Enrollment Trends at Morningside

The student population at Morningside University is 2,056 (1,172 undergraduate and 884 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 741 (26.49%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Morningside is 57.00% which is decreased by 135 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 606 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 55 male students for every 100 female students, up from 45 in 2015.
926 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -37.85% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,498 where 2,056 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 2,902 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,056 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,797 to 2,056 students, a net loss of 741 (26.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,797	1,307	608	699	1,490	265	1,225
2016-17	2,902 105	1,321 14	610 2	711 12	1,581 91	288 23	1,293 68
2017-18	2,788 -114	1,322 1	622 12	700 -11	1,466 -115	245 -43	1,221 -72
2018-19	2,698 -90	1,282 -40	640 18	642 -58	1,416 -50	220 -25	1,196 -25
2019-20	2,599 -99	1,277 -5	633 -7	644 2	1,322 -94	226 6	1,096 -100
2020-21	2,411 -188	1,281 4	629 -4	652 8	1,130 -192	180 -46	950 -146
2021-22	2,319 -92	1,245 -36	626 -3	619 -33	1,074 -56	206 26	868 -82
2022-23	2,249 -70	1,186 -59	590 -36	596 -23	1,063 -11	192 -14	871 3
2023-24	2,158 -91	1,177 -9	574 -16	603 7	981 -82	170 -22	811 -60
2024-25	2,056 -102	1,172 -5	571 -3	601 -2	884 -97	156 -14	728 -83
Average	2,498	1,257	610	647	1,241	215	1,026

Morningside University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,257 where 1,172 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 Morningside University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,307	1,277	596	681	30	12	18
2016-17	1,321	1,295	596	699	26	14	12
2017-18	1,322	1,252	590	662	70	32	38
2018-19	1,282	1,212	603	609	70	37	33
2019-20	1,277	1,183	595	588	94	38	56
2020-21	1,281	1,157	579	578	124	50	74
2021-22	1,245	1,160	591	569	85	35	50
2022-23	1,186	1,128	575	553	58	15	43
2023-24	1,177	1,109	559	550	68	15	53
2024-25	1,172	1,117	556	561	55	15	40
Average	1,257	1,257	584	605	1,257	26	42

Morningside University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,241 where 884 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 Morningside University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,490	23	5	18	1,467	260	1,207
2016-17	1,581	34	4	30	1,547	284	1,263
2017-18	1,466	28	8	20	1,438	237	1,201
2018-19	1,416	29	6	23	1,387	214	1,173
2019-20	1,322	33	8	25	1,289	218	1,071
2020-21	1,130	45	9	36	1,085	171	914
2021-22	1,074	42	3	39	1,032	203	829
2022-23	1,063	59	9	50	1,004	183	821
2023-24	981	82	14	68	899	156	743
2024-25	884	87	24	63	797	132	665
Average	1,241	1,241	9	37	1,241	206	989

Morningside University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.36%. The percentage was 82.77% 10 years ago and Morningside still has a high percentage of white students. 0.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.92% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.77% to 69.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.75% to 0.92%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.54% to 2.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.61% to 7.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5122 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3126 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Morningside 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	10	21	15	129	4	2,315	36
2016-17	11	25	25	113	5	2,414	43
2017-18	12	17	33	134	7	2,346	46
2018-19	10	19	39	123	5	2,254	53
2019-20	11	27	45	114	4	2,157	54
2020-21	12	24	56	119	5	1,952	55
2021-22	11	24	48	105	2	1,842	54
2022-23	11	25	56	135	5	1,722	58
2023-24	11	20	55	138	2	1,587	44
2024-25	8	19	60	151	3	1,426	41
Average	11	22	43	126	4	2,002	48

Morningside University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

926 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 45% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -37.85% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Morningside University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,797	1,490	0	1,307
2016-17	2,902	1,581	0	1,321
2017-18	2,788	1,490	0	1,298
2018-19	2,698	1,443	0	1,255
2019-20	2,599	1,360	31	1,208
2020-21	2,411	1,236	0	1,175
2021-22	2,319	1,140	0	1,179
2022-23	2,249	1,103	0	1,146
2023-24	2,158	1,031	0	1,127
2024-25	2,056	926	0	1,130
Average	2,498	1,280	3	1,215

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Enrollment Trends at Morningside

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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