Enrollment Trends at Missouri Southern

The student population at Missouri Southern State University is 4,147 (3,881 undergraduate and 266 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,636 (28.29%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Missouri Southern is 93.59% which is decreased by 1,851 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 215 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, down from 72 in 2015.
868 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -2.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,158 where 4,147 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 6,231 students in 2017 and was lowest at 4,090 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,783 to 4,147 students, a net loss of 1,636 (28.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,783	5,732	2,392	3,340	51	19	32
2016-17	6,231 448	6,117 385	2,546 154	3,571 231	114 63	41 22	73 41
2017-18	6,174 -57	6,021 -96	2,383 -163	3,638 67	153 39	50 9	103 30
2018-19	6,006 -168	5,851 -170	2,238 -145	3,613 -25	155 2	41 -9	114 11
2019-20	5,604 -402	5,475 -376	2,130 -108	3,345 -268	129 -26	39 -2	90 -24
2020-21	5,045 -559	4,927 -548	1,889 -241	3,038 -307	118 -11	35 -4	83 -7
2021-22	4,352 -693	4,245 -682	1,651 -238	2,594 -444	107 -11	35	72 -11
2022-23	4,144 -208	4,052 -193	1,538 -113	2,514 -80	92 -15	34 -1	58 -14
2023-24	4,090 -54	3,930 -122	1,537 -1	2,393 -121	160 68	43 9	117 59
2024-25	4,147 57	3,881 -49	1,529 -8	2,352 -41	266 106	60 17	206 89
Average	5,158	5,023	1,983	3,040	135	40	95

Missouri Southern State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,023 where 3,881 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 Missouri Southern State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,732	4,210	1,799	2,411	1,522	593	929
2016-17	6,117	4,460	1,858	2,602	1,657	688	969
2017-18	6,021	4,358	1,726	2,632	1,663	657	1,006
2018-19	5,851	4,172	1,610	2,562	1,679	628	1,051
2019-20	5,475	3,844	1,487	2,357	1,631	643	988
2020-21	4,927	3,443	1,316	2,127	1,484	573	911
2021-22	4,245	2,755	1,062	1,693	1,490	589	901
2022-23	4,052	2,571	991	1,580	1,481	547	934
2023-24	3,930	2,594	999	1,595	1,336	538	798
2024-25	3,881	2,524	1,004	1,520	1,357	525	832
Average	5,023	5,023	1,385	2,108	5,023	598	932

Missouri Southern State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 135 where 266 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 Missouri Southern State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	51	6	3	3	45	16	29
2016-17	114	33	15	18	81	26	55
2017-18	153	30	16	14	123	34	89
2018-19	155	29	10	19	126	31	95
2019-20	129	23	8	15	106	31	75
2020-21	118	33	12	21	85	23	62
2021-22	107	28	12	16	79	23	56
2022-23	92	22	7	15	70	27	43
2023-24	160	31	10	21	129	33	96
2024-25	266	38	15	23	228	45	183
Average	135	135	11	17	135	29	78

Missouri Southern State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.79%. The percentage was 76.29% 10 years ago and Missouri Southern still has a high percentage of white students. 3.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.79% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.40% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.29% to 64.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.95% to 3.26%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.93% to 5.79%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.53% to 9.40%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5648 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4109 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Missouri Southern 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	174	113	343	262	9	4,412	76
2016-17	190	123	382	376	13	4,656	99
2017-18	209	117	390	408	14	4,560	114
2018-19	194	150	354	465	10	4,354	115
2019-20	179	162	337	418	20	4,104	114
2020-21	182	139	343	409	41	3,601	100
2021-22	152	115	306	347	21	3,054	95
2022-23	179	118	245	328	21	2,831	83
2023-24	155	115	224	348	20	2,802	70
2024-25	178	135	240	390	15	2,687	72
Average	179	129	316	375	18	3,706	94

Missouri Southern State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

868 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -2.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Missouri Southern State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,783	887	1,508	3,388
2016-17	6,231	1,018	1,685	3,528
2017-18	6,174	1,077	1,837	3,260
2018-19	6,006	1,073	1,740	3,193
2019-20	5,604	1,045	1,791	2,768
2020-21	5,045	1,181	1,688	2,176
2021-22	4,352	1,047	1,542	1,763
2022-23	4,144	948	1,524	1,672
2023-24	4,090	942	1,582	1,566
2024-25	4,147	868	1,687	1,592
Average	5,158	1,009	1,658	2,491

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Enrollment Trends at Missouri Southern

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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