Enrollment Trends at Milligan

The student population at Milligan University is 1,240 (865 undergraduate and 375 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 47 (3.94%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Milligan is 69.76% which is decreased by 26 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 73 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, up from 63 in 2015.
49 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 122.73% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,214 where 1,240 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,338 students in 2021 and was lowest at 1,105 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,193 to 1,240 students, a net gain of 47 (3.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,193	891	334	557	302	127	175
2016-17	1,195 2	880 -11	350 16	530 -27	315 13	132 5	183 8
2017-18	1,171 -24	859 -21	368 18	491 -39	312 -3	124 -8	188 5
2018-19	1,225 54	829 -30	358 -10	471 -20	396 84	164 40	232 44
2019-20	1,310 85	882 53	416 58	466 -5	428 32	176 12	252 20
2020-21	1,338 28	941 59	456 40	485 19	397 -31	147 -29	250 -2
2021-22	1,162 -176	789 -152	390 -66	399 -86	373 -24	140 -7	233 -17
2022-23	1,105 -57	755 -34	379 -11	376 -23	350 -23	136 -4	214 -19
2023-24	1,200 95	834 79	431 52	403 27	366 16	144 8	222 8
2024-25	1,240 40	865 31	430 -1	435 32	375 9	148 4	227 5
Average	1,214	853	391	461	361	144	218

Milligan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 853 where 865 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 Milligan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	891	785	295	490	106	39	67
2016-17	880	762	307	455	118	43	75
2017-18	859	764	330	434	95	38	57
2018-19	829	734	320	414	95	38	57
2019-20	882	767	354	413	115	62	53
2020-21	941	786	388	398	155	68	87
2021-22	789	741	369	372	48	21	27
2022-23	755	708	357	351	47	22	25
2023-24	834	766	400	366	68	31	37
2024-25	865	813	413	400	52	17	35
Average	853	853	353	409	853	38	52

Milligan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 361 where 375 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 Milligan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	302	230	81	149	72	46	26
2016-17	315	246	94	152	69	38	31
2017-18	312	225	73	152	87	51	36
2018-19	396	312	118	194	84	46	38
2019-20	428	302	117	185	126	59	67
2020-21	397	278	97	181	119	50	69
2021-22	373	239	79	160	134	61	73
2022-23	350	254	97	157	96	39	57
2023-24	366	257	92	165	109	52	57
2024-25	375	259	101	158	116	47	69
Average	361	361	95	165	361	49	52

Milligan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.81%. The percentage was 84.33% 10 years ago and Milligan still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.33% to 75.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.59% to 1.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.60% to 4.35%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.27% to 3.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4202 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2852 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Milligan 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	5	19	43	51	1	1,006	22
2016-17	1	16	35	55	0	1,015	30
2017-18	0	19	40	45	1	986	26
2018-19	1	17	42	50	3	1,031	26
2019-20	4	13	42	47	2	1,075	18
2020-21	3	14	54	55	7	1,096	22
2021-22	6	11	54	56	5	934	19
2022-23	5	13	53	62	2	880	20
2023-24	3	20	48	60	2	928	32
2024-25	6	20	54	46	1	940	50
Average	3	16	47	53	2	989	27

Milligan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

49 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 122.73% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Milligan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,193	22	275	896
2016-17	1,195	22	309	864
2017-18	1,171	27	321	823
2018-19	1,225	71	333	821
2019-20	1,310	25	414	871
2020-21	1,338	24	439	875
2021-22	1,162	34	468	660
2022-23	1,105	23	421	661
2023-24	1,200	52	535	613
2024-25	1,240	49	499	692
Average	1,214	35	401	778

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Enrollment Trends at Milligan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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