Enrollment Trends at Ole Miss

The student population at University of Mississippi is 22,300 (17,302 undergraduate and 4,998 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,869 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Ole Miss is 77.59% which is increased by 625 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,244 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,808 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 77.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 22,048 where 22,300 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.59% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.41% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 625 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,244 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Ole Miss than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19,431	16,677	7,513	9,164	2,754	1,254	1,500
2014-15	22,503 3,072	18,101 1,424	7,957 444	10,144 980	4,402 1,648	1,921 667	2,481 981
2015-16	23,212 709	18,785 684	8,187 230	10,598 454	4,427 25	1,918 -3	2,509 28
2016-17	23,610 398	19,213 428	8,401 214	10,812 214	4,397 -30	1,872 -46	2,525 16
2017-18	23,136 -474	18,737 -476	8,271 -130	10,466 -346	4,399 2	1,863 -9	2,536 11
2018-19	22,456 -680	18,007 -730	7,861 -410	10,146 -320	4,449 50	1,871 8	2,578 42
2019-20	21,617 -839	17,150 -857	7,463 -398	9,687 -459	4,467 18	1,843 -28	2,624 46
2020-21	21,014 -603	16,179 -971	6,800 -663	9,379 -308	4,835 368	1,922 79	2,913 289
2021-22	21,203 189	16,092 -87	6,831 31	9,261 -118	5,111 276	1,999 77	3,112 199
2022-23	22,300 1,097	17,302 1,210	7,430 599	9,872 611	4,998 -113	1,896 -103	3,102 -10
Average	22,048	17,624	7,671	9,953	4,424	1,836	2,588

University of Mississippi Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,624 where 17,302 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 University of Mississippi since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,677	15,628	7,024	8,604	1,049	489	560
2014-15	18,101	16,665	7,361	9,304	1,436	596	840
2015-16	18,785	17,395	7,599	9,796	1,390	588	802
2016-17	19,213	17,852	7,799	10,053	1,361	602	759
2017-18	18,737	17,511	7,723	9,788	1,226	548	678
2018-19	18,007	16,636	7,167	9,469	1,371	694	677
2019-20	17,150	15,902	6,853	9,049	1,248	610	638
2020-21	16,179	14,839	6,101	8,738	1,340	699	641
2021-22	16,092	15,040	6,326	8,714	1,052	505	547
2022-23	17,302	16,240	6,879	9,361	1,062	551	511
Average	17,624	17,624	7,083	9,288	17,624	588	665

University of Mississippi Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,424 where 4,998 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 University of Mississippi since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,754	1,984	978	1,006	770	276	494
2014-15	4,402	3,260	1,531	1,729	1,142	390	752
2015-16	4,427	3,270	1,522	1,748	1,157	396	761
2016-17	4,397	3,205	1,479	1,726	1,192	393	799
2017-18	4,399	3,227	1,485	1,742	1,172	378	794
2018-19	4,449	3,228	1,454	1,774	1,221	417	804
2019-20	4,467	3,243	1,442	1,801	1,224	401	823
2020-21	4,835	3,384	1,461	1,923	1,451	461	990
2021-22	5,111	3,631	1,518	2,113	1,480	481	999
2022-23	4,998	3,502	1,445	2,057	1,496	451	1,045
Average	4,424	4,424	1,432	1,762	4,424	404	826

University of Mississippi Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.91%. The percentage was 74.76% 10 years ago and Ole Miss still has a high percentage of white students. 2.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Mississippi 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	51	324	2,965	510	19	14,527	335
2014-15	64	429	3,178	610	23	16,882	471
2015-16	73	462	3,088	647	20	17,616	451
2016-17	63	473	3,055	727	16	17,948	488
2017-18	59	510	2,905	729	20	17,585	478
2018-19	59	507	2,766	754	19	16,999	502
2019-20	58	496	2,676	787	17	16,251	499
2020-21	57	521	2,686	793	13	15,734	481
2021-22	65	518	2,677	858	14	15,760	467
2022-23	71	547	2,621	1,015	15	16,706	524
Average	62	479	2,862	743	18	16,601	470

University of Mississippi Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,808 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 77.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Mississippi from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	22,503	1,021	2,395	19,087
2015-16	23,212	1,146	3,359	18,707
2016-17	23,610	825	4,766	18,019
2017-18	23,136	811	6,161	16,164
2018-19	22,456	991	6,473	14,992
2019-20	21,617	787	7,458	13,372
2020-21	21,014	1,164	9,524	10,326
2021-22	21,203	1,746	9,956	9,501
2022-23	22,300	1,808	11,460	9,032
Average	22,339	1,144	6,839	14,356

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