Enrollment Trends at Maharishi International

The student population at Maharishi International University is 2,592 (922 undergraduate and 1,670 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,063 (69.52%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Maharishi International is 35.57% which is increased by 569 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 494 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 71 male students for every 100 female students, down from 219 in 2015.
1,994 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,108.48% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,066 where 2,592 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,673 students in 2023 and was lowest at 1,529 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,529 to 2,592 students, a net gain of 1,063 (69.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,529	353	174	179	1,176	875	301
2016-17	1,689 160	337 -16	157 -17	180 1	1,352 176	1,053 178	299 -2
2017-18	1,646 -43	324 -13	134 -23	190 10	1,322 -30	1,005 -48	317 18
2018-19	1,589 -57	324	120 -14	204 14	1,265 -57	958 -47	307 -10
2019-20	1,861 272	457 133	135 15	322 118	1,404 139	1,014 56	390 83
2020-21	2,015 154	541 84	134 -1	407 85	1,474 70	952 -62	522 132
2021-22	2,403 388	655 114	153 19	502 95	1,748 274	1,078 126	670 148
2022-23	2,673 270	681 26	162 9	519 17	1,992 244	1,220 142	772 102
2023-24	2,666 -7	777 96	175 13	602 83	1,889 -103	1,065 -155	824 52
2024-25	2,592 -74	922 145	197 22	725 123	1,670 -219	876 -189	794 -30
Average	2,066	537	154	383	1,529	1,010	520

Maharishi International University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 537 where 922 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 Maharishi International University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	353	224	117	107	129	57	72
2016-17	337	309	137	172	28	20	8
2017-18	324	261	114	147	63	20	43
2018-19	324	173	74	99	151	46	105
2019-20	457	331	107	224	126	28	98
2020-21	541	331	86	245	210	48	162
2021-22	655	320	81	239	335	72	263
2022-23	681	455	118	337	226	44	182
2023-24	777	359	92	267	418	83	335
2024-25	922	450	100	350	472	97	375
Average	537	537	103	219	537	52	164

Maharishi International University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,529 where 1,670 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 Maharishi International University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,176	802	627	175	374	248	126
2016-17	1,352	936	774	162	416	279	137
2017-18	1,322	750	603	147	572	402	170
2018-19	1,265	737	586	151	528	372	156
2019-20	1,404	837	695	142	567	319	248
2020-21	1,474	818	643	175	656	309	347
2021-22	1,748	1,133	848	285	615	230	385
2022-23	1,992	1,289	942	347	703	278	425
2023-24	1,889	1,009	679	330	880	386	494
2024-25	1,670	674	405	269	996	471	525
Average	1,529	1,529	680	218	1,529	329	301

Maharishi International University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.77% and the percentage of black students is 5.56% at Maharishi International University. 3.24% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 14.52% to 25.77%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.50% to 3.24%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.08% to 5.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.35% to 6.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9242 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9743 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Maharishi International 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	2	23	93	36	2	222	15
2016-17	3	30	79	43	2	201	22
2017-18	4	31	84	38	1	250	15
2018-19	2	24	92	40	2	219	20
2019-20	6	53	133	59	0	321	19
2020-21	8	77	173	95	1	491	15
2021-22	15	102	211	131	4	602	18
2022-23	14	101	176	143	2	646	29
2023-24	13	100	187	159	4	709	73
2024-25	10	84	144	167	2	668	87
Average	8	63	137	91	2	433	31

Maharishi International University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,994 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 77% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,108.48% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Maharishi International University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,529	165	883	481
2016-17	1,689	843	143	703
2017-18	1,646	880	133	633
2018-19	1,589	862	170	557
2019-20	1,861	967	32	862
2020-21	2,015	954	390	671
2021-22	2,403	1,510	281	612
2022-23	2,673	1,474	284	915
2023-24	2,666	1,589	377	700
2024-25	2,592	1,994	235	363
Average	2,066	1,124	293	650

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Enrollment Trends at Maharishi International

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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