Enrollment Trends at Montreat

The student population at Montreat College is 962 (781 undergraduate and 181 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 46 (4.56%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Montreat is 81.19% which is decreased by 27 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 19 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 100 male students for every 100 female students, up from 70 in 2015.
223 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 171.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 956 where 962 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,013 students in 2022 and was lowest at 917 in 2018. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,008 to 962 students, a net loss of 46 (4.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,008	808	371	437	200	45	155
2016-17	957 -51	766 -42	361 -10	405 -32	191 -9	41 -4	150 -5
2017-18	917 -40	757 -9	380 19	377 -28	160 -31	46 5	114 -36
2018-19	921 4	795 38	399 19	396 19	126 -34	42 -4	84 -30
2019-20	930 9	811 16	415 16	396	119 -7	34 -8	85 1
2020-21	950 20	830 19	454 39	376 -20	120 1	31 -3	89 4
2021-22	1,013 63	853 23	465 11	388 12	160 40	47 16	113 24
2022-23	972 -41	820 -33	442 -23	378 -10	152 -8	42 -5	110 -3
2023-24	932 -40	759 -61	409 -33	350 -28	173 21	55 13	118 8
2024-25	962 30	781 22	428 19	353 3	181 8	52 -3	129 11
Average	956	798	412	386	158	44	115

Montreat College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 798 where 781 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 Montreat College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	808	506	266	240	302	105	197
2016-17	766	523	273	250	243	88	155
2017-18	757	543	297	246	214	83	131
2018-19	795	570	314	256	225	85	140
2019-20	811	613	347	266	198	68	130
2020-21	830	668	388	280	162	66	96
2021-22	853	743	417	326	110	48	62
2022-23	820	707	392	315	113	50	63
2023-24	759	676	377	299	83	32	51
2024-25	781	699	392	307	82	36	46
Average	798	798	346	279	798	66	107

Montreat College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 158 where 181 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 Montreat College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	200	7	1	6	193	44	149
2016-17	191	15	2	13	176	39	137
2017-18	160	7	4	3	153	42	111
2018-19	126	33	8	25	93	34	59
2019-20	119	84	21	63	35	13	22
2020-21	120	95	26	69	25	5	20
2021-22	160	143	43	100	17	4	13
2022-23	152	136	39	97	16	3	13
2023-24	173	146	48	98	27	7	20
2024-25	181	158	47	111	23	5	18
Average	158	158	24	59	158	20	56

Montreat College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.75%. The percentage was 64.48% 10 years ago and Montreat still has a high percentage of white students. 0.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.48% to 61.75%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.09% to 0.83%. Black student enrollment decreased from 18.65% to 12.89%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.68% to 2.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6014 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5480 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Montreat College 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	12	11	188	27	2	650	21
2016-17	12	7	167	26	4	625	15
2017-18	14	10	152	48	3	594	20
2018-19	13	8	128	53	5	614	25
2019-20	7	10	131	59	7	624	21
2020-21	8	8	149	74	5	607	35
2021-22	9	8	127	55	4	526	26
2022-23	10	9	106	29	6	523	20
2023-24	18	10	121	9	17	553	10
2024-25	12	8	124	20	6	594	7
Average	12	9	139	40	6	591	20

Montreat College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

223 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 171.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Montreat College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,008	82	300	626
2016-17	957	79	296	582
2017-18	917	119	228	570
2018-19	921	131	320	470
2019-20	930	131	398	401
2020-21	950	205	406	339
2021-22	1,013	243	435	335
2022-23	972	233	183	556
2023-24	932	245	302	385
2024-25	962	223	178	561
Average	956	169	305	483

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Enrollment Trends at Montreat

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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