Enrollment Trends at Minnesota State University-Mankato

The student population at Minnesota State University-Mankato is 15,271 (13,433 undergraduate and 1,838 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 42 (0.27%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Minnesota State University-Mankato is 87.96% which is increased by 164 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 206 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 74 male students for every 100 female students, down from 86 in 2015.
2,748 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 167.58% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,780 where 15,271 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 15,313 students in 2016 and was lowest at 14,325 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 15,313 to 15,271 students, a net loss of 42 (0.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Minnesota State University-Mankato since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,313	13,269	6,323	6,946	2,044	753	1,291
2016-17	15,165 -148	13,192 -77	6,239 -84	6,953 7	1,973 -71	703 -50	1,270 -21
2017-18	14,712 -453	12,782 -410	6,006 -233	6,776 -177	1,930 -43	605 -98	1,325 55
2018-19	14,374 -338	12,492 -290	5,828 -178	6,664 -112	1,882 -48	598 -7	1,284 -41
2019-20	14,325 -49	12,490 -2	5,827 -1	6,663 -1	1,835 -47	606 8	1,229 -55
2020-21	14,761 436	12,938 448	5,857 30	7,081 418	1,823 -12	579 -27	1,244 15
2021-22	14,576 -185	12,620 -318	5,717 -140	6,903 -178	1,956 133	621 42	1,335 91
2022-23	14,590 14	12,676 56	5,721 4	6,955 52	1,914 -42	629 8	1,285 -50
2023-24	14,709 119	12,897 221	5,664 -57	7,233 278	1,812 -102	560 -69	1,252 -33
2024-25	15,271 562	13,433 536	5,918 254	7,515 282	1,838 26	558 -2	1,280 28
Average	14,780	12,879	5,910	6,969	1,901	621	1,280

Minnesota State University-Mankato Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,879 where 13,433 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 Minnesota State University-Mankato since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,269	11,065	5,437	5,628	2,204	886	1,318
2016-17	13,192	11,009	5,375	5,634	2,183	864	1,319
2017-18	12,782	10,832	5,258	5,574	1,950	748	1,202
2018-19	12,492	10,545	5,093	5,452	1,947	735	1,212
2019-20	12,490	10,413	5,012	5,401	2,077	815	1,262
2020-21	12,938	10,526	4,910	5,616	2,412	947	1,465
2021-22	12,620	10,035	4,741	5,294	2,585	976	1,609
2022-23	12,676	9,945	4,720	5,225	2,731	1,001	1,730
2023-24	12,897	9,921	4,623	5,298	2,976	1,041	1,935
2024-25	13,433	10,167	4,777	5,390	3,266	1,141	2,125
Average	12,879	12,879	4,995	5,451	12,879	915	1,518

Minnesota State University-Mankato Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,901 where 1,838 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 Minnesota State University-Mankato since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,044	711	286	425	1,333	467	866
2016-17	1,973	681	243	438	1,292	460	832
2017-18	1,930	618	217	401	1,312	388	924
2018-19	1,882	622	219	403	1,260	379	881
2019-20	1,835	622	236	386	1,213	370	843
2020-21	1,823	647	234	413	1,176	345	831
2021-22	1,956	669	199	470	1,287	422	865
2022-23	1,914	651	210	441	1,263	419	844
2023-24	1,812	655	198	457	1,157	362	795
2024-25	1,838	645	186	459	1,193	372	821
Average	1,901	1,901	223	429	1,901	398	850

Minnesota State University-Mankato Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.85%. The percentage was 74.57% 10 years ago and Minnesota State University-Mankato still has a high percentage of white students. 3.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.57% to 70.85%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.60% to 3.14%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.77% to 5.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.66% to 6.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4887 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4384 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minnesota State University-Mankato 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	51	551	730	560	8	11,419	366
2016-17	41	537	736	612	7	11,176	429
2017-18	47	541	743	596	6	10,571	438
2018-19	42	507	683	650	9	10,459	432
2019-20	44	493	717	698	9	10,424	486
2020-21	41	532	823	771	8	10,592	502
2021-22	45	522	813	741	6	10,516	476
2022-23	45	535	794	803	7	10,404	446
2023-24	40	491	844	831	7	10,503	472
2024-25	51	479	900	925	5	10,819	541
Average	45	519	778	719	7	10,688	459

Minnesota State University-Mankato Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,748 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 167.58% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Minnesota State University-Mankato from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	15,313	1,027	3,667	10,619
2016-17	15,165	1,047	4,245	9,873
2017-18	14,712	1,162	4,627	8,923
2018-19	14,374	1,260	4,986	8,128
2019-20	14,325	1,223	5,125	7,977
2020-21	14,761	1,158	5,609	7,994
2021-22	14,576	1,725	5,945	6,906
2022-23	14,590	2,379	6,744	5,467
2023-24	14,709	2,384	6,735	5,590
2024-25	15,271	2,748	6,992	5,531
Average	14,780	1,611	5,468	7,701

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Enrollment Trends at Minnesota State University-Mankato

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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