Enrollment Trends at Madonna

The student population at Madonna University is 2,124 (1,828 undergraduate and 296 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,580 (42.66%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Madonna is 86.06% which is decreased by 1,053 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 527 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, up from 43 in 2015.
345 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -33.40% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,765 where 2,124 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,704 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,054 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,704 to 2,124 students, a net loss of 1,580 (42.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,704	2,881	932	1,949	823	185	638
2016-17	3,298 -406	2,629 -252	848 -84	1,781 -168	669 -154	107 -78	562 -76
2017-18	3,086 -212	2,456 -173	863 15	1,593 -188	630 -39	127 20	503 -59
2018-19	3,044 -42	2,440 -16	844 -19	1,596 3	604 -26	149 22	455 -48
2019-20	2,992 -52	2,441 1	833 -11	1,608 12	551 -53	126 -23	425 -30
2020-21	2,792 -200	2,291 -150	807 -26	1,484 -124	501 -50	115 -11	386 -39
2021-22	2,444 -348	2,040 -251	728 -79	1,312 -172	404 -97	95 -20	309 -77
2022-23	2,109 -335	1,766 -274	654 -74	1,112 -200	343 -61	81 -14	262 -47
2023-24	2,054 -55	1,740 -26	642 -12	1,098 -14	314 -29	73 -8	241 -21
2024-25	2,124 70	1,828 88	653 11	1,175 77	296 -18	76 3	220 -21
Average	2,765	2,251	780	1,471	514	113	400

Madonna University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,251 where 1,828 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 Madonna University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,881	1,452	436	1,016	1,429	496	933
2016-17	2,629	1,353	443	910	1,276	405	871
2017-18	2,456	1,358	474	884	1,098	389	709
2018-19	2,440	1,431	475	956	1,009	369	640
2019-20	2,441	1,645	543	1,102	796	290	506
2020-21	2,291	1,570	536	1,034	721	271	450
2021-22	2,040	1,485	530	955	555	198	357
2022-23	1,766	1,336	489	847	430	165	265
2023-24	1,740	1,310	497	813	430	145	285
2024-25	1,828	1,329	498	831	499	155	344
Average	2,251	2,251	492	935	2,251	288	536

Madonna University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 514 where 296 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 Madonna University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	823	66	22	44	757	163	594
2016-17	669	85	20	65	584	87	497
2017-18	630	118	20	98	512	107	405
2018-19	604	114	24	90	490	125	365
2019-20	551	138	30	108	413	96	317
2020-21	501	129	27	102	372	88	284
2021-22	404	109	29	80	295	66	229
2022-23	343	102	26	76	241	55	186
2023-24	314	109	29	80	205	44	161
2024-25	296	116	34	82	180	42	138
Average	514	514	26	83	514	87	318

Madonna University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.18%. The percentage was 62.99% 10 years ago and Madonna still has a high percentage of white students. 4.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 62.99% to 63.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.48% to 4.00%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.07% to 15.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.13% to 4.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5734 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.5873 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Madonna 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	4	55	447	116	8	2,333	59
2016-17	4	53	440	133	6	2,009	68
2017-18	6	58	404	119	6	1,910	73
2018-19	7	82	377	131	6	1,901	72
2019-20	5	87	333	132	4	1,830	78
2020-21	5	87	322	116	0	1,780	88
2021-22	5	71	246	106	0	1,590	86
2022-23	7	62	255	87	2	1,341	68
2023-24	12	64	283	94	5	1,324	36
2024-25	20	85	326	95	3	1,342	21
Average	8	70	343	113	4	1,736	65

Madonna University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

345 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -33.40% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Madonna University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,704	518	934	2,252
2016-17	3,298	325	927	2,046
2017-18	3,086	347	955	1,784
2018-19	3,044	577	1,138	1,329
2019-20	2,992	615	1,207	1,170
2020-21	2,792	728	1,553	511
2021-22	2,444	499	1,259	686
2022-23	2,109	437	1,163	509
2023-24	2,054	416	1,091	547
2024-25	2,124	345	1,177	602
Average	2,765	481	1,140	1,144

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Enrollment Trends at Madonna

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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