Enrollment Trends at MVNU

The student population at Mount Vernon Nazarene University is 1,671 (1,359 undergraduate and 312 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 460 (21.59%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MVNU is 81.33% which is decreased by 429 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 31 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, up from 58 in 2015.
652 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 640.91% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,071 where 1,671 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,245 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,671 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,131 to 1,671 students, a net loss of 460 (21.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,131	1,788	674	1,114	343	105	238
2016-17	2,245 114	1,831 43	697 23	1,134 20	414 71	144 39	270 32
2017-18	2,222 -23	1,828 -3	668 -29	1,160 26	394 -20	137 -7	257 -13
2018-19	2,243 21	1,838 10	680 12	1,158 -2	405 11	137	268 11
2019-20	2,205 -38	1,816 -22	712 32	1,104 -54	389 -16	141 4	248 -20
2020-21	2,140 -65	1,771 -45	712	1,059 -45	369 -20	134 -7	235 -13
2021-22	2,064 -76	1,699 -72	667 -45	1,032 -27	365 -4	121 -13	244 9
2022-23	1,941 -123	1,628 -71	630 -37	998 -34	313 -52	99 -22	214 -30
2023-24	1,845 -96	1,631 3	655 25	976 -22	214 -99	84 -15	130 -84
2024-25	1,671 -174	1,359 -272	554 -101	805 -171	312 98	185 101	127 -3
Average	2,071	1,719	665	1,054	352	129	223

Mount Vernon Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,719 where 1,359 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 Vernon Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,788	1,466	560	906	322	114	208
2016-17	1,831	1,748	659	1,089	83	38	45
2017-18	1,828	1,440	540	900	388	128	260
2018-19	1,838	1,519	573	946	319	107	212
2019-20	1,816	1,501	600	901	315	112	203
2020-21	1,771	1,504	608	896	267	104	163
2021-22	1,699	1,359	560	799	340	107	233
2022-23	1,628	1,301	521	780	327	109	218
2023-24	1,631	1,385	538	847	246	117	129
2024-25	1,359	1,349	550	799	10	4	6
Average	1,719	1,719	571	886	1,719	94	168

Mount Vernon Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 352 where 312 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 Vernon Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	343	234	69	165	109	36	73
2016-17	414	217	82	135	197	62	135
2017-18	394	217	88	129	177	49	128
2018-19	405	209	82	127	196	55	141
2019-20	389	267	105	162	122	36	86
2020-21	369	255	98	157	114	36	78
2021-22	365	223	80	143	142	41	101
2022-23	313	193	70	123	120	29	91
2023-24	214	212	82	130	2	2	0
2024-25	312	311	185	126	1	0	1
Average	352	352	94	140	352	35	83

Mount Vernon Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.31%. The percentage was 83.58% 10 years ago and MVNU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.09% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.58% to 73.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.47% to 1.14%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.54% to 2.09%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.25% to 3.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4601 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2975 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mount Vernon Nazarene 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	1	10	118	48	4	1,781	43
2016-17	0	14	119	54	4	1,856	47
2017-18	2	17	89	51	3	1,877	51
2018-19	7	10	82	54	3	1,899	66
2019-20	6	10	96	70	2	1,856	72
2020-21	6	17	80	63	2	1,843	68
2021-22	6	23	69	56	1	1,786	64
2022-23	6	18	58	53	4	1,688	67
2023-24	3	20	43	65	2	1,594	55
2024-25	1	19	35	58	0	1,225	45
Average	4	16	79	57	3	1,741	58

Mount Vernon Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

652 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 640.91% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mount Vernon Nazarene University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,131	88	220	1,823
2016-17	2,245	337	0	1,908
2017-18	2,222	439	403	1,380
2018-19	2,243	523	176	1,544
2019-20	2,205	731	164	1,310
2020-21	2,140	863	903	374
2021-22	2,064	704	430	930
2022-23	1,941	676	445	820
2023-24	1,845	683	109	1,053
2024-25	1,671	652	471	548
Average	2,071	570	332	1,169

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Enrollment Trends at MVNU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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