Enrollment Trends at Methodist

The student population at Methodist University is 1,822 (1,467 undergraduate and 355 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 652 (26.35%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Methodist is 80.52% which is decreased by 758 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 106 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 106 male students for every 100 female students, down from 118 in 2015.
276 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 736.36% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,033 where 1,822 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,474 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,768 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,474 to 1,822 students, a net loss of 652 (26.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,474	2,225	1,216	1,009	249	122	127
2016-17	2,446 -28	2,170 -55	1,174 -42	996 -13	276 27	111 -11	165 38
2017-18	2,259 -187	1,933 -237	1,009 -165	924 -72	326 50	122 11	204 39
2018-19	2,092 -167	1,772 -161	921 -88	851 -73	320 -6	108 -14	212 8
2019-20	1,968 -124	1,646 -126	875 -46	771 -80	322 2	105 -3	217 5
2020-21	1,773 -195	1,426 -220	770 -105	656 -115	347 25	102 -3	245 28
2021-22	1,916 143	1,520 94	836 66	684 28	396 49	112 10	284 39
2022-23	1,811 -105	1,448 -72	790 -46	658 -26	363 -33	115 3	248 -36
2023-24	1,768 -43	1,436 -12	794 4	642 -16	332 -31	94 -21	238 -10
2024-25	1,822 54	1,467 31	834 40	633 -9	355 23	103 9	252 14
Average	2,033	1,704	922	782	329	109	219

Methodist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,704 where 1,467 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 Methodist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,225	1,986	1,103	883	239	113	126
2016-17	2,170	1,949	1,067	882	221	107	114
2017-18	1,933	1,755	922	833	178	87	91
2018-19	1,772	1,580	837	743	192	84	108
2019-20	1,646	1,500	803	697	146	72	74
2020-21	1,426	1,296	704	592	130	66	64
2021-22	1,520	1,376	767	609	144	69	75
2022-23	1,448	1,288	726	562	160	64	96
2023-24	1,436	1,346	756	590	90	38	52
2024-25	1,467	1,354	772	582	113	62	51
Average	1,704	1,704	846	697	1,704	76	85

Methodist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 329 where 355 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 Methodist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	249	172	70	102	77	52	25
2016-17	276	219	80	139	57	31	26
2017-18	326	261	97	164	65	25	40
2018-19	320	277	90	187	43	18	25
2019-20	322	308	99	209	14	6	8
2020-21	347	297	96	201	50	6	44
2021-22	396	294	92	202	102	20	82
2022-23	363	297	101	196	66	14	52
2023-24	332	289	85	204	43	9	34
2024-25	355	306	91	215	49	12	37
Average	329	329	90	182	329	19	37

Methodist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.80% and the percentage of black students is 17.62% at Methodist University. 1.37% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.62% to 43.80%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.29% to 1.37%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.99% to 17.62%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.03% to 11.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7629 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7344 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Methodist 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	21	32	445	174	4	1,178	92
2016-17	29	35	425	174	6	1,121	85
2017-18	22	40	356	172	7	989	56
2018-19	21	30	318	146	3	869	39
2019-20	21	29	308	162	4	798	32
2020-21	12	23	288	130	7	725	26
2021-22	15	32	367	165	4	852	23
2022-23	28	22	374	147	3	834	29
2023-24	33	22	349	173	3	808	47
2024-25	35	25	321	203	5	798	64
Average	24	29	355	165	5	897	49

Methodist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

276 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 736.36% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Methodist University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,474	33	142	2,299
2016-17	2,446	34	140	2,272
2017-18	2,259	40	142	2,077
2018-19	2,092	44	136	1,912
2019-20	1,968	45	160	1,763
2020-21	1,773	43	192	1,538
2021-22	1,916	177	560	1,179
2022-23	1,811	253	605	953
2023-24	1,768	207	575	986
2024-25	1,822	276	577	969
Average	2,033	115	323	1,595

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Enrollment Trends at Methodist

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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