Enrollment Trends at Millikin

The student population at Millikin University is 1,586 (1,495 undergraduate and 91 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 566 (26.30%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Millikin is 94.26% which is decreased by 566 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 0 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 83 male students for every 100 female students, up from 72 in 2015.
66 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 6,500.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,936 where 1,586 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 2,152 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,586 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,152 to 1,586 students, a net loss of 566 (26.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,152	2,061	872	1,189	91	32	59
2016-17	2,052 -100	1,967 -94	823 -49	1,144 -45	85 -6	32	53 -6
2017-18	2,040 -12	1,950 -17	835 12	1,115 -29	90 5	32	58 5
2018-19	2,094 54	1,985 35	844 9	1,141 26	109 19	43 11	66 8
2019-20	2,083 -11	1,995 10	889 45	1,106 -35	88 -21	32 -11	56 -10
2020-21	1,982 -101	1,875 -120	804 -85	1,071 -35	107 19	38 6	69 13
2021-22	1,906 -76	1,812 -63	779 -25	1,033 -38	94 -13	38	56 -13
2022-23	1,807 -99	1,708 -104	766 -13	942 -91	99 5	35 -3	64 8
2023-24	1,659 -148	1,570 -138	700 -66	870 -72	89 -10	32 -3	57 -7
2024-25	1,586 -73	1,495 -75	690 -10	805 -65	91 2	27 -5	64 7
Average	1,936	1,842	800	1,042	94	34	60

Millikin University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,842 where 1,495 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 Millikin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,061	1,984	840	1,144	77	32	45
2016-17	1,967	1,821	784	1,037	146	39	107
2017-18	1,950	1,840	798	1,042	110	37	73
2018-19	1,985	1,894	818	1,076	91	26	65
2019-20	1,995	1,919	869	1,050	76	20	56
2020-21	1,875	1,784	768	1,016	91	36	55
2021-22	1,812	1,693	740	953	119	39	80
2022-23	1,708	1,598	730	868	110	36	74
2023-24	1,570	1,437	666	771	133	34	99
2024-25	1,495	1,350	632	718	145	58	87
Average	1,842	1,842	765	968	1,842	36	74

Millikin University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 94 where 91 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 Millikin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	91	72	30	42	19	2	17
2016-17	85	63	27	36	22	5	17
2017-18	90	64	27	37	26	5	21
2018-19	109	82	33	49	27	10	17
2019-20	88	69	26	43	19	6	13
2020-21	107	79	30	49	28	8	20
2021-22	94	62	25	37	32	13	19
2022-23	99	67	25	42	32	10	22
2023-24	89	64	22	42	25	10	15
2024-25	91	63	22	41	28	5	23
Average	94	94	27	42	94	7	18

Millikin University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.63%. The percentage was 72.96% 10 years ago and Millikin still has a high percentage of white students. 1.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.96% to 64.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.25% to 1.64%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.06% to 15.95%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 5.81% to 3.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5544 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4459 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Millikin 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	27	281	125	0	1,570	78
2016-17	4	27	277	129	0	1,453	86
2017-18	2	33	297	136	1	1,409	81
2018-19	3	29	282	140	1	1,421	92
2019-20	3	37	282	104	1	1,399	71
2020-21	3	35	263	79	2	1,365	55
2021-22	5	43	265	110	3	1,276	68
2022-23	3	38	315	74	3	1,177	48
2023-24	1	32	278	72	2	1,058	35
2024-25	1	26	253	55	0	1,025	50
Average	3	33	279	102	1	1,315	66

Millikin University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

66 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 6,500.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Millikin University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,152	1	162	1,989
2016-17	2,052	11	260	1,781
2017-18	2,040	10	246	1,784
2018-19	2,094	3	284	1,807
2019-20	2,083	8	391	1,684
2020-21	1,982	108	1,661	213
2021-22	1,906	21	839	1,046
2022-23	1,807	30	519	1,258
2023-24	1,659	64	562	1,033
2024-25	1,586	66	561	959
Average	1,936	32	549	1,355

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Enrollment Trends at Millikin

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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