Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan State

The student population at Metropolitan State University is 6,294 (5,488 undergraduate and 806 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,233 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Metropolitan State is 87.19% which is decreased by 2,143 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 90 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,637 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 159.42% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,867 where 6,294 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,143 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 90 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Metropolitan State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,527	7,631	3,381	4,250	896	334	562
2013-14	8,510 -17	7,647 16	3,388 7	4,259 9	863 -33	343 9	520 -42
2014-15	8,355 -155	7,595 -52	3,345 -43	4,250 -9	760 -103	301 -42	459 -61
2015-16	8,424 69	7,583 -12	3,313 -32	4,270 20	841 81	308 7	533 74
2016-17	8,357 -67	7,571 -12	3,160 -153	4,411 141	786 -55	295 -13	491 -42
2017-18	8,148 -209	7,317 -254	3,031 -129	4,286 -125	831 45	297 2	534 43
2018-19	7,861 -287	7,031 -286	2,907 -124	4,124 -162	830 -1	297 0	533 -1
2019-20	7,592 -269	6,770 -261	2,744 -163	4,026 -98	822 -8	334 37	488 -45
2020-21	7,552 -40	6,649 -121	2,806 62	3,843 -183	903 81	387 53	516 28
2021-22	6,914 -638	6,000 -649	2,521 -285	3,479 -364	914 11	370 -17	544 28
2022-23	6,294 -620	5,488 -512	2,282 -239	3,206 -273	806 -108	335 -35	471 -73
Average	7,867	7,026	2,989	4,037	841	327	514

Metropolitan State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,026 where 5,488 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 since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,631	2,791	1,305	1,486	4,840	2,076	2,764
2013-14	7,647	2,852	1,326	1,526	4,795	2,062	2,733
2014-15	7,595	2,715	1,247	1,468	4,880	2,098	2,782
2015-16	7,583	2,703	1,273	1,430	4,880	2,040	2,840
2016-17	7,571	2,844	1,195	1,649	4,727	1,965	2,762
2017-18	7,317	2,878	1,228	1,650	4,439	1,803	2,636
2018-19	7,031	2,984	1,254	1,730	4,047	1,653	2,394
2019-20	6,770	2,999	1,274	1,725	3,771	1,470	2,301
2020-21	6,649	2,882	1,212	1,670	3,767	1,594	2,173
2021-22	6,000	2,663	1,151	1,512	3,337	1,370	1,967
2022-23	5,488	2,483	1,104	1,379	3,005	1,178	1,827
Average	7,026	7,026	1,234	1,566	7,026	1,755	2,471

Metropolitan State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 841 where 806 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 since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	896	186	51	135	710	283	427
2013-14	863	181	48	133	682	295	387
2014-15	760	175	45	130	585	256	329
2015-16	841	220	52	168	621	256	365
2016-17	786	208	50	158	578	245	333
2017-18	831	214	42	172	617	255	362
2018-19	830	198	51	147	632	246	386
2019-20	822	203	56	147	619	278	341
2020-21	903	230	81	149	673	306	367
2021-22	914	219	69	150	695	301	394
2022-23	806	180	70	110	626	265	361
Average	841	841	56	145	841	271	368

Metropolitan State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.05% and the percentage of black students is 27.82% at Metropolitan State University. 15.79% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Metropolitan State University 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	50	843	1,223	406	4	5,189	346
2013-14	54	947	1,326	362	6	5,055	335
2014-15	56	1,007	1,499	397	9	4,639	346
2015-16	61	1,054	1,610	417	8	4,538	334
2016-17	48	1,189	1,580	422	8	4,376	347
2017-18	53	1,180	1,633	472	5	4,088	330
2018-19	41	1,220	1,611	495	10	3,761	346
2019-20	37	1,210	1,716	527	9	3,506	326
2020-21	44	1,251	1,697	501	9	3,426	320
2021-22	34	1,079	1,688	450	3	3,099	271
2022-23	34	994	1,751	439	3	2,584	236
Average	47	1,089	1,576	444	7	4,024	322

Metropolitan State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,637 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 58% of total students. The number of online students has increased 159.42% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Metropolitan State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,355	1,402	2,081	4,872
2015-16	8,424	1,538	2,085	4,801
2016-17	8,357	1,539	2,320	4,498
2017-18	8,148	1,602	2,163	4,383
2018-19	7,861	1,580	2,235	4,046
2019-20	7,592	1,517	2,318	3,757
2020-21	7,552	6,078	983	491
2021-22	6,914	1,908	2,941	2,065
2022-23	6,294	3,637	1,785	872
Average	7,722	2,311	2,101	3,309

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