	2,005
2016-17	4,362	1,023	1,419	1,920
2017-18	4,401	1,070	1,427	1,904
2018-19	4,315	1,149	1,352	1,814
2019-20	4,416	1,237	1,416	1,763
2020-21	4,000	1,255	1,371	1,374
2021-22	4,114	1,049	1,559	1,506
2022-23	4,057	986	1,579	1,492
Average	4,318	1,082	1,465	1,771

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