Enrollment Trends at Millsaps

The student population at Millsaps College is 593 (549 undergraduate and 44 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 216 (26.70%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Millsaps is 92.58% which is decreased by 211 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 5 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 124 male students for every 100 female students, up from 105 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Millsaps College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 748 where 593 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 866 students in 2017 and was lowest at 593 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 809 to 593 students, a net loss of 216 (26.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	809	760	383	377	49	31	18
2016-17	866 57	802 42	410 27	392 15	64 15	38 7	26 8
2017-18	859 -7	807 5	411 1	396 4	52 -12	25 -13	27 1
2018-19	865 6	799 -8	385 -26	414 18	66 14	43 18	23 -4
2019-20	820 -45	779 -20	353 -32	426 12	41 -25	31 -12	10 -13
2020-21	712 -108	669 -110	299 -54	370 -56	43 2	31	12 2
2021-22	666 -46	637 -32	313 14	324 -46	29 -14	15 -16	14 2
2022-23	661 -5	627 -10	343 30	284 -40	34 5	21 6	13 -1
2023-24	626 -35	582 -45	314 -29	268 -16	44 10	24 3	20 7
2024-25	593 -33	549 -33	300 -14	249 -19	44	28 4	16 -4
Average	748	701	351	350	47	29	18

Millsaps College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 701 where 549 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 Millsaps College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	760	749	378	371	11	5	6
2016-17	802	788	402	386	14	8	6
2017-18	807	797	403	394	10	8	2
2018-19	799	792	381	411	7	4	3
2019-20	779	768	347	421	11	6	5
2020-21	669	660	291	369	9	8	1
2021-22	637	632	311	321	5	2	3
2022-23	627	621	340	281	6	3	3
2023-24	582	578	311	267	4	3	1
2024-25	549	543	296	247	6	4	2
Average	701	701	346	347	701	5	3

Millsaps College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 47 where 44 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 Millsaps College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	49	25	18	7	24	13	11
2016-17	64	46	26	20	18	12	6
2017-18	52	34	18	16	18	7	11
2018-19	66	53	34	19	13	9	4
2019-20	41	27	20	7	14	11	3
2020-21	43	30	21	9	13	10	3
2021-22	29	18	10	8	11	5	6
2022-23	34	26	16	10	8	5	3
2023-24	44	40	23	17	4	1	3
2024-25	44	36	24	12	8	4	4
Average	47	47	21	13	47	8	5

Millsaps College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.18%. The percentage was 74.66% 10 years ago and Millsaps still has a high percentage of white students. 3.37% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.60% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.66% to 58.18%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.46% to 3.37%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.48% to 22.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.61% to 6.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6051 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4255 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Millsaps College 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	6	28	101	13	0	604	5
2016-17	7	22	127	34	0	616	1
2017-18	10	37	142	4	0	602	1
2018-19	13	33	173	41	0	543	0
2019-20	7	25	189	35	0	504	0
2020-21	4	20	171	36	0	434	0
2021-22	3	19	164	26	1	407	0
2022-23	2	20	177	27	1	393	6
2023-24	5	19	169	26	4	359	6
2024-25	7	20	134	37	1	345	8
Average	6	24	155	28	1	481	3

Millsaps College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Millsaps

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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