Enrollment Trends at Montana Technological

The student population at Montana Technological University is 1,702 (1,497 undergraduate and 205 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 428 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Montana Technological is 87.96% which is decreased by 423 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 5 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 0.60 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

110 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -6.78% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,791 where 1,702 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

87.96% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.04% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 423 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 5 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.60 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Montana Technological than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,130	1,920	1,327	593	210	134	76
2016-17	2,032 -98	1,817 -103	1,232 -95	585 -8	215 5	145 11	70 -6
2017-18	1,909 -123	1,659 -158	1,118 -114	541 -44	250 35	164 19	86 16
2018-19	1,844 -65	1,591 -68	1,033 -85	558 17	253 3	163 -1	90 4
2019-20	1,714 -130	1,493 -98	943 -90	550 -8	221 -32	144 -19	77 -13
2020-21	1,650 -64	1,431 -62	899 -44	532 -18	219 -2	134 -10	85 8
2021-22	1,683 33	1,474 43	897 -2	577 45	209 -10	135 1	74 -11
2022-23	1,625 -58	1,437 -37	883 -14	554 -23	188 -21	118 -17	70 -4
2023-24	1,622 -3	1,435 -2	902 19	533 -21	187 -1	126 8	61 -9
2024-25	1,702 80	1,497 62	935 33	562 29	205 18	130 4	75 14
Average	1,791	1,575	1,017	559	216	139	76

Montana Technological University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,575 where 1,497 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 Montana Technological University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,920	1,771	1,256	515	149	71	78
2016-17	1,817	1,672	1,161	511	145	71	74
2017-18	1,659	1,529	1,046	483	130	72	58
2018-19	1,591	1,457	963	494	134	70	64
2019-20	1,493	1,369	880	489	124	63	61
2020-21	1,431	1,323	842	481	108	57	51
2021-22	1,474	1,382	839	543	92	58	34
2022-23	1,437	1,330	819	511	107	64	43
2023-24	1,435	1,340	846	494	95	56	39
2024-25	1,497	1,400	886	514	97	49	48
Average	1,575	1,575	954	504	1,575	63	55

Montana Technological University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 216 where 205 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 Montana Technological University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	210	79	51	28	131	83	48
2016-17	215	89	66	23	126	79	47
2017-18	250	95	68	27	155	96	59
2018-19	253	95	64	31	158	99	59
2019-20	221	64	43	21	157	101	56
2020-21	219	76	46	30	143	88	55
2021-22	209	71	44	27	138	91	47
2022-23	188	65	45	20	123	73	50
2023-24	187	57	40	17	130	86	44
2024-25	205	59	35	24	146	95	51
Average	216	216	50	25	216	89	52

Montana Technological University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.73%. The percentage was 75.92% 10 years ago and Montana Technological still has a high percentage of white students. 1.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.59% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.92% to 75.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.52% to 1.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.89% to 1.59%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.83% to 4.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4212 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4230 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Montana Technological 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	34	11	19	39	0	1,617	1
2016-17	34	12	24	32	0	1,537	4
2017-18	37	8	22	32	0	1,425	3
2018-19	37	16	23	30	0	1,383	3
2019-20	35	20	18	29	0	1,338	5
2020-21	39	20	16	44	0	1,312	7
2021-22	54	21	14	56	0	1,343	12
2022-23	26	29	20	65	0	1,300	30
2023-24	26	27	23	73	0	1,293	42
2024-25	26	31	27	80	0	1,289	79
Average	35	20	21	48	0	1,384	19

Montana Technological University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

110 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -6.78% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Montana Technological University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,130	118	270	1,742
2016-17	2,032	110	321	1,601
2017-18	1,909	180	291	1,438
2018-19	1,844	162	392	1,290
2019-20	1,714	143	394	1,177
2020-21	1,650	159	1,046	445
2021-22	1,683	124	508	1,051
2022-23	1,625	108	410	1,107
2023-24	1,622	94	399	1,129
2024-25	1,702	110	420	1,172
Average	1,791	131	445	1,215

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Enrollment Trends at Montana Technological

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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