Meridian Enrollment Trends

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 8 years is 180 where 297 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2019 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 297 students in 2025 and was lowest at 113 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 138 to 297 students, a net gain of 159 (115.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Meridian University since 2018.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2018-19	138	22	116
2019-20	113 -25	18 -4	95 -21
2020-21	125 12	22 4	103 8
2021-22	167 42	32 10	135 32
2022-23	195 28	38 6	157 22
2023-24	226 31	46 8	180 23
2024-25	297 71	54 8	243 63
Average	180	33	147

Meridian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.48% and the percentage of black students is 11.11% at Meridian University. 7.07% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.80% to 48.48%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.17% to 7.07%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.45% to 11.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.52% to 9.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7363 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6827 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Meridian University over the past 8 years (2018-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2018-19	4	3	2	9	2	77	0
2019-20	2	6	3	8	3	69	0
2020-21	2	7	8	9	4	75	0
2021-22	1	8	13	15	4	92	0
2022-23	3	10	23	17	4	118	0
2023-24	2	20	28	23	4	124	6
2024-25	2	21	33	28	3	144	14
Average	2	11	16	16	3	100	3

Meridian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

271 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 91% of total students. The number of online students has increased 431.37% since 2018. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Meridian University from 2018 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
2018-19	138	51	87
2019-20	113	0	113
2020-21	125	125	0
2021-22	167	167	0
2022-23	195	195	0
2023-24	226	226	0
2024-25	297	271	26
Average	180	148	32

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Enrollment Trends at Meridian

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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