Enrollment Trends for Michigan Colleges

There are 76 active four-years colleges and universities in Michigan - 21 public and 55 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 343,227 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Michigan including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 19.92% from 428,629 to 343,227. The undergraduate population decreased by 21.35% and the graduate population decreased by 14.15% in last 10 years at Michigan Colleges.

By gender, there are 190,120 female students and 153,107 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.24 to 1. The female students decreased by 18.53% and male students decreased by 21.59% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 397,090, and 343,227 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 78.77% are undergraduate students and 21.23% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 73,399, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 12,003.

The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Michigan Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Michigan Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	428,629	343,775	157,386	186,389	84,854	37,874	46,980
2013-14	418,756 -9,873	336,284 -7,491	154,726 -2,660	181,558 -4,831	82,472 -2,382	37,385 -489	45,087 -1,893
2014-15	413,117 -5,639	331,501 -4,783	153,405 -1,321	178,096 -3,462	81,616 -856	37,492 107	44,124 -963
2015-16	432,369 19,252	349,951 18,450	159,051 5,646	190,900 12,804	82,418 802	38,265 773	44,153 29
2016-17	422,856 -9,513	341,405 -8,546	155,939 -3,112	185,466 -5,434	81,451 -967	37,545 -720	43,906 -247
2017-18	405,240 -17,616	325,056 -16,349	149,498 -6,441	175,558 -9,908	80,184 -1,267	36,519 -1,026	43,665 -241
2018-19	396,251 -8,989	317,031 -8,025	145,591 -3,907	171,440 -4,118	79,220 -964	35,359 -1,160	43,861 196
2019-20	384,494 -11,757	306,901 -10,130	139,664 -5,927	167,237 -4,203	77,593 -1,627	34,097 -1,262	43,496 -365
2020-21	367,151 -17,343	291,822 -15,079	130,587 -9,077	161,235 -6,002	75,329 -2,264	32,388 -1,709	42,941 -555
2021-22	355,901 -11,250	282,019 -9,803	125,784 -4,803	156,235 -5,000	73,882 -1,447	31,823 -565	42,059 -882
2022-23	343,227 -12,674	270,376 -11,643	121,517 -4,267	148,859 -7,376	72,851 -1,031	31,590 -233	41,261 -798
Average	397,090	317,829	144,832	172,998	79,261	35,485	43,776

Michigan Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 317,829. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 73,399 from 343,775 to 270,376.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Michigan Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	343,775	253,680	119,595	134,085	90,095	37,791	52,304
2013-14	336,284	249,638	117,816	131,822	86,646	36,910	49,736
2014-15	331,501	246,839	116,605	130,234	84,662	36,800	47,862
2015-16	349,951	254,621	119,101	135,520	95,330	39,950	55,380
2016-17	341,405	251,536	117,554	133,982	89,869	38,385	51,484
2017-18	325,056	243,772	114,577	129,195	81,284	34,921	46,363
2018-19	317,031	240,731	112,380	128,351	76,300	33,211	43,089
2019-20	306,901	234,719	108,831	125,888	72,182	30,833	41,349
2020-21	291,822	223,783	101,804	121,979	68,039	28,783	39,256
2021-22	282,019	215,601	97,979	117,622	66,418	27,805	38,613
2022-23	270,376	210,429	96,031	114,398	59,947	25,486	34,461
Average	317,829	317,829	111,116	127,552	317,829	33,716	45,445

Michigan Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 79,261. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 12,003 from 84,854 to 72,851.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Michigan Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	84,854	42,675	20,526	22,149	42,179	17,348	24,831
2013-14	82,472	42,821	20,728	22,093	39,651	16,657	22,994
2014-15	81,616	43,506	21,156	22,350	38,110	16,336	21,774
2015-16	82,418	44,608	21,788	22,820	37,810	16,477	21,333
2016-17	81,451	45,474	21,827	23,647	35,977	15,718	20,259
2017-18	80,184	45,365	21,357	24,008	34,819	15,162	19,657
2018-19	79,220	45,922	20,946	24,976	33,298	14,413	18,885
2019-20	77,593	45,470	20,239	25,231	32,123	13,858	18,265
2020-21	75,329	45,394	19,699	25,695	29,935	12,689	17,246
2021-22	73,882	45,275	19,580	25,695	28,607	12,243	16,364
2022-23	72,851	46,027	20,043	25,984	26,824	11,547	15,277
Average	79,261	79,261	20,717	24,059	79,261	14,768	19,717

Michigan Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.36%. The percentage was 67.76% 10 years ago and Michigan Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 6.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.34% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Michigan Colleges over the past 11 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	2,518	16,548	46,067	14,330	387	290,458	8,156
2013-14	2,339	16,577	41,905	15,024	381	282,968	9,280
2014-15	2,339	16,739	40,272	15,632	449	276,636	10,253
2015-16	2,290	16,483	41,710	17,489	412	290,560	11,934
2016-17	2,143	17,438	39,908	18,627	368	282,177	12,890
2017-18	1,961	18,170	36,771	19,057	341	269,785	12,532
2018-19	1,921	18,915	35,282	20,068	323	262,048	13,019
2019-20	1,870	19,622	33,684	20,754	316	251,675	14,279
2020-21	1,747	20,238	31,803	21,092	286	239,877	14,199
2021-22	1,711	21,026	30,219	21,524	295	227,712	13,669
2022-23	1,637	21,632	28,618	21,263	273	214,040	12,789
Average	2,043	18,490	36,931	18,624	348	262,540	12,091

Michigan Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

48,522 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 64.08% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Michigan Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	428,629	29,573	45,772	353,284
2013-14	418,756	29,938	47,476	341,342
2014-15	413,117	29,524	47,843	335,750
2015-16	432,369	35,468	53,569	343,332
2016-17	422,856	36,977	57,773	328,106
2017-18	405,240	35,968	62,468	306,804
2018-19	396,251	35,543	65,239	295,469
2019-20	384,494	36,370	68,845	279,279
2020-21	367,185	161,283	132,525	73,377
2021-22	355,901	64,660	144,237	147,004
2022-23	343,227	48,522	114,481	180,224
Average	397,093	49,439	76,384	271,270

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