Enrollment Trends at MBU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,873 where 1,772 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

63.43% of total students is undergraduate students and 36.57% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 188 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 294 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.22 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in MBU than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,311 where 1,124 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 Mary Baldwin University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 562 where 648 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 Mary Baldwin University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 54.12%. The percentage was 63.45% 10 years ago and MBU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.54% of enrolled students is Asian and 20.77% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.45% to 54.12%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.10% to 2.54%. Black student enrollment increased from 18.67% to 20.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.62% to 8.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6547 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5588 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

745 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 42% of total students. The number of online students has increased 12.54% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mary Baldwin University from 2015 to 2025.