How Student Population Changes at Murray State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,306 where 2,282 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 2.26 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Murray State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,646	797	1,849
2013-14	2,343 -303	705 -92	1,638 -211
2014-15	2,473 130	780 75	1,693 55
2015-16	2,373 -100	807 27	1,566 -127
2016-17	2,398 25	831 24	1,567 1
2017-18	2,292 -106	797 -34	1,495 -72
2018-19	2,143 -149	690 -107	1,453 -42
2019-20	2,083 -60	658 -32	1,425 -28
2020-21	2,172 89	643 -15	1,529 104
2021-22	2,162 -10	679 36	1,483 -46
2022-23	2,282 120	699 20	1,583 100
Average	2,306	735	1,571

Murray State College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.16%. The percentage was 54.95% 10 years ago and Murray State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Murray State 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	398	10	121	144	1	1,454	91
2013-14	375	10	106	144	2	1,432	123
2014-15	293	8	100	178	2	1,465	235
2015-16	188	17	81	152	1	1,317	387
2016-17	151	24	57	176	1	1,301	447
2017-18	121	12	52	197	0	1,206	459
2018-19	100	11	39	164	1	1,154	447
2019-20	94	15	47	177	1	1,068	467
2020-21	108	11	51	210	1	1,139	458
2021-22	113	16	53	242	4	1,189	521
2022-23	56	11	40	267	3	1,487	402
Average	182	13	68	186	2	1,292	367

Murray State College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,309 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 214.66% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Murray State College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,473	416	925	1,132
2015-16	2,373	470	932	971
2016-17	2,398	491	995	912
2017-18	2,292	575	963	754
2018-19	2,143	593	935	615
2019-20	2,083	739	809	535
2020-21	2,172	1,000	753	419
2021-22	2,162	1,174	631	357
2022-23	2,282	1,309	672	301
Average	2,264	752	846	666

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Enrollment Trends at Murray State

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes