Enrollment Trends at MUW

The student population at Mississippi University for Women is 2,193 (1,962 undergraduate and 231 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 480 (17.96%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MUW is 89.47% which is decreased by 508 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 28 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 30 male students for every 100 female students, up from 24 in 2015.
766 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -0.65% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,588 where 2,193 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 2,956 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,193 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,673 to 2,193 students, a net loss of 480 (18%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,673	2,470	484	1,986	203	34	169
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	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
2023-24	2,227 -112	1,995 -85	464 -20	1,531 -65	232 -27	31 -3	201 -24
2024-25	2,193 -34	1,962 -33	470 6	1,492 -39	231 -1	36 5	195 -6
Average	2,588	2,352	494	1,858	236	35	201

Mississippi University for Women Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,352 where 1,962 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 University for Women since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,995	1,460	285	1,175	535	179	356
2024-25	1,962	1,454	296	1,158	508	174	334
Average	2,352	2,352	329	1,484	2,352	165	374

Mississippi University for Women Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 236 where 231 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 University for Women since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	232	141	12	129	91	19	72
2024-25	231	144	17	127	87	19	68
Average	236	236	15	121	236	20	80

Mississippi University for Women Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.59%. The percentage was 57.39% 10 years ago and MUW still has a high percentage of white students. 2.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 35.80% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.39% to 56.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.53% to 2.92%. Black student enrollment decreased from 36.10% to 35.80%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.41% to 1.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5503 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5400 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mississippi University for Women 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	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
2023-24	20	63	741	37	3	1,339	0
2024-25	17	64	785	38	2	1,241	28
Average	24	55	915	18	1	1,513	7

Mississippi University for Women Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

766 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -0.65% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mississippi University for Women from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	2,227	723	958	546
2024-25	2,193	766	818	609
Average	2,588	889	929	771

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Enrollment Trends at MUW

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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