Enrollment Trends at Southeast Missouri State

The student population at Southeast Missouri State University is 9,927 (8,454 undergraduate and 1,473 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,840 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Southeast Missouri State is 85.16% which is decreased by 2,151 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 311 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,941 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 48.62% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,079 where 9,927 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.16% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.84% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,151 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 311 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southeast Missouri State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,767	10,605	4,555	6,050	1,162	391	771
2014-15	12,087 320	10,848 243	4,716 161	6,132 82	1,239 77	444 53	795 24
2015-16	11,987 -100	10,587 -261	4,658 -58	5,929 -203	1,400 161	508 64	892 97
2016-17	11,978 -9	10,693 106	4,591 -67	6,102 173	1,285 -115	481 -27	804 -88
2017-18	11,486 -492	10,458 -235	4,378 -213	6,080 -22	1,028 -257	349 -132	679 -125
2018-19	11,071 -415	10,041 -417	4,144 -234	5,897 -183	1,030 2	343 -6	687 8
2019-20	10,637 -434	9,524 -517	3,905 -239	5,619 -278	1,113 83	364 21	749 62
2020-21	10,001 -636	8,929 -595	3,494 -411	5,435 -184	1,072 -41	353 -11	719 -30
2021-22	9,851 -150	8,629 -300	3,373 -121	5,256 -179	1,222 150	480 127	742 23
2022-23	9,927 76	8,454 -175	3,369 -4	5,085 -171	1,473 251	648 168	825 83
Average	11,079	9,877	4,118	5,759	1,202	436	766

Southeast Missouri State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,877 where 8,454 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 Southeast Missouri State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,605	7,953	3,466	4,487	2,652	1,089	1,563
2014-15	10,848	8,168	3,623	4,545	2,680	1,093	1,587
2015-16	10,587	7,924	3,542	4,382	2,663	1,116	1,547
2016-17	10,693	7,896	3,424	4,472	2,797	1,167	1,630
2017-18	10,458	7,779	3,323	4,456	2,679	1,055	1,624
2018-19	10,041	7,296	3,060	4,236	2,745	1,084	1,661
2019-20	9,524	7,152	2,899	4,253	2,372	1,006	1,366
2020-21	8,929	6,823	2,661	4,162	2,106	833	1,273
2021-22	8,629	6,548	2,562	3,986	2,081	811	1,270
2022-23	8,454	6,312	2,516	3,796	2,142	853	1,289
Average	9,877	9,877	3,108	4,278	9,877	1,011	1,481

Southeast Missouri State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,202 where 1,473 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 Southeast Missouri State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,162	379	157	222	783	234	549
2014-15	1,239	445	189	256	794	255	539
2015-16	1,400	492	208	284	908	300	608
2016-17	1,285	448	190	258	837	291	546
2017-18	1,028	370	129	241	658	220	438
2018-19	1,030	381	145	236	649	198	451
2019-20	1,113	452	176	276	661	188	473
2020-21	1,072	426	159	267	646	194	452
2021-22	1,222	618	304	314	604	176	428
2022-23	1,473	821	430	391	652	218	434
Average	1,202	1,202	209	275	1,202	227	492

Southeast Missouri State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.79%. The percentage was 77.15% 10 years ago and Southeast Missouri State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.80% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.52% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southeast Missouri 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	53	110	1,045	166	3	9,078	19
2014-15	55	118	1,022	189	4	8,931	13
2015-16	43	119	1,031	199	2	8,442	32
2016-17	41	137	1,037	209	2	9,106	67
2017-18	35	130	955	211	3	9,188	100
2018-19	26	134	896	226	4	8,874	164
2019-20	19	127	872	213	6	8,467	188
2020-21	12	103	836	232	8	7,981	218
2021-22	18	100	807	265	4	7,557	254
2022-23	15	79	747	308	3	7,226	288
Average	32	116	925	222	4	8,485	134

Southeast Missouri State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,941 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.62% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southeast Missouri State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,087	1,306	3,663	7,118
2015-16	11,987	1,265	4,175	6,547
2016-17	11,978	1,714	4,030	6,234
2017-18	11,486	1,796	4,225	5,465
2018-19	11,071	1,812	3,188	6,071
2019-20	10,637	1,704	3,849	5,084
2020-21	10,001	1,735	4,232	4,034
2021-22	9,851	1,705	4,277	3,869
2022-23	9,927	1,941	4,277	3,709
Average	11,003	1,664	3,991	5,348

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