Enrollment Trends at Southwest Minnesota State

The student population at Southwest Minnesota State University is 6,930 (6,518 undergraduate and 412 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 69 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Southwest Minnesota State is 94.05% which is decreased by 42 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 27 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

825 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 93.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,119 where 6,930 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.05% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.95% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 42 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 27 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southwest Minnesota State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southwest Minnesota State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,999	6,560	2,670	3,890	439	153	286
2013-14	6,917 -82	6,467 -93	2,658 -12	3,809 -81	450 11	161 8	289 3
2014-15	7,069 152	6,622 155	2,824 166	3,798 -11	447 -3	158 -3	289 0
2015-16	7,276 207	6,868 246	2,793 -31	4,075 277	408 -39	152 -6	256 -33
2016-17	7,495 219	7,007 139	2,913 120	4,094 19	488 80	173 21	315 59
2017-18	7,154 -341	6,713 -294	2,752 -161	3,961 -133	441 -47	140 -33	301 -14
2018-19	7,167 13	6,692 -21	2,715 -37	3,977 16	475 34	130 -10	345 44
2019-20	7,058 -109	6,636 -56	2,623 -92	4,013 36	422 -53	118 -12	304 -41
2020-21	7,259 201	6,846 210	2,664 41	4,182 169	413 -9	131 13	282 -22
2021-22	6,986 -273	6,556 -290	2,533 -131	4,023 -159	430 17	143 12	287 5
2022-23	6,930 -56	6,518 -38	2,491 -42	4,027 4	412 -18	132 -11	280 -7
Average	7,119	6,680	2,694	3,986	439	145	294

Southwest Minnesota State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,680 where 6,518 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 Southwest Minnesota State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,560	2,253	984	1,269	4,307	1,686	2,621
2013-14	6,467	2,120	935	1,185	4,347	1,723	2,624
2014-15	6,622	2,105	940	1,165	4,517	1,884	2,633
2015-16	6,868	2,066	902	1,164	4,802	1,891	2,911
2016-17	7,007	2,056	941	1,115	4,951	1,972	2,979
2017-18	6,713	1,932	866	1,066	4,781	1,886	2,895
2018-19	6,692	1,811	796	1,015	4,881	1,919	2,962
2019-20	6,636	1,662	725	937	4,974	1,898	3,076
2020-21	6,846	1,610	667	943	5,236	1,997	3,239
2021-22	6,556	1,650	697	953	4,906	1,836	3,070
2022-23	6,518	1,500	590	910	5,018	1,901	3,117
Average	6,680	6,680	822	1,066	6,680	1,872	2,921

Southwest Minnesota State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 439 where 412 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 Southwest Minnesota State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	439	264	89	175	175	64	111
2013-14	450	283	84	199	167	77	90
2014-15	447	277	74	203	170	84	86
2015-16	408	251	80	171	157	72	85
2016-17	488	315	101	214	173	72	101
2017-18	441	285	78	207	156	62	94
2018-19	475	305	76	229	170	54	116
2019-20	422	245	57	188	177	61	116
2020-21	413	225	63	162	188	68	120
2021-22	430	225	63	162	205	80	125
2022-23	412	208	55	153	204	77	127
Average	439	439	75	188	439	70	106

Southwest Minnesota State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.63%. The percentage was 88.58% 10 years ago and Southwest Minnesota State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.39% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest Minnesota 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	23	117	101	193	5	6,200	128
2013-14	33	110	104	204	6	6,057	124
2014-15	24	95	118	196	3	6,137	143
2015-16	17	112	145	244	0	6,228	145
2016-17	27	131	185	265	2	6,209	154
2017-18	27	120	153	260	7	6,001	179
2018-19	27	120	170	254	5	6,008	200
2019-20	20	130	176	314	6	5,843	186
2020-21	19	137	235	345	14	5,974	205
2021-22	20	135	225	339	10	5,569	206
2022-23	22	122	235	349	2	5,449	203
Average	24	121	168	269	5	5,970	170

Southwest Minnesota State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

825 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 93.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwest Minnesota State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,069	427	725	5,917
2015-16	7,276	379	777	6,120
2016-17	7,495	509	847	6,139
2017-18	7,154	441	899	5,814
2018-19	7,167	471	943	5,753
2019-20	7,058	525	930	5,603
2020-21	7,259	574	975	5,710
2021-22	6,986	668	975	5,343
2022-23	6,930	825	888	5,217
Average	7,155	535	884	5,735

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