Enrollment Trends at Mississippi Valley State

The student population at Mississippi Valley State University is 1,879 (1,654 undergraduate and 225 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 600 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mississippi Valley State is 88.03% which is decreased by 514 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 86 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

226 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 479.49% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,224 where 1,879 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 514 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 86 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Mississippi Valley State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,479	2,168	848	1,320	311	74	237
2013-14	2,203 -276	1,926 -242	814 -34	1,112 -208	277 -34	69 -5	208 -29
2014-15	2,222 19	1,885 -41	807 -7	1,078 -34	337 60	100 31	237 29
2015-16	2,309 87	1,948 63	804 -3	1,144 66	361 24	100 0	261 24
2016-17	2,455 146	2,011 63	804 0	1,207 63	444 83	140 40	304 43
2017-18	2,385 -70	1,977 -34	774 -30	1,203 -4	408 -36	138 -2	270 -34
2018-19	2,285 -100	1,930 -47	768 -6	1,162 -41	355 -53	119 -19	236 -34
2019-20	2,147 -138	1,833 -97	724 -44	1,109 -53	314 -41	106 -13	208 -28
2020-21	2,032 -115	1,694 -139	675 -49	1,019 -90	338 24	100 -6	238 30
2021-22	2,064 32	1,714 20	723 48	991 -28	350 12	114 14	236 -2
2022-23	1,879 -185	1,654 -60	715 -8	939 -52	225 -125	72 -42	153 -83
Average	2,224	1,885	769	1,117	338	103	235

Mississippi Valley State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,885 where 1,654 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 Valley State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,168	1,826	766	1,060	342	82	260
2013-14	1,926	1,600	696	904	326	118	208
2014-15	1,885	1,652	731	921	233	76	157
2015-16	1,948	1,704	731	973	244	73	171
2016-17	2,011	1,744	729	1,015	267	75	192
2017-18	1,977	1,667	692	975	310	82	228
2018-19	1,930	1,517	649	868	413	119	294
2019-20	1,833	1,419	591	828	414	133	281
2020-21	1,694	1,231	506	725	463	169	294
2021-22	1,714	1,134	486	648	580	237	343
2022-23	1,654	1,054	477	577	600	238	362
Average	1,885	1,885	641	863	1,885	127	254

Mississippi Valley State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 338 where 225 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 Valley State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	311	110	26	84	201	48	153
2013-14	277	111	27	84	166	42	124
2014-15	337	139	41	98	198	59	139
2015-16	361	161	34	127	200	66	134
2016-17	444	152	34	118	292	106	186
2017-18	408	130	32	98	278	106	172
2018-19	355	119	36	83	236	83	153
2019-20	314	93	24	69	221	82	139
2020-21	338	103	31	72	235	69	166
2021-22	350	117	41	76	233	73	160
2022-23	225	94	34	60	131	38	93
Average	338	338	33	88	338	70	147

Mississippi Valley State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 7.40% and the percentage of black students is 84.41% at Mississippi Valley State University. 0.48% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mississippi Valley State University 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	0	4	2,234	19	0	84	0
2013-14	2	4	1,971	19	0	77	0
2014-15	1	13	2,033	25	0	70	0
2015-16	0	9	2,120	18	1	60	5
2016-17	1	9	2,256	22	4	68	11
2017-18	1	15	2,172	29	4	50	14
2018-19	2	10	2,084	26	3	46	4
2019-20	1	7	1,962	21	4	42	8
2020-21	3	7	1,932	32	2	29	14
2021-22	3	15	1,820	49	3	166	7
2022-23	3	9	1,586	41	6	139	15
Average	2	9	2,015	27	2	76	7

Mississippi Valley State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

226 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 479.49% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mississippi Valley State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,222	39	49	2,134
2015-16	2,309	211	609	1,489
2016-17	2,455	155	681	1,619
2017-18	2,385	260	2,125	0
2018-19	2,285	235	594	1,456
2019-20	2,147	310	759	1,078
2020-21	2,032	459	1,145	428
2021-22	2,064	388	822	854
2022-23	1,879	226	619	1,034
Average	2,198	254	823	1,121

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