Enrollment Trends at Monmouth

The student population at Monmouth University is 4,767 (3,710 undergraduate and 1,057 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,627 (25.45%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Monmouth is 77.83% which is decreased by 983 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 644 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 50 male students for every 100 female students, down from 59 in 2015.
220 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 25.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,711 where 4,767 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 6,394 to 4,767 students, a loss of 1,627 (25.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,394	4,693	1,963	2,730	1,701	402	1,299
2016-17	6,371 -23	4,707 14	2,035 72	2,672 -58	1,664 -37	397 -5	1,267 -32
2017-18	6,340 -31	4,706 -1	1,978 -57	2,728 56	1,634 -30	371 -26	1,263 -4
2018-19	6,167 -173	4,630 -76	1,962 -16	2,668 -60	1,537 -97	360 -11	1,177 -86
2019-20	5,953 -214	4,450 -180	1,817 -145	2,633 -35	1,503 -34	351 -9	1,152 -25
2020-21	5,674 -279	4,263 -187	1,672 -145	2,591 -42	1,411 -92	324 -27	1,087 -65
2021-22	5,436 -238	4,080 -183	1,563 -109	2,517 -74	1,356 -55	304 -20	1,052 -35
2022-23	5,027 -409	3,811 -269	1,406 -157	2,405 -112	1,216 -140	296 -8	920 -132
2023-24	4,981 -46	3,842 31	1,404 -2	2,438 33	1,139 -77	257 -39	882 -38
2024-25	4,767 -214	3,710 -132	1,362 -42	2,348 -90	1,057 -82	237 -20	820 -62
Average	5,711	4,289	1,716	2,573	1,422	330	1,092

Monmouth University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,289 where 3,710 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 Monmouth University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,693	4,450	1,862	2,588	243	101	142
2016-17	4,707	4,490	1,924	2,566	217	111	106
2017-18	4,706	4,502	1,888	2,614	204	90	114
2018-19	4,630	4,448	1,880	2,568	182	82	100
2019-20	4,450	4,301	1,756	2,545	149	61	88
2020-21	4,263	4,093	1,601	2,492	170	71	99
2021-22	4,080	3,908	1,486	2,422	172	77	95
2022-23	3,811	3,662	1,335	2,327	149	71	78
2023-24	3,842	3,709	1,344	2,365	133	60	73
2024-25	3,710	3,594	1,310	2,284	116	52	64
Average	4,289	4,289	1,639	2,477	4,289	78	96

Monmouth University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,422 where 1,057 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 Monmouth University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,701	737	171	566	964	231	733
2016-17	1,664	696	167	529	968	230	738
2017-18	1,634	654	137	517	980	234	746
2018-19	1,537	658	160	498	879	200	679
2019-20	1,503	611	153	458	892	198	694
2020-21	1,411	607	168	439	804	156	648
2021-22	1,356	720	171	549	636	133	503
2022-23	1,216	597	153	444	619	143	476
2023-24	1,139	578	141	437	561	116	445
2024-25	1,057	550	130	420	507	107	400
Average	1,422	1,422	155	486	1,422	175	606

Monmouth University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.88%. The percentage was 72.43% 10 years ago and Monmouth still has a high percentage of white students. 2.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.56% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.43% to 66.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.49% to 2.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.38% to 5.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.99% to 16.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5197 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4610 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Monmouth 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	9	223	344	639	6	4,631	113
2016-17	9	238	374	716	4	4,469	127
2017-18	6	209	356	768	2	4,455	139
2018-19	7	201	331	768	1	4,316	140
2019-20	5	188	348	750	1	4,133	134
2020-21	4	164	330	783	3	3,924	125
2021-22	2	152	332	809	3	3,720	127
2022-23	3	131	269	782	1	3,478	117
2023-24	3	130	273	803	3	3,414	118
2024-25	4	122	265	807	4	3,188	121
Average	5	176	322	763	3	3,973	126

Monmouth University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

220 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 25.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Monmouth University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,394	176	422	5,796
2016-17	6,371	154	490	5,727
2017-18	6,340	159	474	5,707
2018-19	6,167	186	588	5,393
2019-20	5,953	206	509	5,238
2020-21	5,674	1,884	3,561	229
2021-22	5,436	190	1,584	3,662
2022-23	5,027	192	1,004	3,831
2023-24	4,981	208	816	3,957
2024-25	4,767	220	739	3,808
Average	5,711	358	1,019	4,335

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Enrollment Trends at Monmouth

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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