Enrollment Trends at Mount Marty

The student population at Mount Marty University is 1,284 (1,022 undergraduate and 262 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 94 (7.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Mount Marty is 79.60% which is decreased by 25 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 119 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 99 male students for every 100 female students, up from 70 in 2015.
76 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -24.75% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,175 where 1,284 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 1,314 students in 2024 and was lowest at 1,044 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,190 to 1,284 students, a net gain of 94 (7.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,190	1,047	436	611	143	52	91
2016-17	1,164 -26	1,008 -39	416 -20	592 -19	156 13	65 13	91
2017-18	1,048 -116	876 -132	365 -51	511 -81	172 16	63 -2	109 18
2018-19	1,044 -4	862 -14	371 6	491 -20	182 10	68 5	114 5
2019-20	1,049 5	867 5	372 1	495 4	182	63 -5	119 5
2020-21	1,167 118	987 120	476 104	511 16	180 -2	67 4	113 -6
2021-22	1,236 69	1,061 74	509 33	552 41	175 -5	67	108 -5
2022-23	1,252 16	1,080 19	523 14	557 5	172 -3	61 -6	111 3
2023-24	1,314 62	1,096 16	561 38	535 -22	218 46	77 16	141 30
2024-25	1,284 -30	1,022 -74	556 -5	466 -69	262 44	82 5	180 39
Average	1,175	991	459	532	184	67	118

Mount Marty University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 991 where 1,022 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 Mount Marty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,047	494	169	325	553	267	286
2016-17	1,008	468	170	298	540	246	294
2017-18	876	457	170	287	419	195	224
2018-19	862	497	197	300	365	174	191
2019-20	867	522	224	298	345	148	197
2020-21	987	595	293	302	392	183	209
2021-22	1,061	578	298	280	483	211	272
2022-23	1,080	617	313	304	463	210	253
2023-24	1,096	620	320	300	476	241	235
2024-25	1,022	623	340	283	399	216	183
Average	991	991	249	298	991	209	234

Mount Marty University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 184 where 262 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 Mount Marty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	143	108	51	57	35	1	34
2016-17	156	119	61	58	37	4	33
2017-18	172	130	57	73	42	6	36
2018-19	182	135	61	74	47	7	40
2019-20	182	139	56	83	43	7	36
2020-21	180	146	60	86	34	7	27
2021-22	175	153	61	92	22	6	16
2022-23	172	148	58	90	24	3	21
2023-24	218	198	74	124	20	3	17
2024-25	262	206	75	131	56	7	49
Average	184	184	61	87	184	5	31

Mount Marty University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.40%. The percentage was 86.55% 10 years ago and Mount Marty still has a high percentage of white students. 1.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.75% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.55% to 70.40%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.01% to 1.09%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.69% to 4.75%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.54% to 7.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4957 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2468 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mount Marty 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	40	12	32	54	5	1,030	1
2016-17	26	11	30	49	4	1,017	7
2017-18	30	8	29	55	2	892	7
2018-19	29	12	21	67	1	863	8
2019-20	22	15	35	58	1	805	4
2020-21	27	10	59	76	4	918	19
2021-22	18	11	48	60	3	998	37
2022-23	23	11	67	53	4	976	48
2023-24	26	15	62	74	1	1,008	43
2024-25	32	14	61	90	1	904	33
Average	27	12	44	64	3	941	21

Mount Marty University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

76 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 decreased -24.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mount Marty University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,190	101	139	950
2016-17	1,164	74	157	933
2017-18	1,048	30	117	901
2018-19	1,044	3	336	705
2019-20	1,049	24	331	694
2020-21	1,167	57	339	771
2021-22	1,236	8	503	725
2022-23	1,252	27	489	736
2023-24	1,314	12	324	978
2024-25	1,284	76	439	769
Average	1,175	41	317	816

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Enrollment Trends at Mount Marty

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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