Enrollment Trends at McKendree

The student population at McKendree University is 2,392 (1,757 undergraduate and 635 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 609 (20.29%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at McKendree is 73.45% which is decreased by 585 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 24 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 73 male students for every 100 female students, down from 75 in 2015.
891 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 76.09% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,395 where 2,392 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 3,001 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,958 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,001 to 2,392 students, a net loss of 609 (20.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,001	2,342	1,078	1,264	659	208	451
2016-17	2,902 -99	2,261 -81	1,043 -35	1,218 -46	641 -18	200 -8	441 -10
2017-18	2,676 -226	2,104 -157	966 -77	1,138 -80	572 -69	187 -13	385 -56
2018-19	2,494 -182	1,951 -153	918 -48	1,033 -105	543 -29	162 -25	381 -4
2019-20	2,292 -202	1,788 -163	861 -57	927 -106	504 -39	156 -6	348 -33
2020-21	2,200 -92	1,701 -87	870 9	831 -96	499 -5	160 4	339 -9
2021-22	1,958 -242	1,443 -258	721 -149	722 -109	515 16	166 6	349 10
2022-23	1,960 2	1,534 91	776 55	758 36	426 -89	129 -37	297 -52
2023-24	2,075 115	1,605 71	792 16	813 55	470 44	151 22	319 22
2024-25	2,392 317	1,757 152	806 14	951 138	635 165	203 52	432 113
Average	2,395	1,849	883	966	546	172	374

McKendree University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,849 where 1,757 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 McKendree University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,342	1,820	883	937	522	195	327
2016-17	2,261	1,823	890	933	438	153	285
2017-18	2,104	1,692	827	865	412	139	273
2018-19	1,951	1,631	812	819	320	106	214
2019-20	1,788	1,484	757	727	304	104	200
2020-21	1,701	1,430	778	652	271	92	179
2021-22	1,443	1,257	654	603	186	67	119
2022-23	1,534	1,410	735	675	124	41	83
2023-24	1,605	1,487	758	729	118	34	84
2024-25	1,757	1,631	775	856	126	31	95
Average	1,849	1,849	787	780	1,849	96	186

McKendree University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 546 where 635 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 McKendree University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	659	162	75	87	497	133	364
2016-17	641	183	72	111	458	128	330
2017-18	572	175	71	104	397	116	281
2018-19	543	160	56	104	383	106	277
2019-20	504	157	56	101	347	100	247
2020-21	499	155	70	85	344	90	254
2021-22	515	174	85	89	341	81	260
2022-23	426	153	62	91	273	67	206
2023-24	470	196	82	114	274	69	205
2024-25	635	288	122	166	347	81	266
Average	546	546	75	105	546	97	269

McKendree University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.63%. The percentage was 71.44% 10 years ago and McKendree still has a high percentage of white students. 0.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.53% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.44% to 51.63%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.97% to 0.67%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.30% to 8.53%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.97% to 4.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7226 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4699 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at McKendree 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	27	29	399	119	6	2,144	52
2016-17	15	20	383	129	6	1,981	79
2017-18	7	15	334	104	4	1,825	69
2018-19	8	15	307	115	4	1,626	77
2019-20	4	16	259	111	3	1,490	75
2020-21	2	17	251	120	3	1,392	110
2021-22	1	11	210	115	2	1,245	100
2022-23	3	5	211	115	2	1,175	116
2023-24	3	12	244	123	1	1,293	125
2024-25	4	16	204	99	0	1,235	102
Average	7	16	280	115	3	1,541	91

McKendree University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

891 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 76.09% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at McKendree University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,001	506	476	2,019
2016-17	2,902	491	391	2,020
2017-18	2,676	504	566	1,606
2018-19	2,494	491	559	1,444
2019-20	2,292	460	607	1,225
2020-21	2,200	594	26	1,580
2021-22	1,958	424	736	798
2022-23	1,960	451	1,003	506
2023-24	2,075	570	1,009	496
2024-25	2,392	891	994	507
Average	2,395	538	637	1,220

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Enrollment Trends at McKendree

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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