Enrollment Trends at Mizzou

The student population at University of Missouri-Columbia is 31,304 (23,745 undergraduate and 7,559 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,312 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mizzou is 75.85% which is decreased by 3,183 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 129 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

4,088 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 69.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 32,320 where 31,304 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

75.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,183 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 129 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Mizzou than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34,616	26,928	12,964	13,964	7,688	3,357	4,331
2014-15	35,425 809	27,642 714	13,264 300	14,378 414	7,783 95	3,444 87	4,339 8
2015-16	35,424 -1	27,791 149	13,381 117	14,410 32	7,633 -150	3,339 -105	4,294 -45
2016-17	33,239 -2,185	25,877 -1,914	12,411 -970	13,466 -944	7,362 -271	3,151 -188	4,211 -83
2017-18	30,844 -2,395	23,799 -2,078	11,442 -969	12,357 -1,109	7,045 -317	2,932 -219	4,113 -98
2018-19	29,843 -1,001	22,484 -1,315	10,695 -747	11,789 -568	7,359 314	2,993 61	4,366 253
2019-20	30,014 171	22,589 105	10,597 -98	11,992 203	7,425 66	2,936 -57	4,489 123
2020-21	31,089 1,075	23,383 794	10,859 262	12,524 532	7,706 281	3,016 80	4,690 201
2021-22	31,401 312	23,696 313	10,888 29	12,808 284	7,705 -1	2,948 -68	4,757 67
2022-23	31,304 -97	23,745 49	10,844 -44	12,901 93	7,559 -146	2,902 -46	4,657 -100
Average	32,320	24,793	11,735	13,059	7,527	3,102	4,425

University of Missouri-Columbia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 24,793 where 23,745 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 Missouri-Columbia since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26,928	25,258	12,102	13,156	1,670	862	808
2014-15	27,642	25,859	12,344	13,515	1,783	920	863
2015-16	27,791	26,027	12,433	13,594	1,764	948	816
2016-17	25,877	24,124	11,507	12,617	1,753	904	849
2017-18	23,799	22,197	10,634	11,563	1,602	808	794
2018-19	22,484	20,720	9,755	10,965	1,764	940	824
2019-20	22,589	20,676	9,689	10,987	1,913	908	1,005
2020-21	23,383	21,344	9,868	11,476	2,039	991	1,048
2021-22	23,696	21,875	10,013	11,862	1,821	875	946
2022-23	23,745	21,999	9,981	12,018	1,746	863	883
Average	24,793	24,793	10,833	12,175	24,793	902	884

University of Missouri-Columbia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,527 where 7,559 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 Missouri-Columbia since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,688	5,060	2,386	2,674	2,628	971	1,657
2014-15	7,783	5,103	2,381	2,722	2,680	1,063	1,617
2015-16	7,633	4,963	2,298	2,665	2,670	1,041	1,629
2016-17	7,362	4,769	2,138	2,631	2,593	1,013	1,580
2017-18	7,045	4,489	1,989	2,500	2,556	943	1,613
2018-19	7,359	4,545	1,997	2,548	2,814	996	1,818
2019-20	7,425	4,390	1,842	2,548	3,035	1,094	1,941
2020-21	7,706	4,413	1,838	2,575	3,293	1,178	2,115
2021-22	7,705	4,250	1,723	2,527	3,455	1,225	2,230
2022-23	7,559	4,260	1,764	2,496	3,299	1,138	2,161
Average	7,527	7,527	2,036	2,589	7,527	1,066	1,836

University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.41%. The percentage was 77.01% 10 years ago and Mizzou still has a high percentage of white students. 2.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.46% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Missouri-Columbia 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	97	754	2,466	1,069	15	26,658	790
2014-15	69	798	2,553	1,165	15	27,060	886
2015-16	64	779	2,542	1,213	15	26,903	949
2016-17	67	714	2,300	1,184	14	25,182	928
2017-18	63	728	2,078	1,174	12	23,367	918
2018-19	69	718	2,067	1,262	14	22,486	978
2019-20	66	757	2,016	1,357	22	22,624	1,127
2020-21	72	817	2,061	1,542	27	23,603	1,216
2021-22	66	891	1,944	1,611	31	23,898	1,269
2022-23	58	897	1,708	1,651	32	23,919	1,269
Average	69	785	2,174	1,323	20	24,570	1,033

University of Missouri-Columbia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,088 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 69.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Missouri-Columbia from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	35,425	2,419	7,867	25,139
2015-16	35,424	2,572	8,000	24,852
2016-17	33,239	2,251	6,325	24,663
2017-18	30,844	2,451	5,929	22,464
2018-19	29,843	2,915	6,407	20,521
2019-20	30,014	3,258	6,464	20,292
2020-21	31,089	6,763	20,375	3,951
2021-22	31,401	4,501	15,161	11,739
2022-23	31,304	4,088	12,931	14,285
Average	32,065	3,469	9,940	18,656

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