Enrollment Trends at Muhlenberg

The student population at Muhlenberg College is 1,959 (1,945 undergraduate and 14 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 463 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Muhlenberg is 99.29% which is decreased by 477 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 14 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.54 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

16 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 833.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,290 where 1,959 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

99.29% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.71% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 477 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 14 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.54 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Muhlenberg than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Muhlenberg College since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,422	2,422	1,005	1,417	0	0	0
2013-14	2,448 26	2,448 26	1,009 4	1,439 22	0 0	0 0	0 0
2014-15	2,440 -8	2,440 -8	983 -26	1,457 18	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	2,397 -43	2,397 -43	961 -22	1,436 -21	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	2,408 11	2,408 11	952 -9	1,456 20	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	2,367 -41	2,367 -41	949 -3	1,418 -38	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	2,340 -27	2,340 -27	923 -26	1,417 -1	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	2,251 -89	2,251 -89	883 -40	1,368 -49	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	2,067 -184	2,046 -205	808 -75	1,238 -130	21 21	9 9	12 12
2021-22	2,095 28	2,074 28	839 31	1,235 -3	21 0	10 1	11 -1
2022-23	1,959 -136	1,945 -129	762 -77	1,183 -52	14 -7	9 -1	5 -6
Average	2,290	2,285	916	1,369	5	3	3

Muhlenberg College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,285 where 1,945 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 Muhlenberg College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,422	2,301	949	1,352	121	56	65
2013-14	2,448	2,323	948	1,375	125	61	64
2014-15	2,440	2,299	923	1,376	141	60	81
2015-16	2,397	2,307	924	1,383	90	37	53
2016-17	2,408	2,318	918	1,400	90	34	56
2017-18	2,367	2,279	920	1,359	88	29	59
2018-19	2,340	2,248	879	1,369	92	44	48
2019-20	2,251	2,193	858	1,335	58	25	33
2020-21	2,046	2,016	792	1,224	30	16	14
2021-22	2,074	2,007	806	1,201	67	33	34
2022-23	1,945	1,890	737	1,153	55	25	30
Average	2,285	2,285	878	1,321	2,285	38	49

Muhlenberg College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5 where 14 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 Muhlenberg College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0	0	0	0	0
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	21	21	9	12	0
2021-22	21	21	10	11	0
2022-23	14	14	9	5	0
Average	5	5	3	3	5

Muhlenberg College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.72%. The percentage was 77.21% 10 years ago and Muhlenberg still has a high percentage of white students. 3.37% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.29% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Muhlenberg College 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	4	57	66	66	2	1,870	77
2013-14	4	70	68	133	1	1,867	39
2014-15	4	64	74	155	0	1,839	36
2015-16	2	70	77	165	1	1,768	47
2016-17	1	79	84	168	1	1,806	35
2017-18	2	76	93	162	1	1,754	36
2018-19	2	77	99	195	2	1,654	47
2019-20	2	79	96	206	0	1,653	49
2020-21	0	69	84	173	1	1,542	64
2021-22	0	67	94	213	3	1,524	66
2022-23	0	66	84	220	2	1,405	73
Average	2	70	84	169	1	1,698	52

Muhlenberg College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

16 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 833.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Muhlenberg College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,440	0	9	2,431
2015-16	2,397	0	28	2,369
2016-17	2,408	0	0	2,408
2017-18	2,367	0	19	2,348
2018-19	2,340	1	14	2,325
2019-20	2,251	2	56	2,193
2020-21	2,067	1,193	617	257
2021-22	2,095	28	268	1,799
2022-23	1,959	16	84	1,859
Average	2,258	138	122	1,999

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