Enrollment Trends at Missouri State University-Springfield

The student population at Missouri State University-Springfield is 22,535 (18,419 undergraduate and 4,116 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,906 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Missouri State University-Springfield is 81.74% which is increased by 985 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 921 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,848 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 218.02% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 22,667 where 22,535 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 985 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 921 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Missouri State University-Springfield than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Missouri State University-Springfield since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,629	17,434	7,624	9,810	3,195	1,251	1,944
2013-14	21,271 642	18,027 593	7,822 198	10,205 395	3,244 49	1,198 -53	2,046 102
2014-15	21,816 545	18,517 490	7,887 65	10,630 425	3,299 55	1,197 -1	2,102 56
2015-16	22,273 457	18,980 463	7,911 24	11,069 439	3,293 -6	1,225 28	2,068 -34
2016-17	23,538 1,265	20,316 1,336	8,538 627	11,778 709	3,222 -71	1,185 -40	2,037 -31
2017-18	23,697 159	20,364 48	8,533 -5	11,831 53	3,333 111	1,238 53	2,095 58
2018-19	23,697 0	20,138 -226	8,396 -137	11,742 -89	3,559 226	1,337 99	2,222 127
2019-20	23,453 -244	19,801 -337	8,211 -185	11,590 -152	3,652 93	1,368 31	2,284 62
2020-21	23,505 52	19,621 -180	7,950 -261	11,671 81	3,884 232	1,411 43	2,473 189
2021-22	22,925 -580	18,837 -784	7,677 -273	11,160 -511	4,088 204	1,498 87	2,590 117
2022-23	22,535 -390	18,419 -418	7,386 -291	11,033 -127	4,116 28	1,533 35	2,583 -7
Average	22,667	19,132	7,994	11,138	3,535	1,313	2,222

Missouri State University-Springfield Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 19,132 where 18,419 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 Missouri State University-Springfield since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,434	13,465	5,834	7,631	3,969	1,790	2,179
2013-14	18,027	13,805	5,982	7,823	4,222	1,840	2,382
2014-15	18,517	14,097	5,952	8,145	4,420	1,935	2,485
2015-16	18,980	14,540	6,050	8,490	4,440	1,861	2,579
2016-17	20,316	15,131	6,311	8,820	5,185	2,227	2,958
2017-18	20,364	15,363	6,407	8,956	5,001	2,126	2,875
2018-19	20,138	14,924	6,199	8,725	5,214	2,197	3,017
2019-20	19,801	14,005	5,781	8,224	5,796	2,430	3,366
2020-21	19,621	13,128	5,220	7,908	6,493	2,730	3,763
2021-22	18,837	12,049	4,720	7,329	6,788	2,957	3,831
2022-23	18,419	11,341	4,389	6,952	7,078	2,997	4,081
Average	19,132	19,132	5,713	8,091	19,132	2,281	3,047

Missouri State University-Springfield Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,535 where 4,116 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 Missouri State University-Springfield since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,195	1,700	715	985	1,495	536	959
2013-14	3,244	1,602	611	991	1,642	587	1,055
2014-15	3,299	1,606	603	1,003	1,693	594	1,099
2015-16	3,293	1,608	631	977	1,685	594	1,091
2016-17	3,222	1,581	585	996	1,641	600	1,041
2017-18	3,333	1,504	543	961	1,829	695	1,134
2018-19	3,559	1,585	577	1,008	1,974	760	1,214
2019-20	3,652	1,652	630	1,022	2,000	738	1,262
2020-21	3,884	1,702	594	1,108	2,182	817	1,365
2021-22	4,088	1,740	641	1,099	2,348	857	1,491
2022-23	4,116	1,794	695	1,099	2,322	838	1,484
Average	3,535	3,535	620	1,023	3,535	692	1,200

Missouri State University-Springfield Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.28%. The percentage was 80.50% 10 years ago and Missouri State University-Springfield still has a high percentage of white students. 2.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.23% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Missouri State University-Springfield 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	114	283	727	549	30	16,607	520
2013-14	115	272	792	615	30	17,152	568
2014-15	133	308	820	692	28	17,456	613
2015-16	113	321	895	722	29	17,760	675
2016-17	114	343	918	771	18	18,850	775
2017-18	97	353	959	857	20	19,014	824
2018-19	118	376	908	765	18	19,080	848
2019-20	96	396	827	841	21	18,700	846
2020-21	92	461	824	995	26	18,722	844
2021-22	78	466	785	1,024	25	18,044	842
2022-23	72	499	729	1,087	27	17,415	821
Average	104	371	835	811	25	18,073	743

Missouri State University-Springfield Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,848 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 218.02% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Missouri State University-Springfield from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,816	1,210	4,674	15,932
2015-16	22,273	1,425	5,002	15,846
2016-17	23,538	1,624	5,816	16,098
2017-18	23,697	1,876	6,230	15,591
2018-19	23,697	2,154	6,703	14,840
2019-20	23,453	2,380	6,699	14,374
2020-21	23,505	3,773	10,632	9,100
2021-22	22,925	3,900	8,590	10,435
2022-23	22,535	3,848	7,988	10,699
Average	23,049	2,466	6,926	13,657

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