Enrollment Trends at Murray State

The student population at Murray State University is 9,479 (7,679 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,353 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Murray State is 81.01% which is decreased by 1,212 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 141 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,944 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 34.91% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,166 where 9,479 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.01% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.99% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,212 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 141 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are 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 University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,832	8,891	3,683	5,208	1,941	726	1,215
2013-14	10,943 111	9,172 281	3,810 127	5,362 154	1,771 -170	654 -72	1,117 -98
2014-15	11,207 264	9,444 272	3,938 128	5,506 144	1,763 -8	698 44	1,065 -52
2015-16	10,998 -209	9,268 -176	3,815 -123	5,453 -53	1,730 -33	692 -6	1,038 -27
2016-17	10,486 -512	8,877 -391	3,683 -132	5,194 -259	1,609 -121	653 -39	956 -82
2017-18	10,012 -474	8,559 -318	3,439 -244	5,120 -74	1,453 -156	554 -99	899 -57
2018-19	9,454 -558	8,056 -503	3,237 -202	4,819 -301	1,398 -55	477 -77	921 22
2019-20	9,556 102	8,139 83	3,145 -92	4,994 175	1,417 19	455 -22	962 41
2020-21	9,449 -107	7,863 -276	2,964 -181	4,899 -95	1,586 169	536 81	1,050 88
2021-22	9,414 -35	7,651 -212	2,871 -93	4,780 -119	1,763 177	619 83	1,144 94
2022-23	9,479 65	7,679 28	2,849 -22	4,830 50	1,800 37	667 48	1,133 -11
Average	10,166	8,509	3,403	5,106	1,657	612	1,045

Murray State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 8,509 where 7,679 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 Murray State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,891	7,090	2,955	4,135	1,801	728	1,073
2013-14	9,172	7,153	3,044	4,109	2,019	766	1,253
2014-15	9,444	7,370	3,106	4,264	2,074	832	1,242
2015-16	9,268	7,162	3,038	4,124	2,106	777	1,329
2016-17	8,877	6,980	2,982	3,998	1,897	701	1,196
2017-18	8,559	6,584	2,731	3,853	1,975	708	1,267
2018-19	8,056	6,236	2,529	3,707	1,820	708	1,112
2019-20	8,139	6,190	2,450	3,740	1,949	695	1,254
2020-21	7,863	6,149	2,381	3,768	1,714	583	1,131
2021-22	7,651	5,930	2,290	3,640	1,721	581	1,140
2022-23	7,679	5,833	2,243	3,590	1,846	606	1,240
Average	8,509	8,509	2,704	3,903	8,509	699	1,203

Murray State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,657 where 1,800 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 Murray State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,941	714	314	400	1,227	412	815
2013-14	1,771	685	298	387	1,086	356	730
2014-15	1,763	710	340	370	1,053	358	695
2015-16	1,730	751	371	380	979	321	658
2016-17	1,609	660	315	345	949	338	611
2017-18	1,453	534	231	303	919	323	596
2018-19	1,398	534	193	341	864	284	580
2019-20	1,417	528	177	351	889	278	611
2020-21	1,586	592	195	397	994	341	653
2021-22	1,763	555	189	366	1,208	430	778
2022-23	1,800	541	168	373	1,259	499	760
Average	1,657	1,657	254	365	1,657	358	681

Murray State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.30%. The percentage was 81.01% 10 years ago and Murray State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.02% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.07% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Murray State University 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	18	91	768	174	7	8,775	139
2013-14	17	97	740	185	4	8,799	154
2014-15	22	99	776	196	6	8,937	171
2015-16	21	103	744	200	8	8,685	215
2016-17	24	106	669	185	8	8,361	228
2017-18	23	97	587	173	5	8,134	251
2018-19	17	79	554	199	2	7,689	241
2019-20	19	72	551	206	5	7,684	284
2020-21	19	72	565	237	5	7,454	270
2021-22	22	91	547	233	5	7,338	265
2022-23	19	97	575	269	2	7,327	280
Average	20	91	643	205	5	8,108	227

Murray State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,944 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 34.91% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Murray State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,207	1,441	1,736	8,030
2015-16	10,998	1,370	2,068	7,560
2016-17	10,486	1,273	2,239	6,974
2017-18	10,012	1,272	2,182	6,558
2018-19	9,454	1,184	2,557	5,713
2019-20	9,556	1,253	2,600	5,703
2020-21	9,449	1,704	2,877	4,868
2021-22	9,414	1,878	2,506	5,030
2022-23	9,479	1,944	2,684	4,851
Average	10,006	1,480	2,383	6,143

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