Enrollment Trends at Morningside

The student population at Morningside University is 2,249 (1,186 undergraduate and 1,063 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 293 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Morningside is 52.73% which is decreased by 119 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 174 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,103 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -26.71% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,613 where 2,249 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

52.73% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.27% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 119 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 174 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Morningside than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,542	1,305	616	689	1,237	224	1,013
2014-15	2,823 281	1,321 16	632 16	689 0	1,502 265	260 36	1,242 229
2015-16	2,797 -26	1,307 -14	608 -24	699 10	1,490 -12	265 5	1,225 -17
2016-17	2,902 105	1,321 14	610 2	711 12	1,581 91	288 23	1,293 68
2017-18	2,788 -114	1,322 1	622 12	700 -11	1,466 -115	245 -43	1,221 -72
2018-19	2,698 -90	1,282 -40	640 18	642 -58	1,416 -50	220 -25	1,196 -25
2019-20	2,599 -99	1,277 -5	633 -7	644 2	1,322 -94	226 6	1,096 -100
2020-21	2,411 -188	1,281 4	629 -4	652 8	1,130 -192	180 -46	950 -146
2021-22	2,319 -92	1,245 -36	626 -3	619 -33	1,074 -56	206 26	868 -82
2022-23	2,249 -70	1,186 -59	590 -36	596 -23	1,063 -11	192 -14	871 3
Average	2,613	1,285	621	664	1,328	231	1,098

Morningside University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,285 where 1,186 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 Morningside University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,305	1,263	596	667	42	20	22
2014-15	1,321	1,279	611	668	42	21	21
2015-16	1,307	1,277	596	681	30	12	18
2016-17	1,321	1,295	596	699	26	14	12
2017-18	1,322	1,252	590	662	70	32	38
2018-19	1,282	1,212	603	609	70	37	33
2019-20	1,277	1,183	595	588	94	38	56
2020-21	1,281	1,157	579	578	124	50	74
2021-22	1,245	1,160	591	569	85	35	50
2022-23	1,186	1,128	575	553	58	15	43
Average	1,285	1,285	593	627	1,285	27	37

Morningside University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,328 where 1,063 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 Morningside University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,237	12	3	9	1,225	221	1,004
2014-15	1,502	1	0	1	1,501	260	1,241
2015-16	1,490	23	5	18	1,467	260	1,207
2016-17	1,581	34	4	30	1,547	284	1,263
2017-18	1,466	28	8	20	1,438	237	1,201
2018-19	1,416	29	6	23	1,387	214	1,173
2019-20	1,322	33	8	25	1,289	218	1,071
2020-21	1,130	45	9	36	1,085	171	914
2021-22	1,074	42	3	39	1,032	203	829
2022-23	1,063	59	9	50	1,004	183	821
Average	1,328	1,328	6	25	1,328	225	1,072

Morningside University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.57%. The percentage was 81.59% 10 years ago and Morningside still has a high percentage of white students. 1.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.49% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Morningside 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	6	12	20	82	3	2,074	30
2014-15	10	14	29	87	5	2,321	29
2015-16	10	21	15	129	4	2,315	36
2016-17	11	25	25	113	5	2,414	43
2017-18	12	17	33	134	7	2,346	46
2018-19	10	19	39	123	5	2,254	53
2019-20	11	27	45	114	4	2,157	54
2020-21	12	24	56	119	5	1,952	55
2021-22	11	24	48	105	2	1,842	54
2022-23	11	25	56	135	5	1,722	58
Average	10	21	37	114	5	2,140	46

Morningside University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,103 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 49% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -26.71% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Morningside University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,823	1,505	0	1,318
2015-16	2,797	1,490	0	1,307
2016-17	2,902	1,581	0	1,321
2017-18	2,788	1,490	0	1,298
2018-19	2,698	1,443	0	1,255
2019-20	2,599	1,360	31	1,208
2020-21	2,411	1,236	0	1,175
2021-22	2,319	1,140	0	1,179
2022-23	2,249	1,103	0	1,146
Average	2,621	1,372	3	1,245

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