Enrollment Trends at Middle Tennessee State

The student population at Middle Tennessee State University is 20,488 (18,042 undergraduate and 2,446 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,023 (8.99%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Middle Tennessee State is 88.06% which is decreased by 2,098 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 75 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 85 male students for every 100 female students, up from 83 in 2015.
3,076 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 79.25% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,423 where 20,488 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 22,511 students in 2016 and was lowest at 20,086 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 22,511 to 20,488 students, a net loss of 2,023 (9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,511	20,140	9,324	10,816	2,371	875	1,496
2016-17	22,050 -461	19,693 -447	9,050 -274	10,643 -173	2,357 -14	879 4	1,478 -18
2017-18	21,913 -137	19,523 -170	9,054 4	10,469 -174	2,390 33	893 14	1,497 19
2018-19	21,631 -282	19,252 -271	8,885 -169	10,367 -102	2,379 -11	886 -7	1,493 -4
2019-20	21,721 90	19,461 209	9,064 179	10,397 30	2,260 -119	856 -30	1,404 -89
2020-21	22,080 359	19,188 -273	8,828 -236	10,360 -37	2,892 632	1,083 227	1,809 405
2021-22	21,568 -512	18,603 -585	8,405 -423	10,198 -162	2,965 73	1,070 -13	1,895 86
2022-23	20,086 -1,482	17,438 -1,165	8,137 -268	9,301 -897	2,648 -317	973 -97	1,675 -220
2023-24	20,183 97	17,668 230	8,431 294	9,237 -64	2,515 -133	946 -27	1,569 -106
2024-25	20,488 305	18,042 374	8,530 99	9,512 275	2,446 -69	882 -64	1,564 -5
Average	21,423	18,901	8,771	10,130	2,522	934	1,588

Middle Tennessee State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,901 where 18,042 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 Middle Tennessee State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	20,140	16,167	7,507	8,660	3,973	1,817	2,156
2016-17	19,693	16,019	7,346	8,673	3,674	1,704	1,970
2017-18	19,523	15,812	7,333	8,479	3,711	1,721	1,990
2018-19	19,252	15,511	7,157	8,354	3,741	1,728	2,013
2019-20	19,461	15,721	7,363	8,358	3,740	1,701	2,039
2020-21	19,188	15,520	7,206	8,314	3,668	1,622	2,046
2021-22	18,603	15,112	6,903	8,209	3,491	1,502	1,989
2022-23	17,438	13,884	6,573	7,311	3,554	1,564	1,990
2023-24	17,668	13,950	6,760	7,190	3,718	1,671	2,047
2024-25	18,042	14,189	6,824	7,365	3,853	1,706	2,147
Average	18,901	18,901	7,097	8,091	18,901	1,674	2,039

Middle Tennessee State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,522 where 2,446 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 Middle Tennessee State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,371	794	335	459	1,577	540	1,037
2016-17	2,357	788	317	471	1,569	562	1,007
2017-18	2,390	763	328	435	1,627	565	1,062
2018-19	2,379	720	323	397	1,659	563	1,096
2019-20	2,260	681	305	376	1,579	551	1,028
2020-21	2,892	913	391	522	1,979	692	1,287
2021-22	2,965	880	334	546	2,085	736	1,349
2022-23	2,648	729	287	442	1,919	686	1,233
2023-24	2,515	834	329	505	1,681	617	1,064
2024-25	2,446	933	344	589	1,513	538	975
Average	2,522	2,522	329	474	2,522	605	1,114

Middle Tennessee State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.11%. The percentage was 64.64% 10 years ago and Middle Tennessee State still has a high percentage of white students. 4.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.36% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.64% to 63.11%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.74% to 4.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.91% to 13.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.18% to 9.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5706 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5393 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Middle Tennessee 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	63	616	4,482	940	19	14,550	648
2016-17	60	661	4,342	998	12	14,223	671
2017-18	56	687	4,241	1,086	8	14,133	705
2018-19	49	747	3,970	1,238	11	14,005	761
2019-20	52	829	3,825	1,404	15	14,035	788
2020-21	50	890	3,771	1,503	21	14,400	801
2021-22	51	852	3,242	1,581	24	14,271	796
2022-23	47	831	2,915	1,580	17	13,144	743
2023-24	54	883	2,721	1,785	17	13,016	783
2024-25	50	874	2,737	2,013	14	12,929	878
Average	53	787	3,625	1,413	16	13,871	757

Middle Tennessee State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,076 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 79.25% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Middle Tennessee State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	22,511	1,716	4,372	16,423
2016-17	22,050	1,670	4,908	15,472
2017-18	21,913	1,594	5,056	15,263
2018-19	21,631	1,634	5,857	14,140
2019-20	21,721	1,627	6,293	13,801
2020-21	22,080	2,276	9,976	9,828
2021-22	21,568	2,489	7,472	11,607
2022-23	20,086	3,020	7,846	9,220
2023-24	20,183	2,588	7,964	9,631
2024-25	20,488	3,076	8,644	8,768
Average	21,423	2,169	6,839	12,415

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Enrollment Trends at Middle Tennessee 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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