Enrollment Trends at Ole Miss

The student population at University of Mississippi is 26,449 (21,585 undergraduate and 4,864 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,237 (13.95%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Ole Miss is 81.61% which is increased by 2,800 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 437 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 71 male students for every 100 female students, down from 77 in 2015.
1,904 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 66.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 22,904 where 26,449 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 26,449 students in 2025 and was lowest at 21,014 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 23,212 to 26,449 students, a net gain of 3,237 (13.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	23,212	18,785	8,187	10,598	4,427	1,918	2,509
2016-17	23,610 398	19,213 428	8,401 214	10,812 214	4,397 -30	1,872 -46	2,525 16
2017-18	23,136 -474	18,737 -476	8,271 -130	10,466 -346	4,399 2	1,863 -9	2,536 11
2018-19	22,456 -680	18,007 -730	7,861 -410	10,146 -320	4,449 50	1,871 8	2,578 42
2019-20	21,617 -839	17,150 -857	7,463 -398	9,687 -459	4,467 18	1,843 -28	2,624 46
2020-21	21,014 -603	16,179 -971	6,800 -663	9,379 -308	4,835 368	1,922 79	2,913 289
2021-22	21,203 189	16,092 -87	6,831 31	9,261 -118	5,111 276	1,999 77	3,112 199
2022-23	22,300 1,097	17,302 1,210	7,430 599	9,872 611	4,998 -113	1,896 -103	3,102 -10
2023-24	24,043 1,743	19,094 1,792	8,214 784	10,880 1,008	4,949 -49	1,837 -59	3,112 10
2024-25	26,449 2,406	21,585 2,491	9,234 1,020	12,351 1,471	4,864 -85	1,791 -46	3,073 -39
Average	22,904	18,214	7,869	10,345	4,690	1,881	2,808

University of Mississippi Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,214 where 21,585 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 University of Mississippi since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	18,785	17,395	7,599	9,796	1,390	588	802
2016-17	19,213	17,852	7,799	10,053	1,361	602	759
2017-18	18,737	17,511	7,723	9,788	1,226	548	678
2018-19	18,007	16,636	7,167	9,469	1,371	694	677
2019-20	17,150	15,902	6,853	9,049	1,248	610	638
2020-21	16,179	14,839	6,101	8,738	1,340	699	641
2021-22	16,092	15,040	6,326	8,714	1,052	505	547
2022-23	17,302	16,240	6,879	9,361	1,062	551	511
2023-24	19,094	18,032	7,677	10,355	1,062	537	525
2024-25	21,585	20,534	8,722	11,812	1,051	512	539
Average	18,214	18,214	7,285	9,714	18,214	585	632

University of Mississippi Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,690 where 4,864 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 University of Mississippi since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,427	3,270	1,522	1,748	1,157	396	761
2016-17	4,397	3,205	1,479	1,726	1,192	393	799
2017-18	4,399	3,227	1,485	1,742	1,172	378	794
2018-19	4,449	3,228	1,454	1,774	1,221	417	804
2019-20	4,467	3,243	1,442	1,801	1,224	401	823
2020-21	4,835	3,384	1,461	1,923	1,451	461	990
2021-22	5,111	3,631	1,518	2,113	1,480	481	999
2022-23	4,998	3,502	1,445	2,057	1,496	451	1,045
2023-24	4,949	3,585	1,433	2,152	1,364	404	960
2024-25	4,864	3,619	1,447	2,172	1,245	344	901
Average	4,690	4,690	1,469	1,921	4,690	413	888

University of Mississippi Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.62%. The percentage was 75.89% 10 years ago and Ole Miss still has a high percentage of white students. 2.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.65% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.33% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.89% to 74.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.99% to 2.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.30% to 10.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.79% to 5.33%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4277 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4048 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Mississippi 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	73	462	3,088	647	20	17,616	451
2016-17	63	473	3,055	727	16	17,948	488
2017-18	59	510	2,905	729	20	17,585	478
2018-19	59	507	2,766	754	19	16,999	502
2019-20	58	496	2,676	787	17	16,251	499
2020-21	57	521	2,686	793	13	15,734	481
2021-22	65	518	2,677	858	14	15,760	467
2022-23	71	547	2,621	1,015	15	16,706	524
2023-24	78	576	2,630	1,168	16	18,045	610
2024-25	66	601	2,818	1,410	20	19,737	713
Average	65	521	2,792	889	17	17,238	521

University of Mississippi Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,904 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 66.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Mississippi from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	23,212	1,146	3,359	18,707
2016-17	23,610	825	4,766	18,019
2017-18	23,136	811	6,161	16,164
2018-19	22,456	991	6,473	14,992
2019-20	21,617	787	7,458	13,372
2020-21	21,014	1,164	9,524	10,326
2021-22	21,203	1,746	9,956	9,501
2022-23	22,300	1,808	11,460	9,032
2023-24	24,043	1,776	12,985	9,282
2024-25	26,449	1,904	14,512	10,033
Average	22,904	1,296	8,665	12,943

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Enrollment Trends at Ole Miss

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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