Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan State University of Denver

The student population at Metropolitan State University of Denver is 18,453 (17,274 undergraduate and 1,179 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,223 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Metropolitan State University of Denver is 93.61% which is decreased by 2,912 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 689 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

4,515 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 237.70% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,153 where 18,453 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

93.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,912 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 689 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 and it means that there are slightly 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 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	20,676	20,186	9,396	10,790	490	135	355
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
2023-24	17,593 598	16,430 582	7,363 331	9,067 251	1,163 16	267 25	896 -9
2024-25	18,453 860	17,274 844	7,887 524	9,387 320	1,179 16	293 26	886 -10
Average	19,153	18,248	8,332	9,916	905	207	698

Metropolitan State University of Denver Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,248 where 17,274 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	16,430	9,322	4,246	5,076	7,108	3,117	3,991
2024-25	17,274	8,854	4,156	4,698	8,420	3,731	4,689
Average	18,248	18,248	5,169	5,929	18,248	3,163	3,987

Metropolitan State University of Denver Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 905 where 1,179 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,163	663	115	548	500	152	348
2024-25	1,179	684	127	557	495	166	329
Average	905	905	93	435	905	114	263

Metropolitan State University of Denver Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.26% and the percentage of black students is 7.87% at Metropolitan State University of Denver. 4.27% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 35.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.04% to 43.26%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.76% to 4.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.05% to 7.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 21.90% to 35.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6725 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5965 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Metropolitan State University of Denver 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	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
2023-24	154	768	1,309	6,342	44	7,711	937
2024-25	171	788	1,453	6,637	40	7,982	988
Average	116	808	1,268	5,710	44	9,723	923

Metropolitan State University of Denver Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,515 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 237.70% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Metropolitan State University of Denver from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	17,593	4,115	7,869	5,609
2024-25	18,453	4,515	7,384	6,554
Average	19,153	4,075	6,417	8,661

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Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan State University of Denver

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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