Enrollment Trends at MBU

The student population at Mary Baldwin University is 1,772 (1,124 undergraduate and 648 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 106 (6.36%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MBU is 63.43% which is decreased by 188 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 294 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 31 male students for every 100 female students, up from 10 in 2015.
745 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 12.54% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,142 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,654 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,666 to 1,772 students, a net gain of 106 (6.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,666	1,312	94	1,218	354	63	291
2016-17	1,748 82	1,310 -2	101 7	1,209 -9	438 84	79 16	359 68
2017-18	1,654 -94	1,136 -174	85 -16	1,051 -158	518 80	85 6	433 74
2018-19	1,902 248	1,327 191	183 98	1,144 93	575 57	100 15	475 42
2019-20	1,986 84	1,407 80	272 89	1,135 -9	579 4	95 -5	484 9
2020-21	2,110 124	1,477 70	301 29	1,176 41	633 54	111 16	522 38
2021-22	2,142 32	1,489 12	311 10	1,178 2	653 20	124 13	529 7
2022-23	1,957 -185	1,314 -175	292 -19	1,022 -156	643 -10	120 -4	523 -6
2023-24	1,792 -165	1,217 -97	290 -2	927 -95	575 -68	116 -4	459 -64
2024-25	1,772 -20	1,124 -93	285 -5	839 -88	648 73	135 19	513 54
Average	1,873	1,311	221	1,090	562	103	459

Mary Baldwin University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,312	897	35	862	415	59	356
2016-17	1,310	866	40	826	444	61	383
2017-18	1,136	720	37	683	416	48	368
2018-19	1,327	960	131	829	367	52	315
2019-20	1,407	1,043	208	835	364	64	300
2020-21	1,477	1,131	243	888	346	58	288
2021-22	1,489	1,214	265	949	275	46	229
2022-23	1,314	1,088	258	830	226	34	192
2023-24	1,217	998	257	741	219	33	186
2024-25	1,124	919	255	664	205	30	175
Average	1,311	1,311	173	811	1,311	49	279

Mary Baldwin University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	354	232	42	190	122	21	101
2016-17	438	327	66	261	111	13	98
2017-18	518	369	60	309	149	25	124
2018-19	575	411	70	341	164	30	134
2019-20	579	368	68	300	211	27	184
2020-21	633	410	78	332	223	33	190
2021-22	653	407	84	323	246	40	206
2022-23	643	375	89	286	268	31	237
2023-24	575	394	87	307	181	29	152
2024-25	648	399	102	297	249	33	216
Average	562	562	75	295	562	28	164

Mary Baldwin University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	8	35	311	77	4	1,057	59
2016-17	12	37	311	94	5	1,101	57
2017-18	10	41	260	84	4	1,084	49
2018-19	15	32	345	131	4	1,140	67
2019-20	6	30	372	131	3	1,041	66
2020-21	7	50	397	135	2	1,159	74
2021-22	6	59	436	149	2	1,223	75
2022-23	7	52	387	129	2	1,128	84
2023-24	11	50	379	121	1	1,012	84
2024-25	9	45	368	142	2	959	82
Average	9	43	357	119	3	1,090	70

Mary Baldwin University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,666	662	108	896
2016-17	1,748	506	239	1,003
2017-18	1,654	525	287	842
2018-19	1,902	695	340	867
2019-20	1,986	869	0	1,117
2020-21	2,110	720	506	884
2021-22	2,142	854	602	686
2022-23	1,957	807	530	620
2023-24	1,792	685	472	635
2024-25	1,772	745	483	544
Average	1,873	707	357	809

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Enrollment Trends at MBU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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