Enrollment Trends at Morgan State

The student population at Morgan State University is 10,739 (9,027 undergraduate and 1,712 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,014 (39.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Morgan State is 84.06% which is increased by 2,708 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 306 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, down from 83 in 2015.
656 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 375.36% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,439 where 10,739 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 10,739 students in 2025 and was lowest at 7,634 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 7,725 to 10,739 students, a net gain of 3,014 (39%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,725	6,319	2,926	3,393	1,406	570	836
2016-17	7,689 -36	6,362 43	3,089 163	3,273 -120	1,327 -79	522 -48	805 -31
2017-18	7,747 58	6,440 78	3,053 -36	3,387 114	1,307 -20	486 -36	821 16
2018-19	7,712 -35	6,419 -21	2,918 -135	3,501 114	1,293 -14	487 1	806 -15
2019-20	7,763 51	6,461 42	2,767 -151	3,694 193	1,302 9	466 -21	836 30
2020-21	7,634 -129	6,270 -191	2,475 -292	3,795 101	1,364 62	505 39	859 23
2021-22	8,469 835	7,034 764	2,696 221	4,338 543	1,435 71	571 66	864 5
2022-23	9,101 632	7,609 575	2,883 187	4,726 388	1,492 57	600 29	892 28
2023-24	9,808 707	8,300 691	3,157 274	5,143 417	1,508 16	594 -6	914 22
2024-25	10,739 931	9,027 727	3,489 332	5,538 395	1,712 204	681 87	1,031 117
Average	8,439	7,024	2,945	4,079	1,415	548	866

Morgan State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,024 where 9,027 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 Morgan State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,319	5,597	2,589	3,008	722	337	385
2016-17	6,362	5,739	2,809	2,930	623	280	343
2017-18	6,440	5,825	2,754	3,071	615	299	316
2018-19	6,419	5,830	2,627	3,203	589	291	298
2019-20	6,461	5,759	2,455	3,304	702	312	390
2020-21	6,270	5,581	2,147	3,434	689	328	361
2021-22	7,034	6,258	2,363	3,895	776	333	443
2022-23	7,609	7,009	2,609	4,400	600	274	326
2023-24	8,300	7,675	2,900	4,775	625	257	368
2024-25	9,027	8,376	3,210	5,166	651	279	372
Average	7,024	7,024	2,646	3,719	7,024	299	360

Morgan State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,415 where 1,712 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 Morgan State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,406	1,003	404	599	403	166	237
2016-17	1,327	997	384	613	330	138	192
2017-18	1,307	982	370	612	325	116	209
2018-19	1,293	991	366	625	302	121	181
2019-20	1,302	999	348	651	303	118	185
2020-21	1,364	1,067	395	672	297	110	187
2021-22	1,435	1,144	456	688	291	115	176
2022-23	1,492	1,178	480	698	314	120	194
2023-24	1,508	1,233	479	754	275	115	160
2024-25	1,712	1,399	549	850	313	132	181
Average	1,415	1,415	423	676	1,415	125	190

Morgan State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.44% and the percentage of black students is 73.68% at Morgan State University. 0.46% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.18% to 1.44%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.84% to 0.46%. Black student enrollment decreased from 79.26% to 73.68%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.61% to 5.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4529 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3683 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Morgan State 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	17	65	6,123	279	5	246	255
2016-17	10	85	5,738	266	5	249	230
2017-18	8	85	5,864	257	4	235	249
2018-19	10	72	6,051	264	3	215	264
2019-20	9	79	6,243	303	6	221	266
2020-21	10	66	6,073	319	6	218	256
2021-22	10	39	5,475	345	3	181	206
2022-23	12	39	6,264	406	3	164	251
2023-24	21	51	7,059	476	4	156	290
2024-25	20	49	7,913	577	5	155	340
Average	13	63	6,280	349	4	204	261

Morgan State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

656 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 increased 375.36% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Morgan State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,725	138	807	6,780
2016-17	7,689	181	1,055	6,453
2017-18	7,747	183	1,250	6,314
2018-19	7,712	211	1,360	6,141
2019-20	7,763	223	1,731	5,809
2020-21	7,634	371	3,627	3,636
2021-22	8,469	582	4,262	3,625
2022-23	9,101	554	4,484	4,063
2023-24	9,808	689	4,700	4,419
2024-25	10,739	656	5,419	4,664
Average	8,439	379	2,870	5,190

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Enrollment Trends at Morgan State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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