Enrollment Trends at Monroe

The student population at Monroe University is 8,141 (6,205 undergraduate and 1,936 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,283 (18.71%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Monroe is 76.22% which is increased by 68 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,215 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 59 in 2015.
1,583 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 148.12% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,977 where 8,141 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 8,141 students in 2025 and was lowest at 6,310 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 6,858 to 8,141 students, a net gain of 1,283 (18.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,858	6,137	2,246	3,891	721	286	435
2016-17	6,823 -35	5,888 -249	2,178 -68	3,710 -181	935 214	378 92	557 122
2017-18	6,310 -513	5,514 -374	2,100 -78	3,414 -296	796 -139	295 -83	501 -56
2018-19	6,386 76	5,568 54	2,160 60	3,408 -6	818 22	275 -20	543 42
2019-20	6,517 131	5,678 110	2,105 -55	3,573 165	839 21	264 -11	575 32
2020-21	6,541 24	5,739 61	1,918 -187	3,821 248	802 -37	227 -37	575
2021-22	7,256 715	6,445 706	2,330 412	4,115 294	811 9	247 20	564 -11
2022-23	7,011 -245	5,916 -529	2,023 -307	3,893 -222	1,095 284	396 149	699 135
2023-24	7,924 913	6,400 484	2,145 122	4,255 362	1,524 429	582 186	942 243
2024-25	8,141 217	6,205 -195	2,036 -109	4,169 -86	1,936 412	697 115	1,239 297
Average	6,977	5,949	2,124	3,825	1,028	365	663

Monroe University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,949 where 6,205 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 Monroe University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,137	4,524	1,795	2,729	1,613	451	1,162
2016-17	5,888	4,355	1,700	2,655	1,533	478	1,055
2017-18	5,514	4,126	1,678	2,448	1,388	422	966
2018-19	5,568	4,265	1,773	2,492	1,303	387	916
2019-20	5,678	4,507	1,808	2,699	1,171	297	874
2020-21	5,739	4,162	1,528	2,634	1,577	390	1,187
2021-22	6,445	3,993	1,732	2,261	2,452	598	1,854
2022-23	5,916	3,609	1,465	2,144	2,307	558	1,749
2023-24	6,400	3,781	1,459	2,322	2,619	686	1,933
2024-25	6,205	3,884	1,466	2,418	2,321	570	1,751
Average	5,949	5,949	1,640	2,480	5,949	484	1,345

Monroe University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,028 where 1,936 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 Monroe University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	721	447	219	228	274	67	207
2016-17	935	618	290	328	317	88	229
2017-18	796	434	196	238	362	99	263
2018-19	818	424	176	248	394	99	295
2019-20	839	467	170	297	372	94	278
2020-21	802	404	121	283	398	106	292
2021-22	811	251	87	164	560	160	400
2022-23	1,095	487	194	293	608	202	406
2023-24	1,524	632	259	373	892	323	569
2024-25	1,936	961	363	598	975	334	641
Average	1,028	1,028	208	305	1,028	157	358

Monroe University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.26% and the percentage of black students is 35.46% at Monroe University. 2.59% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 32.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 2.57% to 3.26%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.33% to 2.59%. Black student enrollment decreased from 41.82% to 35.46%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 37.27% to 32.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7687 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6853 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Monroe 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	30	91	2,868	2,556	24	176	0
2016-17	27	127	2,866	2,298	20	171	0
2017-18	31	134	2,561	2,321	21	156	0
2018-19	21	129	2,514	2,485	17	165	0
2019-20	31	153	2,597	2,603	13	199	0
2020-21	30	154	2,595	2,652	16	226	0
2021-22	25	363	3,109	2,567	23	272	18
2022-23	28	149	2,686	2,343	17	252	251
2023-24	31	162	2,896	2,414	25	228	387
2024-25	21	211	2,887	2,621	13	265	91
Average	28	167	2,758	2,486	19	211	75

Monroe University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,583 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 148.12% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Monroe University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,858	638	886	5,334
2016-17	6,823	654	1,044	5,125
2017-18	6,310	556	874	4,880
2018-19	6,386	708	997	4,681
2019-20	6,517	834	1,158	4,525
2020-21	6,541	1,121	1,412	4,008
2021-22	7,256	1,421	1,410	4,425
2022-23	7,011	2,882	2,919	1,210
2023-24	7,924	1,396	1,731	4,797
2024-25	8,141	1,583	1,791	4,767
Average	6,977	1,179	1,422	4,375

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Enrollment Trends at Monroe

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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