Enrollment Trends at McDaniel

The student population at McDaniel College is 2,868 (1,620 undergraduate and 1,248 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 135 (4.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at McDaniel is 56.49% which is decreased by 47 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 88 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 56 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
748 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 182.26% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,894 where 2,868 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 3,053 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,750 in 2017. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,003 to 2,868 students, a net loss of 135 (4.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,003	1,667	773	894	1,336	308	1,028
2016-17	2,750 -253	1,567 -100	768 -5	799 -95	1,183 -153	250 -58	933 -95
2017-18	2,819 69	1,590 23	781 13	809 10	1,229 46	243 -7	986 53
2018-19	2,780 -39	1,603 13	779 -2	824 15	1,177 -52	222 -21	955 -31
2019-20	2,851 71	1,679 76	808 29	871 47	1,172 -5	215 -7	957 2
2020-21	2,931 80	1,804 125	813 5	991 120	1,127 -45	221 6	906 -51
2021-22	3,053 122	1,757 -47	758 -55	999 8	1,296 169	272 51	1,024 118
2022-23	3,000 -53	1,766 9	728 -30	1,038 39	1,234 -62	290 18	944 -80
2023-24	2,882 -118	1,665 -101	696 -32	969 -69	1,217 -17	299 9	918 -26
2024-25	2,868 -14	1,620 -45	715 19	905 -64	1,248 31	316 17	932 14
Average	2,894	1,672	762	910	1,222	264	958

McDaniel College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,672 where 1,620 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 McDaniel College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,667	1,604	746	858	63	27	36
2016-17	1,567	1,527	745	782	40	23	17
2017-18	1,590	1,543	759	784	47	22	25
2018-19	1,603	1,531	750	781	72	29	43
2019-20	1,679	1,652	795	857	27	13	14
2020-21	1,804	1,787	804	983	17	9	8
2021-22	1,757	1,736	749	987	21	9	12
2022-23	1,766	1,739	711	1,028	27	17	10
2023-24	1,665	1,640	680	960	25	16	9
2024-25	1,620	1,607	709	898	13	6	7
Average	1,672	1,672	745	892	1,672	17	18

McDaniel College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,222 where 1,248 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 McDaniel College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,336	135	44	91	1,201	264	937
2016-17	1,183	114	40	74	1,069	210	859
2017-18	1,229	130	36	94	1,099	207	892
2018-19	1,177	123	23	100	1,054	199	855
2019-20	1,172	121	33	88	1,051	182	869
2020-21	1,127	413	89	324	714	132	582
2021-22	1,296	561	134	427	735	138	597
2022-23	1,234	626	177	449	608	113	495
2023-24	1,217	650	193	457	567	106	461
2024-25	1,248	679	220	459	569	96	473
Average	1,222	1,222	99	256	1,222	165	702

McDaniel College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.86%. The percentage was 72.63% 10 years ago and McDaniel still has a high percentage of white students. 2.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.63% to 55.86%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.73% to 2.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.22% to 18.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.33% to 8.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6443 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4524 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at McDaniel College 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	82	397	130	3	2,181	0
2016-17	7	78	359	133	4	1,977	50
2017-18	5	61	356	139	2	2,010	71
2018-19	5	68	390	143	1	1,936	18
2019-20	6	52	461	162	3	1,673	70
2020-21	8	62	559	224	0	1,665	76
2021-22	6	112	590	246	1	1,786	82
2022-23	7	59	565	225	1	1,696	107
2023-24	3	56	506	238	2	1,656	124
2024-25	8	59	518	252	1	1,602	156
Average	6	69	470	189	2	1,818	75

McDaniel College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

748 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 182.26% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at McDaniel College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,003	265	200	2,538
2016-17	2,750	335	205	2,210
2017-18	2,819	291	215	2,313
2018-19	2,780	352	178	2,250
2019-20	2,851	518	261	2,072
2020-21	2,931	1,127	1,804	0
2021-22	3,053	982	656	1,415
2022-23	3,000	1,239	549	1,212
2023-24	2,882	738	623	1,521
2024-25	2,868	748	670	1,450
Average	2,894	660	536	1,698

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Enrollment Trends at McDaniel

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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