Enrollment Trends at Truman

The student population at Truman State University is 3,960 (3,622 undergraduate and 338 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,277 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Truman is 91.46% which is decreased by 2,250 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 27 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

652 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 42.36% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,590 where 3,960 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.46% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.54% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,250 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 27 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Truman than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,237	5,872	2,384	3,488	365	106	259
2013-14	6,225 -12	5,898 26	2,387 3	3,511 23	327 -38	90 -16	237 -22
2014-15	6,248 23	5,910 12	2,411 24	3,499 -12	338 11	84 -6	254 17
2015-16	6,208 -40	5,853 -57	2,425 14	3,428 -71	355 17	85 1	270 16
2016-17	6,379 171	6,039 186	2,505 80	3,534 106	340 -15	89 4	251 -19
2017-18	6,272 -107	5,898 -141	2,439 -66	3,459 -75	374 34	92 3	282 31
2018-19	5,853 -419	5,504 -394	2,248 -191	3,256 -203	349 -25	88 -4	261 -21
2019-20	5,231 -622	4,939 -565	2,018 -230	2,921 -335	292 -57	90 2	202 -59
2020-21	4,655 -576	4,389 -550	1,778 -240	2,611 -310	266 -26	79 -11	187 -15
2021-22	4,225 -430	3,890 -499	1,571 -207	2,319 -292	335 69	112 33	223 36
2022-23	3,960 -265	3,622 -268	1,454 -117	2,168 -151	338 3	94 -18	244 21
Average	5,590	5,256	2,147	3,109	334	92	243

Truman State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,256 where 3,622 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 Truman State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,872	5,357	2,170	3,187	515	214	301
2013-14	5,898	5,375	2,178	3,197	523	209	314
2014-15	5,910	5,295	2,169	3,126	615	242	373
2015-16	5,853	5,207	2,177	3,030	646	248	398
2016-17	6,039	5,187	2,153	3,034	852	352	500
2017-18	5,898	5,134	2,109	3,025	764	330	434
2018-19	5,504	4,771	1,935	2,836	733	313	420
2019-20	4,939	4,269	1,714	2,555	670	304	366
2020-21	4,389	3,687	1,497	2,190	702	281	421
2021-22	3,890	3,203	1,282	1,921	687	289	398
2022-23	3,622	2,837	1,122	1,715	785	332	453
Average	5,256	5,256	1,864	2,711	5,256	283	398

Truman State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 334 where 338 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 Truman State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	365	273	87	186	92	19	73
2013-14	327	237	77	160	90	13	77
2014-15	338	226	55	171	112	29	83
2015-16	355	263	68	195	92	17	75
2016-17	340	239	64	175	101	25	76
2017-18	374	273	72	201	101	20	81
2018-19	349	253	73	180	96	15	81
2019-20	292	204	64	140	88	26	62
2020-21	266	216	60	156	50	19	31
2021-22	335	244	75	169	91	37	54
2022-23	338	229	60	169	109	34	75
Average	334	334	69	173	334	23	70

Truman State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.33%. The percentage was 80.79% 10 years ago and Truman still has a high percentage of white students. 2.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.30% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Truman 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	21	106	214	165	3	5,039	118
2013-14	12	103	185	177	4	5,072	126
2014-15	8	115	218	173	6	5,040	157
2015-16	7	129	212	176	6	4,948	177
2016-17	13	148	212	159	6	5,102	174
2017-18	20	163	203	172	5	5,007	200
2018-19	15	145	212	183	3	4,619	204
2019-20	15	132	187	164	2	4,108	176
2020-21	11	114	141	169	2	3,726	158
2021-22	8	100	109	145	2	3,392	147
2022-23	9	92	91	134	2	3,181	127
Average	13	122	180	165	4	4,476	160

Truman State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

652 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 42.36% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Truman State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,248	458	130	5,660
2015-16	6,208	489	201	5,518
2016-17	6,379	610	497	5,272
2017-18	6,272	479	188	5,605
2018-19	5,853	467	217	5,169
2019-20	5,231	497	448	4,286
2020-21	4,655	542	2,625	1,488
2021-22	4,225	609	2,046	1,570
2022-23	3,960	652	1,323	1,985
Average	5,448	534	853	4,061

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