Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan State

The student population at Metropolitan State University is 6,660 (5,904 undergraduate and 756 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,764 (20.94%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Metropolitan State is 88.65% which is decreased by 1,679 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 85 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
3,119 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 102.80% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,381 where 6,660 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 8,424 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,005 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,424 to 6,660 students, a net loss of 1,764 (20.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,424	7,583	3,313	4,270	841	308	533
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	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
2023-24	6,005 -289	5,271 -217	2,241 -41	3,030 -176	734 -72	298 -37	436 -35
2024-25	6,660 655	5,904 633	2,547 306	3,357 327	756 22	308 10	448 12
Average	7,381	6,558	2,755	3,803	822	323	499

Metropolitan State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,558 where 5,904 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 since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	5,271	2,552	1,151	1,401	2,719	1,090	1,629
2024-25	5,904	2,950	1,360	1,590	2,954	1,187	1,767
Average	6,558	6,558	1,220	1,574	6,558	1,535	2,230

Metropolitan State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 822 where 756 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 since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	734	181	70	111	553	228	325
2024-25	756	193	69	124	563	239	324
Average	822	822	61	144	822	262	356

Metropolitan State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.77% and the percentage of black students is 33.93% at Metropolitan State University. 15.06% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.87% to 34.77%. Asian enrollment grew from 12.51% to 15.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 19.11% to 33.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.95% to 8.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7324 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6535 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 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	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
2023-24	31	948	1,805	441	5	2,294	244
2024-25	31	1,003	2,260	544	3	2,316	307
Average	41	1,113	1,735	471	6	3,399	306

Metropolitan State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,119 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has increased 102.80% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Metropolitan State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	6,005	2,849	1,969	1,187
2024-25	6,660	3,119	2,324	1,217
Average	7,381	2,537	2,112	2,732

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Enrollment Trends at Metropolitan State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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