Enrollment Trends for Missouri Colleges

There are 90 active four-years colleges and universities in Missouri - 14 public and 76 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 269,765 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Missouri including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 11.09% from 303,404 to 269,765. The undergraduate population decreased by 14.82% and the graduate population increased by 0.28% in last 10 years at Missouri Colleges.

By gender, there are 153,925 female students and 115,840 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.33 to 1. The female students decreased by 9.9% and male students decreased by 12.61% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 288,559, and 269,765 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 72.10% are undergraduate students and 27.90% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 33,828, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 216.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Missouri Colleges than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	303,404	228,358	100,719	127,639	75,046	31,843	43,203
2013-14	305,828 2,424	229,446 1,088	102,554 1,835	126,892 -747	76,382 1,336	32,708 865	43,674 471
2014-15	305,766 -62	228,182 -1,264	101,370 -1,184	126,812 -80	77,584 1,202	33,923 1,215	43,661 -13
2015-16	303,731 -2,035	226,126 -2,056	100,195 -1,175	125,931 -881	77,605 21	34,204 281	43,401 -260
2016-17	302,222 -1,509	225,658 -468	99,794 -401	125,864 -67	76,564 -1,041	33,227 -977	43,337 -64
2017-18	291,426 -10,796	216,470 -9,188	95,022 -4,772	121,448 -4,416	74,956 -1,608	31,895 -1,332	43,061 -276
2018-19	286,549 -4,877	210,667 -5,803	93,037 -1,985	117,630 -3,818	75,882 926	31,927 32	43,955 894
2019-20	278,289 -8,260	203,151 -7,516	89,205 -3,832	113,946 -3,684	75,138 -744	31,209 -718	43,929 -26
2020-21	265,840 -12,449	191,801 -11,350	82,969 -6,236	108,832 -5,114	74,039 -1,099	30,435 -774	43,604 -325
2021-22	261,324 -4,516	187,087 -4,714	80,538 -2,431	106,549 -2,283	74,237 198	31,151 716	43,086 -518
2022-23	269,765 8,441	194,507 7,420	83,455 2,917	111,052 4,503	75,258 1,021	32,385 1,234	42,873 -213
Average	288,559	212,859	93,533	119,327	75,699	32,264	43,435

Missouri Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 212,859. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 33,851 from 228,358 to 194,507.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	228,358	162,169	72,707	89,462	66,189	28,012	38,177
2013-14	229,446	163,769	74,498	89,271	65,677	28,056	37,621
2014-15	228,182	162,135	73,418	88,717	66,047	27,952	38,095
2015-16	226,126	162,283	73,387	88,896	63,843	26,808	37,035
2016-17	225,658	157,099	70,601	86,498	68,559	29,193	39,366
2017-18	216,470	153,709	68,582	85,127	62,761	26,440	36,321
2018-19	210,667	148,511	66,194	82,317	62,156	26,843	35,313
2019-20	203,151	143,383	63,486	79,897	59,768	25,719	34,049
2020-21	191,801	136,881	59,623	77,258	54,920	23,346	31,574
2021-22	187,087	130,331	56,719	73,612	56,756	23,819	32,937
2022-23	194,507	130,680	56,807	73,873	63,827	26,648	37,179
Average	212,859	212,859	66,911	83,175	212,859	26,621	36,152

Missouri Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 75,699. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 212 from 75,046 to 75,258.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	75,046	36,396	17,183	19,213	38,650	14,660	23,990
2013-14	76,382	37,074	17,763	19,311	39,308	14,945	24,363
2014-15	77,584	38,073	18,640	19,433	39,511	15,283	24,228
2015-16	77,605	39,704	19,601	20,103	37,901	14,603	23,298
2016-17	76,564	38,797	18,728	20,069	37,767	14,499	23,268
2017-18	74,956	38,020	18,014	20,006	36,936	13,881	23,055
2018-19	75,882	38,501	18,048	20,453	37,381	13,879	23,502
2019-20	75,138	38,150	17,653	20,497	36,988	13,556	23,432
2020-21	74,039	36,900	16,774	20,126	37,139	13,661	23,478
2021-22	74,237	39,509	18,311	21,198	34,728	12,840	21,888
2022-23	75,258	41,166	19,356	21,810	34,092	13,029	21,063
Average	75,699	75,699	18,188	20,202	75,699	14,076	23,233

Missouri Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.92%. The percentage was 68.76% 10 years ago and Missouri Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 4.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.78% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Missouri 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	1,583	8,897	35,592	11,374	422	208,632	5,634
2013-14	1,488	9,209	35,550	11,590	399	207,721	6,280
2014-15	1,429	9,622	35,474	12,144	434	206,333	7,292
2015-16	1,390	9,595	33,722	12,805	425	201,940	7,606
2016-17	1,391	10,083	33,179	13,942	472	201,631	7,854
2017-18	1,340	10,212	31,258	14,651	452	195,340	8,128
2018-19	1,301	10,485	30,633	15,321	439	192,354	8,710
2019-20	1,239	10,688	28,859	15,711	447	185,339	9,223
2020-21	1,184	11,147	26,950	16,274	491	178,081	9,409
2021-22	1,112	11,373	25,021	16,450	433	172,237	9,445
2022-23	1,209	11,439	23,686	17,101	437	172,452	10,022
Average	1,333	10,250	30,902	14,306	441	192,915	8,146

Missouri Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

56,327 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 66.32% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	303,404	33,867	40,883	228,654
2013-14	305,828	35,280	50,106	220,442
2014-15	305,766	42,117	52,053	211,596
2015-16	303,731	41,979	50,574	211,178
2016-17	302,222	44,080	52,146	205,996
2017-18	291,426	45,983	51,910	193,533
2018-19	286,549	48,910	53,148	184,491
2019-20	278,289	50,200	58,393	169,696
2020-21	265,840	73,881	106,017	85,942
2021-22	261,324	57,477	81,329	122,518
2022-23	269,765	56,327	74,653	138,785
Average	288,559	48,191	61,019	179,348

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