Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan State University of Denver

The student population at Metropolitan State University of Denver is 16,995 (15,848 undergraduate and 1,147 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,386 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Metropolitan State University of Denver is 93.25% which is decreased by 7,171 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 785 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,246 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 225.36% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 20,299 where 16,995 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

93.25% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.75% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 7,171 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 785 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Metropolitan State University of Denver than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Metropolitan State University of Denver since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,381	23,019	10,703	12,316	362	97	265
2013-14	22,752 -629	22,289 -730	10,328 -375	11,961 -355	463 101	113 16	350 85
2014-15	21,674 -1,078	21,196 -1,093	9,841 -487	11,355 -606	478 15	128 15	350 0
2015-16	20,676 -998	20,186 -1,010	9,396 -445	10,790 -565	490 12	135 7	355 5
2016-17	20,474 -202	19,940 -246	9,253 -143	10,687 -103	534 44	133 -2	401 46
2017-18	20,304 -170	19,666 -274	9,174 -79	10,492 -195	638 104	142 9	496 95
2018-19	20,192 -112	19,437 -229	9,084 -90	10,353 -139	755 117	173 31	582 86
2019-20	20,080 -112	19,194 -243	8,836 -248	10,358 5	886 131	202 29	684 102
2020-21	19,086 -994	17,988 -1,206	8,007 -829	9,981 -377	1,098 212	233 31	865 181
2021-22	17,678 -1,408	16,515 -1,473	7,286 -721	9,229 -752	1,163 65	251 18	912 47
2022-23	16,995 -683	15,848 -667	7,032 -254	8,816 -413	1,147 -16	242 -9	905 -7
Average	20,299	19,571	8,995	10,576	729	168	560

Metropolitan State University of Denver Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 19,571 where 15,848 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Metropolitan State University of Denver since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,019	13,335	6,462	6,873	9,684	4,241	5,443
2013-14	22,289	13,202	6,305	6,897	9,087	4,023	5,064
2014-15	21,196	12,718	6,037	6,681	8,478	3,804	4,674
2015-16	20,186	12,313	5,843	6,470	7,873	3,553	4,320
2016-17	19,940	12,483	5,863	6,620	7,457	3,390	4,067
2017-18	19,666	12,759	6,109	6,650	6,907	3,065	3,842
2018-19	19,437	12,673	5,968	6,705	6,764	3,116	3,648
2019-20	19,194	12,250	5,736	6,514	6,944	3,100	3,844
2020-21	17,988	11,134	5,031	6,103	6,854	2,976	3,878
2021-22	16,515	9,851	4,498	5,353	6,664	2,788	3,876
2022-23	15,848	9,340	4,241	5,099	6,508	2,791	3,717
Average	19,571	19,571	5,645	6,360	19,571	3,350	4,216

Metropolitan State University of Denver Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 729 where 1,147 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Metropolitan State University of Denver since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	362	258	65	193	104	32	72
2013-14	463	306	70	236	157	43	114
2014-15	478	292	64	228	186	64	122
2015-16	490	291	65	226	199	70	129
2016-17	534	309	62	247	225	71	154
2017-18	638	365	70	295	273	72	201
2018-19	755	509	89	420	246	84	162
2019-20	886	520	88	432	366	114	252
2020-21	1,098	614	110	504	484	123	361
2021-22	1,163	664	101	563	499	150	349
2022-23	1,147	663	105	558	484	137	347
Average	729	729	81	355	729	87	206

Metropolitan State University of Denver Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.48% and the percentage of black students is 7.06% at Metropolitan State University of Denver. 4.56% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Metropolitan State University of Denver over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	169	791	1,452	4,518	60	14,561	699
2013-14	164	775	1,340	4,647	56	13,973	757
2014-15	140	764	1,282	4,576	57	13,111	818
2015-16	129	778	1,251	4,528	63	12,208	863
2016-17	116	799	1,273	4,895	57	11,693	873
2017-18	103	825	1,250	5,323	58	11,134	909
2018-19	91	851	1,299	5,719	53	10,429	978
2019-20	104	861	1,244	6,007	33	10,261	956
2020-21	95	814	1,241	5,967	35	9,503	953
2021-22	74	825	1,158	5,765	27	8,583	882
2022-23	122	775	1,200	5,920	33	7,729	892
Average	119	805	1,272	5,260	48	11,199	871

Metropolitan State University of Denver Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,246 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 225.36% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Metropolitan State University of Denver from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,674	1,305	5,533	14,836
2015-16	20,676	1,337	5,616	13,723
2016-17	20,474	1,395	5,925	13,154
2017-18	20,304	1,204	6,126	12,974
2018-19	20,192	1,292	6,499	12,401
2019-20	20,080	1,693	6,582	11,805
2020-21	19,086	17,128	1,900	58
2021-22	17,678	3,824	8,148	5,706
2022-23	16,995	4,246	8,121	4,628
Average	19,684	3,714	6,050	9,921

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