Enrollment Trends at MSU

The student population at Montana State University is 16,681 (14,625 undergraduate and 2,056 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,829 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MSU is 87.67% which is increased by 1,451 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 378 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.92 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

1,074 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 209.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,124 where 16,681 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.67% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.33% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,451 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 378 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.92 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in MSU.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,852	13,174	7,236	5,938	1,678	815	863
2014-15	14,982 130	13,298 124	7,205 -31	6,093 155	1,684 6	830 15	854 -9
2015-16	15,236 254	13,633 335	7,504 299	6,129 36	1,603 -81	753 -77	850 -4
2016-17	16,359 1,123	14,340 707	7,896 392	6,444 315	2,019 416	930 177	1,089 239
2017-18	16,613 254	14,652 312	7,939 43	6,713 269	1,961 -58	915 -15	1,046 -43
2018-19	16,814 201	14,851 199	8,020 81	6,831 118	1,963 2	907 -8	1,056 10
2019-20	16,692 -122	14,760 -91	7,902 -118	6,858 27	1,932 -31	857 -50	1,075 19
2020-21	16,218 -474	14,230 -530	7,540 -362	6,690 -168	1,988 56	841 -16	1,147 72
2021-22	16,788 570	14,648 418	7,835 295	6,813 123	2,140 152	898 57	1,242 95
2022-23	16,681 -107	14,625 -23	7,790 -45	6,835 22	2,056 -84	881 -17	1,175 -67
Average	16,124	14,221	7,687	6,534	1,902	863	1,040

Montana State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,221 where 14,625 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 since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,174	11,012	6,108	4,904	2,162	1,128	1,034
2014-15	13,298	11,236	6,129	5,107	2,062	1,076	986
2015-16	13,633	11,671	6,466	5,205	1,962	1,038	924
2016-17	14,340	12,248	6,757	5,491	2,092	1,139	953
2017-18	14,652	12,403	6,787	5,616	2,249	1,152	1,097
2018-19	14,851	12,516	6,803	5,713	2,335	1,217	1,118
2019-20	14,760	12,359	6,664	5,695	2,401	1,238	1,163
2020-21	14,230	12,026	6,362	5,664	2,204	1,178	1,026
2021-22	14,648	12,317	6,599	5,718	2,331	1,236	1,095
2022-23	14,625	12,535	6,688	5,847	2,090	1,102	988
Average	14,221	14,221	6,536	5,496	14,221	1,150	1,038

Montana State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,902 where 2,056 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 since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,678	537	274	263	1,141	541	600
2014-15	1,684	549	282	267	1,135	548	587
2015-16	1,603	525	270	255	1,078	483	595
2016-17	2,019	566	273	293	1,453	657	796
2017-18	1,961	589	287	302	1,372	628	744
2018-19	1,963	569	268	301	1,394	639	755
2019-20	1,932	487	230	257	1,445	627	818
2020-21	1,988	551	229	322	1,437	612	825
2021-22	2,140	667	265	402	1,473	633	840
2022-23	2,056	624	260	364	1,432	621	811
Average	1,902	1,902	264	303	1,902	599	737

Montana State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.00%. The percentage was 85.75% 10 years ago and MSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.16% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.43% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Montana 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	209	150	100	446	12	12,735	453
2014-15	199	135	93	459	19	12,458	456
2015-16	247	125	94	533	26	12,857	471
2016-17	248	160	101	605	21	13,630	604
2017-18	260	156	74	663	17	13,876	693
2018-19	263	162	86	701	20	13,972	823
2019-20	216	158	69	735	16	13,972	811
2020-21	237	169	68	780	13	13,610	803
2021-22	264	182	77	845	13	14,004	864
2022-23	231	193	71	923	14	13,845	868
Average	237	159	83	669	17	13,496	685

Montana State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,074 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 209.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Montana State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,982	347	1,014	13,621
2015-16	15,236	308	959	13,969
2016-17	16,359	589	1,040	14,730
2017-18	16,613	664	1,125	14,824
2018-19	16,814	530	1,235	15,049
2019-20	16,692	493	1,634	14,565
2020-21	16,216	1,090	6,815	8,311
2021-22	16,788	1,044	2,510	13,234
2022-23	16,681	1,074	2,248	13,359
Average	16,265	682	2,064	13,518

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