Enrollment Trends at MBC

The student population at Multnomah University is 532 (330 undergraduate and 202 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 205 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MBC is 62.03% which is decreased by 77 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 128 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 0.89 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

131 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 191.11% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 644 where 532 students are attending the school for the academic year 2023-2024.

62.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 77 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 128 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.89 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in MBC than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	737	407	223	184	330	191	139
2016-17	713 -24	416 9	216 -7	200 16	297 -33	176 -15	121 -18
2017-18	654 -59	394 -22	208 -8	186 -14	260 -37	151 -25	109 -12
2018-19	695 41	407 13	201 -7	206 20	288 28	159 8	129 20
2019-20	635 -60	365 -42	185 -16	180 -26	270 -18	150 -9	120 -9
2020-21	623 -12	336 -29	182 -3	154 -26	287 17	170 20	117 -3
2021-22	595 -28	336	189 7	147 -7	259 -28	139 -31	120 3
2022-23	608 13	378 42	216 27	162 15	230 -29	119 -20	111 -9
2023-24	532 -76	330 -48	182 -34	148 -14	202 -28	99 -20	103 -8
Average	644	374	200	174	269	150	119

Multnomah University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 374 where 330 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Multnomah University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	407	338	179	159	69	44	25
2016-17	416	363	185	178	53	31	22
2017-18	394	330	179	151	64	29	35
2018-19	407	347	174	173	60	27	33
2019-20	365	308	156	152	57	29	28
2020-21	336	281	155	126	55	27	28
2021-22	336	289	173	116	47	16	31
2022-23	378	340	203	137	38	13	25
2023-24	330	296	164	132	34	18	16
Average	374	374	174	147	374	26	27

Multnomah University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 269 where 202 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Multnomah University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	330	245	139	106	85	52	33
2016-17	297	209	114	95	88	62	26
2017-18	260	163	86	77	97	65	32
2018-19	288	166	79	87	122	80	42
2019-20	270	173	85	88	97	65	32
2020-21	287	151	86	65	136	84	52
2021-22	259	144	75	69	115	64	51
2022-23	230	120	60	60	110	59	51
2023-24	202	116	56	60	86	43	43
Average	269	269	87	79	269	64	40

Multnomah University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.68% and the percentage of black students is 12.59% at Multnomah University. 3.76% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.41% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.85% to 45.68%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.58% to 3.76%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.02% to 12.59%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.33% to 15.41%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7430 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4136 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Multnomah University over the past 10 years (2015-2024).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	6	19	37	54	6	559	36
2016-17	4	19	25	56	6	530	47
2017-18	6	20	25	50	4	489	43
2018-19	6	19	38	65	4	497	47
2019-20	4	24	32	77	6	434	34
2020-21	4	27	33	85	4	401	43
2021-22	6	24	52	95	4	337	51
2022-23	6	29	81	94	3	295	52
2023-24	6	20	67	82	4	243	45
Average	5	22	43	73	5	421	44

Multnomah University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

131 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2023-2024, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 191.11% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Multnomah University from 2015 to 2024.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	737	45	157	535
2016-17	713	84	195	434
2017-18	654	97	98	459
2018-19	695	156	113	426
2019-20	635	140	137	358
2020-21	623	141	153	329
2021-22	595	160	131	304
2022-23	608	144	129	335
2023-24	532	131	103	298
Average	644	122	135	386

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Enrollment Trends at MBC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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