Enrollment Trends at MSOE

The student population at Milwaukee School of Engineering is 2,953 (2,704 undergraduate and 249 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 47 (1.62%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MSOE is 91.57% which is increased by 23 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 24 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 234 male students for every 100 female students, down from 290 in 2015.
166 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 492.86% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,808 where 2,953 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 2,953 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,673 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,906 to 2,953 students, a net gain of 47 (1.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Milwaukee School of Engineering since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,906	2,681	1,998	683	225	163	62
2016-17	2,846 -60	2,642 -39	1,942 -56	700 17	204 -21	143 -20	61 -1
2017-18	2,823 -23	2,610 -32	1,917 -25	693 -7	213 9	133 -10	80 19
2018-19	2,820 -3	2,596 -14	1,923 6	673 -20	224 11	144 11	80
2019-20	2,746 -74	2,566 -30	1,893 -30	673	180 -44	124 -20	56 -24
2020-21	2,673 -73	2,510 -56	1,817 -76	693 20	163 -17	95 -29	68 12
2021-22	2,747 74	2,565 55	1,868 51	697 4	182 19	101 6	81 13
2022-23	2,729 -18	2,575 10	1,852 -16	723 26	154 -28	81 -20	73 -8
2023-24	2,834 105	2,653 78	1,910 58	743 20	181 27	121 40	60 -13
2024-25	2,953 119	2,704 51	1,914 4	790 47	249 68	156 35	93 33
Average	2,808	2,610	1,903	707	198	126	71

Milwaukee School of Engineering Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,610 where 2,704 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 Milwaukee School of Engineering since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,681	2,515	1,859	656	166	139	27
2016-17	2,642	2,528	1,843	685	114	99	15
2017-18	2,610	2,508	1,829	679	102	88	14
2018-19	2,596	2,491	1,840	651	105	83	22
2019-20	2,566	2,478	1,819	659	88	74	14
2020-21	2,510	2,412	1,744	668	98	73	25
2021-22	2,565	2,496	1,818	678	69	50	19
2022-23	2,575	2,514	1,806	708	61	46	15
2023-24	2,653	2,544	1,824	720	109	86	23
2024-25	2,704	2,595	1,833	762	109	81	28
Average	2,610	2,610	1,822	687	2,610	82	20

Milwaukee School of Engineering Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 198 where 249 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 Milwaukee School of Engineering since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	225	61	39	22	164	124	40
2016-17	204	59	37	22	145	106	39
2017-18	213	55	28	27	158	105	53
2018-19	224	38	27	11	186	117	69
2019-20	180	44	31	13	136	93	43
2020-21	163	50	25	25	113	70	43
2021-22	182	70	27	43	112	74	38
2022-23	154	56	18	38	98	63	35
2023-24	181	35	23	12	146	98	48
2024-25	249	58	24	34	191	132	59
Average	198	198	28	25	198	98	47

Milwaukee School of Engineering Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.37%. The percentage was 65.83% 10 years ago and MSOE still has a high percentage of white students. 5.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.28% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 65.83% to 66.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.48% to 5.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.31% to 3.28%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.13% to 10.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5427 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5620 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Milwaukee School of Engineering 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	10	101	67	149	11	1,913	50
2016-17	6	105	70	155	3	1,911	55
2017-18	6	113	61	153	1	1,897	79
2018-19	6	128	64	189	0	1,893	96
2019-20	5	140	63	205	0	1,887	86
2020-21	5	130	65	214	1	1,910	83
2021-22	7	144	74	246	0	1,918	82
2022-23	7	156	69	251	1	1,873	87
2023-24	2	139	74	294	1	1,935	88
2024-25	2	169	97	316	1	1,960	93
Average	6	133	70	217	2	1,910	80

Milwaukee School of Engineering Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

166 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 492.86% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Milwaukee School of Engineering from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,906	28	42	2,836
2016-17	2,846	15	140	2,691
2017-18	2,823	30	153	2,640
2018-19	2,820	29	172	2,619
2019-20	2,746	9	158	2,579
2020-21	2,673	11	251	2,411
2021-22	2,747	13	211	2,523
2022-23	2,729	7	203	2,519
2023-24	2,834	28	453	2,353
2024-25	2,953	166	398	2,389
Average	2,808	34	218	2,556

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Enrollment Trends at MSOE

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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