Enrollment Trends at MidAmerica Nazarene

The student population at MidAmerica Nazarene University is 1,538 (1,204 undergraduate and 334 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 346 (18.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MidAmerica Nazarene is 78.28% which is decreased by 174 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 172 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, up from 57 in 2015.
143 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -47.43% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,718 where 1,538 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,909 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,508 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,884 to 1,538 students, a net loss of 346 (18.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,884	1,378	584	794	506	103	403
2016-17	1,822 -62	1,309 -69	555 -29	754 -40	513 7	98 -5	415 12
2017-18	1,888 66	1,308 -1	542 -13	766 12	580 67	118 20	462 47
2018-19	1,875 -13	1,306 -2	525 -17	781 15	569 -11	122 4	447 -15
2019-20	1,909 34	1,252 -54	512 -13	740 -41	657 88	156 34	501 54
2020-21	1,636 -273	1,222 -30	523 11	699 -41	414 -243	95 -61	319 -182
2021-22	1,584 -52	1,171 -51	552 29	619 -80	413 -1	85 -10	328 9
2022-23	1,508 -76	1,159 -12	539 -13	620 1	349 -64	63 -22	286 -42
2023-24	1,539 31	1,185 26	563 24	622 2	354 5	81 18	273 -13
2024-25	1,538 -1	1,204 19	585 22	619 -3	334 -20	89 8	245 -28
Average	1,718	1,249	548	701	469	101	368

MidAmerica Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,249 where 1,204 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 MidAmerica Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,378	1,068	474	594	310	110	200
2016-17	1,309	1,001	448	553	308	107	201
2017-18	1,308	998	430	568	310	112	198
2018-19	1,306	982	402	580	324	123	201
2019-20	1,252	938	397	541	314	115	199
2020-21	1,222	959	431	528	263	92	171
2021-22	1,171	906	439	467	265	113	152
2022-23	1,159	923	439	484	236	100	136
2023-24	1,185	923	452	471	262	111	151
2024-25	1,204	945	469	476	259	116	143
Average	1,249	1,249	438	526	1,249	110	175

MidAmerica Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 469 where 334 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 MidAmerica Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	506	105	14	91	401	89	312
2016-17	513	151	27	124	362	71	291
2017-18	580	153	24	129	427	94	333
2018-19	569	87	14	73	482	108	374
2019-20	657	146	37	109	511	119	392
2020-21	414	103	29	74	311	66	245
2021-22	413	91	25	66	322	60	262
2022-23	349	69	16	53	280	47	233
2023-24	354	91	20	71	263	61	202
2024-25	334	69	22	47	265	67	198
Average	469	469	23	84	469	78	284

MidAmerica Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.52%. The percentage was 63.48% 10 years ago and MidAmerica Nazarene still has a high percentage of white students. 1.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.96% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 63.48% to 63.52%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.06% to 1.63%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.94% to 11.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.26% to 8.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5697 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.5784 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at MidAmerica Nazarene 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	13	20	225	118	13	1,196	30
2016-17	20	29	234	28	14	1,212	31
2017-18	20	32	217	133	11	1,170	55
2018-19	21	40	193	87	9	1,200	40
2019-20	18	36	188	66	7	1,263	40
2020-21	14	22	199	4	9	1,021	54
2021-22	9	33	186	26	9	928	60
2022-23	11	21	172	69	7	850	63
2023-24	14	23	184	103	4	854	73
2024-25	9	25	184	135	4	977	103
Average	15	28	198	77	9	1,067	55

MidAmerica Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

143 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -47.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at MidAmerica Nazarene University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,884	272	146	1,466
2016-17	1,822	353	142	1,327
2017-18	1,888	333	190	1,365
2018-19	1,875	350	258	1,267
2019-20	1,909	704	137	1,068
2020-21	1,636	243	347	1,046
2021-22	1,584	218	214	1,152
2022-23	1,508	151	194	1,163
2023-24	1,539	143	246	1,150
2024-25	1,538	143	227	1,168
Average	1,718	291	210	1,217

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Enrollment Trends at MidAmerica Nazarene

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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