Enrollment Trends at Mississippi Valley State

The student population at Mississippi Valley State University is 2,205 (2,013 undergraduate and 192 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 104 (4.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Mississippi Valley State is 91.29% which is increased by 65 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 169 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 88 male students for every 100 female students, up from 64 in 2015.
295 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 39.81% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,196 where 2,205 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 2,455 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,879 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,309 to 2,205 students, a net loss of 104 (4.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,309	1,948	804	1,144	361	100	261
2016-17	2,455 146	2,011 63	804	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
2023-24	2,196 317	2,005 351	895 180	1,110 171	191 -34	72	119 -34
2024-25	2,205 9	2,013 8	953 58	1,060 -50	192 1	82 10	110 -9
Average	2,196	1,878	784	1,094	318	104	214

Mississippi Valley State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,878 where 2,013 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 Valley State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,005	1,127	543	584	878	352	526
2024-25	2,013	1,047	513	534	966	440	526
Average	1,878	1,878	592	773	1,878	192	322

Mississippi Valley State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 318 where 192 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 Valley State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	191	96	43	53	95	29	66
2024-25	192	98	47	51	94	35	59
Average	318	318	36	81	318	69	133

Mississippi Valley State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.31% and the percentage of black students is 88.34% at Mississippi Valley State University. 0.95% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 2.60% to 5.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.39% to 0.95%. Black student enrollment decreased from 91.81% to 88.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.78% to 2.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2160 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1563 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mississippi Valley 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	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
2023-24	3	10	1,851	51	2	105	17
2024-25	0	21	1,948	55	2	117	3
Average	2	11	1,973	34	3	82	10

Mississippi Valley State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

295 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 39.81% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mississippi Valley State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	2,196	230	814	1,152
2024-25	2,205	295	1,039	871
Average	2,196	277	921	998

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Enrollment Trends at Mississippi Valley State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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