Enrollment Trends at MSU

The student population at Minot State University is 2,751 (2,499 undergraduate and 252 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 597 (17.83%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MSU is 90.84% which is decreased by 565 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 32 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 63 in 2015.
643 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -37.45% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,032 where 2,751 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 3,412 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,741 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,348 to 2,751 students, a net loss of 597 (17.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,348	3,064	1,190	1,874	284	101	183
2016-17	3,412 64	3,136 72	1,252 62	1,884 10	276 -8	93 -8	183
2017-18	3,216 -196	2,956 -180	1,190 -62	1,766 -118	260 -16	90 -3	170 -13
2018-19	3,189 -27	2,915 -41	1,156 -34	1,759 -7	274 14	93 3	181 11
2019-20	3,125 -64	2,836 -79	1,111 -45	1,725 -34	289 15	98 5	191 10
2020-21	2,920 -205	2,656 -180	1,008 -103	1,648 -77	264 -25	78 -20	186 -5
2021-22	2,836 -84	2,576 -80	937 -71	1,639 -9	260 -4	69 -9	191 5
2022-23	2,777 -59	2,530 -46	907 -30	1,623 -16	247 -13	66 -3	181 -10
2023-24	2,741 -36	2,474 -56	957 50	1,517 -106	267 20	69 3	198 17
2024-25	2,751 10	2,499 25	977 20	1,522 5	252 -15	64 -5	188 -10
Average	3,032	2,764	1,069	1,696	267	82	185

Minot State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,764 where 2,499 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 Minot State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,064	2,021	760	1,261	1,043	430	613
2016-17	3,136	2,021	780	1,241	1,115	472	643
2017-18	2,956	1,952	774	1,178	1,004	416	588
2018-19	2,915	1,979	772	1,207	936	384	552
2019-20	2,836	1,921	754	1,167	915	357	558
2020-21	2,656	1,836	697	1,139	820	311	509
2021-22	2,576	1,840	701	1,139	736	236	500
2022-23	2,530	1,768	650	1,118	762	257	505
2023-24	2,474	1,721	681	1,040	753	276	477
2024-25	2,499	1,696	678	1,018	803	299	504
Average	2,764	2,764	725	1,151	2,764	344	545

Minot State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 267 where 252 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 Minot State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	284	107	32	75	177	69	108
2016-17	276	111	37	74	165	56	109
2017-18	260	110	32	78	150	58	92
2018-19	274	114	29	85	160	64	96
2019-20	289	105	26	79	184	72	112
2020-21	264	112	29	83	152	49	103
2021-22	260	121	35	86	139	34	105
2022-23	247	114	32	82	133	34	99
2023-24	267	122	30	92	145	39	106
2024-25	252	129	33	96	123	31	92
Average	267	267	32	83	267	51	102

Minot State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.38%. The percentage was 67.44% 10 years ago and MSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.44% to 66.38%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.82% to 1.49%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.14% to 4.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.88% to 6.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5485 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.5371 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minot State 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	45	61	172	197	15	2,258	126
2016-17	58	69	195	236	11	2,265	139
2017-18	49	59	184	221	9	2,235	127
2018-19	63	53	178	219	11	2,170	132
2019-20	59	38	133	228	13	2,138	144
2020-21	57	43	111	221	12	1,995	149
2021-22	51	38	93	229	10	1,925	158
2022-23	60	48	115	219	8	1,868	159
2023-24	48	39	135	249	9	1,750	172
2024-25	54	41	119	168	10	1,826	188
Average	54	49	144	219	11	2,043	149

Minot State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

643 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -37.45% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Minot State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,348	1,028	609	1,711
2016-17	3,412	1,110	604	1,698
2017-18	3,216	997	597	1,622
2018-19	3,189	986	623	1,580
2019-20	3,125	552	776	1,797
2020-21	2,920	697	1,269	954
2021-22	2,836	564	1,193	1,079
2022-23	2,777	605	1,089	1,083
2023-24	2,741	647	1,098	996
2024-25	2,751	643	1,132	976
Average	3,032	783	899	1,350

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Enrollment Trends at MSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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