Enrollment Trends at MSUM

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,349 where 4,386 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

76.95% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.05% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,868 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 410 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.97 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MSUM than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,407 where 3,375 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 Moorhead since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 943 where 1,011 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 Moorhead since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 77.11%. The percentage was 78.61% 10 years ago and MSUM still has a high percentage of white students. 1.78% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.11% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.61% to 77.11%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.25% to 1.78%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.67% to 5.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.50% to 4.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3987 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3799 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 Moorhead over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

1,172 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 77.31% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Minnesota State University Moorhead from 2015 to 2025.