Enrollment Trends at MC

The student population at Mississippi Christian University is 4,164 (2,883 undergraduate and 1,281 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 872 (17.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MC is 69.24% which is decreased by 121 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 751 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, up from 67 in 2015.
456 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 83.87% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,607 where 4,164 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 5,103 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,946 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,036 to 4,164 students, a net loss of 872 (17.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,036	3,004	1,213	1,791	2,032	810	1,222
2016-17	5,048 12	3,145 141	1,256 43	1,889 98	1,903 -129	734 -76	1,169 -53
2017-18	5,036 -12	3,242 97	1,229 -27	2,013 124	1,794 -109	663 -71	1,131 -38
2018-19	5,103 67	3,232 -10	1,213 -16	2,019 6	1,871 77	657 -6	1,214 83
2019-20	4,733 -370	2,944 -288	1,163 -50	1,781 -238	1,789 -82	599 -58	1,190 -24
2020-21	4,667 -66	2,757 -187	1,102 -61	1,655 -126	1,910 121	630 31	1,280 90
2021-22	4,250 -417	2,523 -234	1,041 -61	1,482 -173	1,727 -183	548 -82	1,179 -101
2022-23	3,946 -304	2,396 -127	1,010 -31	1,386 -96	1,550 -177	485 -63	1,065 -114
2023-24	4,087 141	2,706 310	1,142 132	1,564 178	1,381 -169	468 -17	913 -152
2024-25	4,164 77	2,883 177	1,240 98	1,643 79	1,281 -100	452 -16	829 -84
Average	4,607	2,883	1,161	1,722	1,724	605	1,119

Mississippi Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,883 where 2,883 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 Mississippi Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,004	2,677	1,070	1,607	327	143	184
2016-17	3,145	2,721	1,084	1,637	424	172	252
2017-18	3,242	2,793	1,063	1,730	449	166	283
2018-19	3,232	2,772	1,052	1,720	460	161	299
2019-20	2,944	2,516	1,003	1,513	428	160	268
2020-21	2,757	2,291	912	1,379	466	190	276
2021-22	2,523	2,082	844	1,238	441	197	244
2022-23	2,396	1,953	813	1,140	443	197	246
2023-24	2,706	2,321	967	1,354	385	175	210
2024-25	2,883	2,444	1,028	1,416	439	212	227
Average	2,883	2,883	984	1,473	2,883	177	249

Mississippi Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,724 where 1,281 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 Mississippi Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,032	1,246	598	648	786	212	574
2016-17	1,903	1,206	529	677	697	205	492
2017-18	1,794	1,101	439	662	693	224	469
2018-19	1,871	1,092	428	664	779	229	550
2019-20	1,789	1,024	394	630	765	205	560
2020-21	1,910	1,301	473	828	609	157	452
2021-22	1,727	1,182	419	763	545	129	416
2022-23	1,550	1,092	369	723	458	116	342
2023-24	1,381	1,001	364	637	380	104	276
2024-25	1,281	834	333	501	447	119	328
Average	1,724	1,724	435	673	1,724	170	446

Mississippi Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.05%. The percentage was 56.59% 10 years ago and MC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.64% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.41% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 56.59% to 67.05%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.74% to 2.26%. Black student enrollment decreased from 22.74% to 18.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.64% to 3.41%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5137 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.6265 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mississippi Christian 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	24	138	1,145	133	3	2,850	43
2016-17	28	137	1,151	163	8	2,991	28
2017-18	33	135	1,185	157	7	3,160	24
2018-19	27	135	1,223	158	4	3,265	29
2019-20	24	135	1,043	163	3	3,098	48
2020-21	21	150	1,074	165	1	3,032	58
2021-22	13	114	964	135	2	2,717	66
2022-23	9	87	813	115	1	2,514	67
2023-24	9	107	828	154	1	2,680	100
2024-25	10	94	776	142	2	2,792	70
Average	20	123	1,020	149	3	2,910	53

Mississippi Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

456 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 83.87% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mississippi Christian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,036	248	898	3,890
2016-17	5,048	275	1,195	3,578
2017-18	5,036	434	1,075	3,527
2018-19	5,103	745	1,212	3,146
2019-20	4,733	785	1,850	2,098
2020-21	4,667	870	1,099	2,698
2021-22	4,250	770	1,027	2,453
2022-23	3,946	650	1,145	2,151
2023-24	4,087	536	1,269	2,282
2024-25	4,164	456	1,507	2,201
Average	4,607	577	1,228	2,802

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Enrollment Trends at MC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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