Enrollment Trends at Morehead State

The student population at Morehead State University is 8,807 (8,215 undergraduate and 592 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,362 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Morehead State is 93.28% which is decreased by 1,507 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 855 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.58 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,202 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -37.23% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,247 where 8,807 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

93.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,507 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 855 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.58 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,169	9,722	3,754	5,968	1,447	543	904
2013-14	11,358 189	10,076 354	3,965 211	6,111 143	1,282 -165	482 -61	800 -104
2014-15	11,052 -306	9,951 -125	3,938 -27	6,013 -98	1,101 -181	420 -62	681 -119
2015-16	10,872 -180	9,780 -171	3,957 19	5,823 -190	1,092 -9	390 -30	702 21
2016-17	10,746 -126	9,752 -28	3,861 -96	5,891 68	994 -98	374 -16	620 -82
2017-18	10,580 -166	9,661 -91	3,894 33	5,767 -124	919 -75	326 -48	593 -27
2018-19	10,195 -385	9,395 -266	3,707 -187	5,688 -79	800 -119	289 -37	511 -82
2019-20	9,654 -541	8,958 -437	3,489 -218	5,469 -219	696 -104	243 -46	453 -58
2020-21	9,304 -350	8,618 -340	3,345 -144	5,273 -196	686 -10	244 1	442 -11
2021-22	8,982 -322	8,312 -306	3,217 -128	5,095 -178	670 -16	252 8	418 -24
2022-23	8,807 -175	8,215 -97	3,170 -47	5,045 -50	592 -78	239 -13	353 -65
Average	10,247	9,313	3,663	5,649	934	346	589

Morehead State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,313 where 8,215 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Morehead State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,722	5,897	2,370	3,527	3,825	1,384	2,441
2013-14	10,076	6,209	2,565	3,644	3,867	1,400	2,467
2014-15	9,951	6,258	2,594	3,664	3,693	1,344	2,349
2015-16	9,780	6,209	2,575	3,634	3,571	1,382	2,189
2016-17	9,752	5,963	2,456	3,507	3,789	1,405	2,384
2017-18	9,661	5,835	2,416	3,419	3,826	1,478	2,348
2018-19	9,395	5,751	2,318	3,433	3,644	1,389	2,255
2019-20	8,958	5,393	2,135	3,258	3,565	1,354	2,211
2020-21	8,618	5,299	2,077	3,222	3,319	1,268	2,051
2021-22	8,312	4,778	1,889	2,889	3,534	1,328	2,206
2022-23	8,215	4,503	1,763	2,740	3,712	1,407	2,305
Average	9,313	9,313	2,287	3,358	9,313	1,376	2,291

Morehead State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 934 where 592 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Morehead State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,447	306	125	181	1,141	418	723
2013-14	1,282	263	123	140	1,019	359	660
2014-15	1,101	237	95	142	864	325	539
2015-16	1,092	217	85	132	875	305	570
2016-17	994	207	94	113	787	280	507
2017-18	919	228	98	130	691	228	463
2018-19	800	231	87	144	569	202	367
2019-20	696	205	83	122	491	160	331
2020-21	686	189	74	115	497	170	327
2021-22	670	189	82	107	481	170	311
2022-23	592	155	80	75	437	159	278
Average	934	934	93	127	934	252	461

Morehead State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.29%. The percentage was 90.94% 10 years ago and Morehead State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.05% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Morehead State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	26	47	373	134	5	10,157	108
2013-14	31	39	374	129	7	10,374	126
2014-15	20	41	409	162	12	9,970	142
2015-16	15	45	378	164	13	9,766	190
2016-17	18	75	380	196	13	9,551	207
2017-18	21	69	342	185	6	9,481	169
2018-19	22	69	348	211	4	9,017	220
2019-20	12	69	321	203	6	8,583	253
2020-21	14	77	288	225	5	8,234	246
2021-22	14	83	289	236	7	7,806	261
2022-23	10	103	269	252	6	7,335	286
Average	18	65	343	191	8	9,116	201

Morehead State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,202 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -37.23% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Morehead State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,052	1,915	3,234	5,903
2015-16	10,872	1,753	3,186	5,933
2016-17	10,746	1,670	3,314	5,762
2017-18	10,580	1,570	3,273	5,737
2018-19	10,195	1,489	2,999	5,707
2019-20	9,654	1,311	3,126	5,217
2020-21	9,304	1,625	4,369	3,310
2021-22	8,982	1,433	3,653	3,896
2022-23	8,807	1,202	3,379	4,226
Average	10,021	1,552	3,393	5,077

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