Enrollment Trends at Manhattan

The student population at Manhattan University is 3,225 (2,744 undergraduate and 481 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 846 (20.78%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Manhattan is 85.09% which is decreased by 832 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 14 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 140 male students for every 100 female students, up from 118 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Manhattan University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,883 where 3,225 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 4,242 students in 2018 and was lowest at 3,225 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,071 to 3,225 students, a net loss of 846 (20.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,071	3,576	1,959	1,617	495	241	254
2016-17	4,214 143	3,637 61	2,005 46	1,632 15	577 82	268 27	309 55
2017-18	4,242 28	3,664 27	2,029 24	1,635 3	578 1	288 20	290 -19
2018-19	4,232 -10	3,654 -10	2,020 -9	1,634 -1	578	286 -2	292 2
2019-20	4,117 -115	3,543 -111	2,006 -14	1,537 -97	574 -4	297 11	277 -15
2020-21	3,965 -152	3,352 -191	1,929 -77	1,423 -114	613 39	289 -8	324 47
2021-22	3,694 -271	3,166 -186	1,802 -127	1,364 -59	528 -85	258 -31	270 -54
2022-23	3,575 -119	3,066 -100	1,783 -19	1,283 -81	509 -19	246 -12	263 -7
2023-24	3,495 -80	2,928 -138	1,692 -91	1,236 -47	567 58	259 13	308 45
2024-25	3,225 -270	2,744 -184	1,641 -51	1,103 -133	481 -86	243 -16	238 -70
Average	3,883	3,333	1,887	1,446	550	268	283

Manhattan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,333 where 2,744 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 Manhattan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,576	3,384	1,833	1,551	192	126	66
2016-17	3,637	3,444	1,874	1,570	193	131	62
2017-18	3,664	3,479	1,893	1,586	185	136	49
2018-19	3,654	3,455	1,880	1,575	199	140	59
2019-20	3,543	3,365	1,869	1,496	178	137	41
2020-21	3,352	3,178	1,802	1,376	174	127	47
2021-22	3,166	3,016	1,688	1,328	150	114	36
2022-23	3,066	2,918	1,682	1,236	148	101	47
2023-24	2,928	2,783	1,594	1,189	145	98	47
2024-25	2,744	2,619	1,560	1,059	125	81	44
Average	3,333	3,333	1,768	1,397	3,333	119	50

Manhattan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 550 where 481 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 Manhattan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	495	217	103	114	278	138	140
2016-17	577	483	226	257	94	42	52
2017-18	578	472	231	241	106	57	49
2018-19	578	471	234	237	107	52	55
2019-20	574	466	235	231	108	62	46
2020-21	613	530	245	285	83	44	39
2021-22	528	428	212	216	100	46	54
2022-23	509	424	207	217	85	39	46
2023-24	567	471	211	260	96	48	48
2024-25	481	419	210	209	62	33	29
Average	550	550	211	227	550	56	56

Manhattan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.33% and the percentage of black students is 7.97% at Manhattan University. 6.39% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 32.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.29% to 41.33%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.32% to 6.39%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.10% to 7.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 19.31% to 32.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7117 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6641 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Manhattan 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	10	176	167	786	2	2,210	78
2016-17	7	212	191	838	2	2,303	78
2017-18	6	211	224	914	1	2,258	91
2018-19	6	195	259	971	1	2,248	82
2019-20	4	175	218	962	1	2,145	86
2020-21	5	168	216	989	0	1,903	92
2021-22	6	166	230	936	0	1,787	95
2022-23	5	169	259	1,013	2	1,628	103
2023-24	5	189	282	1,065	2	1,504	116
2024-25	6	206	257	1,050	0	1,333	105
Average	6	187	230	952	1	1,932	93

Manhattan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Manhattan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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