Enrollment Trends at Delta State

The student population at Delta State University is 2,654 (1,876 undergraduate and 778 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 800 (23.16%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Delta State is 70.69% which is decreased by 777 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 23 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, up from 61 in 2015.
932 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 32.01% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,194 where 2,654 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 3,785 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,556 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,454 to 2,654 students, a net loss of 800 (23.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Delta State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,454	2,653	1,061	1,592	801	242	559
2016-17	3,584 130	2,763 110	1,128 67	1,635 43	821 20	285 43	536 -23
2017-18	3,785 201	3,037 274	1,224 96	1,813 178	748 -73	246 -39	502 -34
2018-19	3,715 -70	3,075 38	1,276 52	1,799 -14	640 -108	190 -56	450 -52
2019-20	3,751 36	3,109 34	1,307 31	1,802 3	642 2	216 26	426 -24
2020-21	2,999 -752	2,331 -778	954 -353	1,377 -425	668 26	216	452 26
2021-22	2,727 -272	2,041 -290	814 -140	1,227 -150	686 18	220 4	466 14
2022-23	2,556 -171	1,889 -152	762 -52	1,127 -100	667 -19	180 -40	487 21
2023-24	2,716 160	1,964 75	814 52	1,150 23	752 85	191 11	561 74
2024-25	2,654 -62	1,876 -88	855 41	1,021 -129	778 26	217 26	561
Average	3,194	2,474	1,020	1,454	720	220	500

Delta State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,474 where 1,876 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Delta State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,653	2,262	936	1,326	391	125	266
2016-17	2,763	2,259	929	1,330	504	199	305
2017-18	3,037	2,198	933	1,265	839	291	548
2018-19	3,075	1,989	873	1,116	1,086	403	683
2019-20	3,109	1,981	882	1,099	1,128	425	703
2020-21	2,331	1,667	690	977	664	264	400
2021-22	2,041	1,486	603	883	555	211	344
2022-23	1,889	1,418	596	822	471	166	305
2023-24	1,964	1,407	624	783	557	190	367
2024-25	1,876	1,432	676	756	444	179	265
Average	2,474	2,474	774	1,036	2,474	245	419

Delta State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 720 where 778 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Delta State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	801	319	116	203	482	126	356
2016-17	821	360	133	227	461	152	309
2017-18	748	364	123	241	384	123	261
2018-19	640	271	92	179	369	98	271
2019-20	642	257	88	169	385	128	257
2020-21	668	254	93	161	414	123	291
2021-22	686	278	101	177	408	119	289
2022-23	667	247	75	172	420	105	315
2023-24	752	298	91	207	454	100	354
2024-25	778	350	112	238	428	105	323
Average	720	720	102	197	720	118	303

Delta State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.10% and the percentage of black students is 42.01% at Delta State University. 0.60% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.41% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 56.31% to 47.10%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.75% to 0.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 35.70% to 42.01%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.62% to 2.41%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6009 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5551 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Delta State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	5	26	1,233	56	3	1,945	26
2016-17	5	32	1,202	59	3	2,046	30
2017-18	2	35	1,212	75	2	2,231	40
2018-19	7	36	1,106	102	2	2,197	49
2019-20	8	27	1,089	103	3	2,197	58
2020-21	6	17	979	90	2	1,650	44
2021-22	6	17	967	62	2	1,459	37
2022-23	5	11	923	62	1	1,360	36
2023-24	7	23	1,001	52	0	1,422	38
2024-25	8	16	1,115	64	2	1,250	29
Average	6	24	1,083	73	2	1,776	39

Delta State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

932 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 32.01% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Delta State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,454	706	1,180	1,568
2016-17	3,584	715	1,221	1,648
2017-18	3,785	669	1,076	2,040
2018-19	3,715	614	1,118	1,983
2019-20	3,751	646	1,207	1,898
2020-21	2,999	823	1,450	726
2021-22	2,727	762	1,100	865
2022-23	2,556	776	943	837
2023-24	2,716	859	975	882
2024-25	2,654	932	1,213	509
Average	3,194	750	1,148	1,296

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Enrollment Trends at Delta State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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