Enrollment Trends at Manchester

The student population at Manchester University is 1,276 (988 undergraduate and 288 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 260 (16.93%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Manchester is 77.43% which is decreased by 258 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
95 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 150.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,407 where 1,276 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,598 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,175 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,536 to 1,276 students, a net loss of 260 (16.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,536	1,246	597	649	290	112	178
2016-17	1,598 62	1,272 26	611 14	661 12	326 36	123 11	203 25
2017-18	1,572 -26	1,266 -6	616 5	650 -11	306 -20	122 -1	184 -19
2018-19	1,525 -47	1,186 -80	557 -59	629 -21	339 33	139 17	200 16
2019-20	1,415 -110	1,078 -108	499 -58	579 -50	337 -2	133 -6	204 4
2020-21	1,449 34	1,084 6	548 49	536 -43	365 28	136 3	229 25
2021-22	1,303 -146	981 -103	496 -52	485 -51	322 -43	122 -14	200 -29
2022-23	1,217 -86	942 -39	448 -48	494 9	275 -47	100 -22	175 -25
2023-24	1,175 -42	915 -27	472 24	443 -51	260 -15	82 -18	178 3
2024-25	1,276 101	988 73	502 30	486 43	288 28	89 7	199 21
Average	1,407	1,096	535	561	311	116	195

Manchester University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,096 where 988 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 Manchester University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,246	1,235	595	640	11	2	9
2016-17	1,272	1,250	601	649	22	10	12
2017-18	1,266	1,244	600	644	22	16	6
2018-19	1,186	1,175	552	623	11	5	6
2019-20	1,078	1,060	491	569	18	8	10
2020-21	1,084	1,069	542	527	15	6	9
2021-22	981	966	488	478	15	8	7
2022-23	942	892	436	456	50	12	38
2023-24	915	888	465	423	27	7	20
2024-25	988	923	483	440	65	19	46
Average	1,096	1,096	525	545	1,096	9	16

Manchester University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 311 where 288 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 Manchester University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	290	284	110	174	6	2	4
2016-17	326	319	121	198	7	2	5
2017-18	306	297	117	180	9	5	4
2018-19	339	284	121	163	55	18	37
2019-20	337	284	121	163	53	12	41
2020-21	365	307	119	188	58	17	41
2021-22	322	275	112	163	47	10	37
2022-23	275	232	87	145	43	13	30
2023-24	260	238	77	161	22	5	17
2024-25	288	251	78	173	37	11	26
Average	311	311	106	171	311	10	24

Manchester University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.90% and the percentage of black students is 6.50% at Manchester University. 1.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.50% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.78% to 48.90%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.47% to 1.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.23% to 6.50%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.01% to 6.50%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7513 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4142 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Manchester 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	84	111	77	0	1,164	42
2016-17	4	80	128	84	0	1,183	48
2017-18	3	66	130	94	1	1,138	49
2018-19	1	57	137	97	1	1,059	49
2019-20	6	39	141	107	1	974	56
2020-21	2	35	166	109	1	962	54
2021-22	0	33	127	105	2	837	46
2022-23	2	28	101	96	2	712	44
2023-24	4	30	91	94	1	633	43
2024-25	5	21	83	83	2	624	35
Average	3	47	122	95	1	929	47

Manchester University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

95 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 150.00% since 2018. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Manchester University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,536	0	80	1,456
2016-17	1,598	0	140	1,458
2017-18	1,572	0	38	1,534
2018-19	1,525	38	213	1,274
2019-20	1,415	43	338	1,034
2020-21	1,449	51	1,015	383
2021-22	1,303	45	335	923
2022-23	1,217	27	368	822
2023-24	1,175	73	430	672
2024-25	1,276	95	498	683
Average	1,407	37	346	1,024

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Enrollment Trends at Manchester

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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