Enrollment Trends at Morehead State

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,655 where 8,791 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

93.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,522 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 559 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Morehead State than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,901 where 8,258 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 Morehead State University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 754 where 533 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 Morehead State University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 79.73%. The percentage was 89.83% 10 years ago and Morehead State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.13% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.69% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 89.83% to 79.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.41% to 0.92%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.48% to 3.13%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.51% to 3.69%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3605 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1913 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Morehead State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

1,107 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -36.85% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Morehead State University from 2015 to 2025.