Enrollment Trends at MUW

The student population at Mississippi University for Women is 2,339 (2,080 undergraduate and 259 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 311 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MUW is 88.93% which is decreased by 423 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 112 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.52 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

826 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -6.77% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,676 where 2,339 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.93% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.07% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 423 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 112 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.52 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in MUW than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mississippi University for Women since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,650	2,503	429	2,074	147	18	129
2013-14	2,629 -21	2,429 -74	441 12	1,988 -86	200 53	34 16	166 37
2014-15	2,696 67	2,527 98	471 30	2,056 68	169 -31	33 -1	136 -30
2015-16	2,673 -23	2,470 -57	484 13	1,986 -70	203 34	34 1	169 33
2016-17	2,956 283	2,745 275	523 39	2,222 236	211 8	32 -2	179 10
2017-18	2,789 -167	2,577 -168	516 -7	2,061 -161	212 1	32 0	180 1
2018-19	2,711 -78	2,505 -72	513 -3	1,992 -69	206 -6	31 -1	175 -5
2019-20	2,811 100	2,594 89	543 30	2,051 59	217 11	25 -6	192 17
2020-21	2,704 -107	2,418 -176	485 -58	1,933 -118	286 69	47 22	239 47
2021-22	2,477 -227	2,178 -240	462 -23	1,716 -217	299 13	44 -3	255 16
2022-23	2,339 -138	2,080 -98	484 22	1,596 -120	259 -40	34 -10	225 -30
Average	2,676	2,457	486	1,970	219	33	186

Mississippi University for Women Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,457 where 2,080 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mississippi University for Women since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,503	2,009	303	1,706	494	126	368
2013-14	2,429	1,945	316	1,629	484	125	359
2014-15	2,527	2,065	346	1,719	462	125	337
2015-16	2,470	1,976	340	1,636	494	144	350
2016-17	2,745	2,116	343	1,773	629	180	449
2017-18	2,577	2,113	372	1,741	464	144	320
2018-19	2,505	2,002	368	1,634	503	145	358
2019-20	2,594	2,026	360	1,666	568	183	385
2020-21	2,418	1,835	339	1,496	583	146	437
2021-22	2,178	1,627	305	1,322	551	157	394
2022-23	2,080	1,528	286	1,242	552	198	354
Average	2,457	2,457	334	1,597	2,457	152	374

Mississippi University for Women Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 219 where 259 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mississippi University for Women since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	147	84	10	74	63	8	55
2013-14	200	101	14	87	99	20	79
2014-15	169	84	14	70	85	19	66
2015-16	203	94	12	82	109	22	87
2016-17	211	126	17	109	85	15	70
2017-18	212	117	9	108	95	23	72
2018-19	206	107	12	95	99	19	80
2019-20	217	145	15	130	72	10	62
2020-21	286	165	23	142	121	24	97
2021-22	299	175	16	159	124	28	96
2022-23	259	139	12	127	120	22	98
Average	219	219	14	108	219	19	78

Mississippi University for Women Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.21%. The percentage was 58.75% 10 years ago and MUW still has a high percentage of white students. 2.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 35.10% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mississippi University for Women over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	3	41	993	17	1	1,557	7
2013-14	4	37	970	19	3	1,536	20
2014-15	6	41	987	20	2	1,573	12
2015-16	8	41	965	11	2	1,534	12
2016-17	17	40	998	15	0	1,721	14
2017-18	22	46	960	12	0	1,662	9
2018-19	23	49	958	13	0	1,606	3
2019-20	33	54	1,034	13	0	1,627	1
2020-21	38	65	1,008	8	1	1,553	1
2021-22	31	65	884	8	2	1,460	0
2022-23	29	62	821	21	2	1,385	0
Average	19	49	962	14	1	1,565	7

Mississippi University for Women Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

826 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -6.77% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mississippi University for Women from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,696	886	775	1,035
2015-16	2,673	771	914	988
2016-17	2,956	853	930	1,173
2017-18	2,789	837	963	989
2018-19	2,711	813	1,059	839
2019-20	2,811	927	1,095	789
2020-21	2,704	1,496	749	459
2021-22	2,477	874	998	605
2022-23	2,339	826	803	710
Average	2,684	920	921	843

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