Enrollment Trends for Minnesota Colleges

There are 54 active four-years colleges and universities in Minnesota - 13 public and 41 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 273,331 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Minnesota including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 8.38% from 298,338 to 273,331. The undergraduate population decreased by 8.95% and the graduate population decreased by 7.46% in last 10 years at Minnesota Colleges.

By gender, there are 180,310 female students and 93,021 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.94 to 1. The female students decreased by 2.38% and male students decreased by 18.13% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 290,768, and 273,331 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 61.52% are undergraduate students and 38.48% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 16,400, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 8,479.

The female to male ratio is 1.94 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Minnesota Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Minnesota Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	298,338	184,628	79,431	105,197	113,710	34,196	79,514
2014-15	298,153 -185	183,669 -959	78,613 -818	105,056 -141	114,484 774	34,278 82	80,206 692
2015-16	299,487 1,334	181,589 -2,080	76,994 -1,619	104,595 -461	117,898 3,414	34,985 707	82,913 2,707
2016-17	299,045 -442	181,018 -571	76,513 -481	104,505 -90	118,027 129	34,492 -493	83,535 622
2017-18	293,178 -5,867	178,452 -2,566	74,630 -1,883	103,822 -683	114,726 -3,301	32,443 -2,049	82,283 -1,252
2018-19	292,237 -941	176,657 -1,795	72,735 -1,895	103,922 100	115,580 854	31,848 -595	83,732 1,449
2019-20	288,251 -3,986	174,775 -1,882	70,772 -1,963	104,003 81	113,476 -2,104	30,347 -1,501	83,129 -603
2020-21	287,346 -905	173,882 -893	68,989 -1,783	104,893 890	113,464 -12	29,461 -886	84,003 874
2021-22	278,311 -9,035	168,243 -5,639	66,525 -2,464	101,718 -3,175	110,068 -3,396	28,447 -1,014	81,621 -2,382
2022-23	273,331 -4,980	168,100 -143	66,234 -291	101,866 148	105,231 -4,837	26,787 -1,660	78,444 -3,177
Average	290,768	177,101	73,144	103,958	113,666	31,728	81,938

Minnesota Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 177,101. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 16,528 from 184,628 to 168,100.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Minnesota Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	184,628	131,812	60,271	71,541	52,816	19,160	33,656
2014-15	183,669	129,257	59,013	70,244	54,412	19,600	34,812
2015-16	181,589	127,397	57,841	69,556	54,192	19,153	35,039
2016-17	181,018	126,748	57,308	69,440	54,270	19,205	35,065
2017-18	178,452	125,605	56,244	69,361	52,847	18,386	34,461
2018-19	176,657	125,439	55,215	70,224	51,218	17,520	33,698
2019-20	174,775	123,620	53,808	69,812	51,155	16,964	34,191
2020-21	173,882	119,819	51,170	68,649	54,063	17,819	36,244
2021-22	168,243	116,024	49,587	66,437	52,219	16,938	35,281
2022-23	168,100	113,481	48,287	65,194	54,619	17,947	36,672
Average	177,101	177,101	54,874	69,046	177,101	18,269	34,912

Minnesota Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 113,666. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 8,479 from 113,710 to 105,231.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Minnesota Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	113,710	52,164	15,722	36,442	61,546	18,474	43,072
2014-15	114,484	50,766	15,455	35,311	63,718	18,823	44,895
2015-16	117,898	50,004	15,429	34,575	67,894	19,556	48,338
2016-17	118,027	48,177	14,771	33,406	69,850	19,721	50,129
2017-18	114,726	45,655	13,640	32,015	69,071	18,803	50,268
2018-19	115,580	46,254	13,501	32,753	69,326	18,347	50,979
2019-20	113,476	47,738	13,760	33,978	65,738	16,587	49,151
2020-21	113,464	47,686	13,082	34,604	65,778	16,379	49,399
2021-22	110,068	46,362	12,808	33,554	63,706	15,639	48,067
2022-23	105,231	45,017	12,349	32,668	60,214	14,438	45,776
Average	113,666	113,666	14,052	33,931	113,666	17,677	48,007

Minnesota Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.66%. The percentage was 63.41% 10 years ago and Minnesota Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 5.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.23% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minnesota Colleges over the past 10 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	1,663	11,914	39,660	10,862	419	189,170	6,881
2014-15	1,617	12,356	40,750	11,794	397	186,106	7,200
2015-16	1,607	12,798	41,817	12,215	446	184,704	7,690
2016-17	1,685	13,513	40,925	11,970	481	180,607	7,968
2017-18	1,573	13,874	39,702	11,894	452	175,970	8,143
2018-19	1,491	14,490	40,510	13,812	472	174,059	8,572
2019-20	1,465	14,841	40,420	15,724	521	171,025	8,546
2020-21	1,397	15,683	42,043	17,618	545	169,048	8,876
2021-22	1,323	15,525	41,453	18,125	545	163,483	8,876
2022-23	1,513	15,753	41,654	19,336	510	157,673	9,379
Average	1,533	14,075	40,893	14,335	479	175,185	8,213

Minnesota Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

112,149 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 41% of total students. The number of online students has increased 11.35% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Minnesota Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	300,642	100,717	27,383	172,542
2013-14	298,338	102,129	26,535	169,674
2014-15	298,153	104,898	27,659	165,596
2015-16	299,487	109,727	30,348	159,412
2016-17	299,045	110,765	34,136	154,144
2017-18	293,178	107,989	37,241	147,948
2018-19	292,237	110,482	39,305	142,450
2019-20	288,251	109,010	41,085	138,156
2020-21	287,346	146,318	71,830	69,198
2021-22	278,311	114,467	65,423	98,421
2022-23	273,331	112,149	57,577	103,605
Average	291,665	111,696	41,684	138,286

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