Enrollment Trends at Muskingum

The student population at Muskingum University is 1,751 (1,523 undergraduate and 228 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 676 (27.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Muskingum is 86.98% which is decreased by 160 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 516 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, up from 59 in 2015.
212 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -59.77% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,208 where 1,751 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 2,427 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,751 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,427 to 1,751 students, a net loss of 676 (27.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,427	1,683	747	936	744	151	593
2016-17	2,121 -306	1,549 -134	705 -42	844 -92	572 -172	126 -25	446 -147
2017-18	2,369 248	1,558 9	693 -12	865 21	811 239	143 17	668 222
2018-19	2,412 43	1,618 60	716 23	902 37	794 -17	143	651 -17
2019-20	2,370 -42	1,603 -15	700 -16	903 1	767 -27	139 -4	628 -23
2020-21	2,231 -139	1,549 -54	690 -10	859 -44	682 -85	147 8	535 -93
2021-22	2,171 -60	1,580 31	721 31	859	591 -91	125 -22	466 -69
2022-23	2,117 -54	1,484 -96	680 -41	804 -55	633 42	104 -21	529 63
2023-24	2,108 -9	1,524 40	682 2	842 38	584 -49	116 12	468 -61
2024-25	1,751 -357	1,523 -1	703 21	820 -22	228 -356	67 -49	161 -307
Average	2,208	1,567	704	863	641	126	515

Muskingum University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,567 where 1,523 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 Muskingum University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,683	1,415	690	725	268	57	211
2016-17	1,549	1,310	652	658	239	53	186
2017-18	1,558	1,363	658	705	195	35	160
2018-19	1,618	1,353	647	706	265	69	196
2019-20	1,603	1,365	636	729	238	64	174
2020-21	1,549	1,350	644	706	199	46	153
2021-22	1,580	1,348	657	691	232	64	168
2022-23	1,484	1,307	635	672	177	45	132
2023-24	1,524	1,279	617	662	245	65	180
2024-25	1,523	1,302	630	672	221	73	148
Average	1,567	1,567	647	693	1,567	57	171

Muskingum University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 641 where 228 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 Muskingum University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	744	171	31	140	573	120	453
2016-17	572	70	17	53	502	109	393
2017-18	811	201	44	157	610	99	511
2018-19	794	168	33	135	626	110	516
2019-20	767	208	42	166	559	97	462
2020-21	682	277	67	210	405	80	325
2021-22	591	219	54	165	372	71	301
2022-23	633	200	44	156	433	60	373
2023-24	584	181	42	139	403	74	329
2024-25	228	114	27	87	114	40	74
Average	641	641	40	141	641	86	374

Muskingum University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.96%. The percentage was 61.48% 10 years ago and Muskingum still has a high percentage of white students. 0.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.57% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 61.48% to 75.96%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.58% to 0.57%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.54% to 6.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.40% to 2.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4161 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.6201 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Muskingum 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	5	14	86	34	0	1,492	52
2016-17	6	14	74	38	0	1,407	62
2017-18	3	14	79	41	0	1,542	62
2018-19	5	12	91	39	0	1,524	61
2019-20	8	20	88	44	0	1,580	57
2020-21	9	16	101	45	0	1,554	67
2021-22	3	17	113	44	0	1,500	67
2022-23	6	16	123	38	0	1,475	73
2023-24	6	11	114	44	0	1,425	73
2024-25	1	10	115	49	0	1,330	75
Average	5	14	98	42	0	1,483	65

Muskingum University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

212 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -59.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Muskingum University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,427	527	135	1,765
2016-17	2,121	367	189	1,565
2017-18	2,369	439	168	1,762
2018-19	2,412	394	165	1,853
2019-20	2,370	448	133	1,789
2020-21	2,231	485	440	1,306
2021-22	2,171	618	142	1,411
2022-23	2,117	578	87	1,452
2023-24	2,108	566	235	1,307
2024-25	1,751	212	388	1,151
Average	2,208	463	208	1,536

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Enrollment Trends at Muskingum

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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