Enrollment Trends at Mizzou

The student population at University of Missouri-Columbia is 31,543 (24,449 undergraduate and 7,094 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,881 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mizzou is 77.51% which is decreased by 3,342 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 539 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,557 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 38.30% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 31,571 where 31,543 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

77.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,342 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 539 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Mizzou than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	35,424	27,791	13,381	14,410	7,633	3,339	4,294
2016-17	33,239 -2,185	25,877 -1,914	12,411 -970	13,466 -944	7,362 -271	3,151 -188	4,211 -83
2017-18	30,844 -2,395	23,799 -2,078	11,442 -969	12,357 -1,109	7,045 -317	2,932 -219	4,113 -98
2018-19	29,843 -1,001	22,484 -1,315	10,695 -747	11,789 -568	7,359 314	2,993 61	4,366 253
2019-20	30,014 171	22,589 105	10,597 -98	11,992 203	7,425 66	2,936 -57	4,489 123
2020-21	31,089 1,075	23,383 794	10,859 262	12,524 532	7,706 281	3,016 80	4,690 201
2021-22	31,401 312	23,696 313	10,888 29	12,808 284	7,705 -1	2,948 -68	4,757 67
2022-23	31,304 -97	23,745 49	10,844 -44	12,901 93	7,559 -146	2,902 -46	4,657 -100
2023-24	31,013 -291	23,613 -132	10,751 -93	12,862 -39	7,400 -159	2,765 -137	4,635 -22
2024-25	31,543 530	24,449 836	11,046 295	13,403 541	7,094 -306	2,758 -7	4,336 -299
Average	31,571	24,143	11,291	12,851	7,429	2,974	4,455

University of Missouri-Columbia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 24,143 where 24,449 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 Missouri-Columbia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	27,791	26,027	12,433	13,594	1,764	948	816
2016-17	25,877	24,124	11,507	12,617	1,753	904	849
2017-18	23,799	22,197	10,634	11,563	1,602	808	794
2018-19	22,484	20,720	9,755	10,965	1,764	940	824
2019-20	22,589	20,676	9,689	10,987	1,913	908	1,005
2020-21	23,383	21,344	9,868	11,476	2,039	991	1,048
2021-22	23,696	21,875	10,013	11,862	1,821	875	946
2022-23	23,745	21,999	9,981	12,018	1,746	863	883
2023-24	23,613	22,090	9,996	12,094	1,523	755	768
2024-25	24,449	23,038	10,362	12,676	1,411	684	727
Average	24,143	24,143	10,424	11,985	24,143	868	866

University of Missouri-Columbia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,429 where 7,094 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 Missouri-Columbia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,633	4,963	2,298	2,665	2,670	1,041	1,629
2016-17	7,362	4,769	2,138	2,631	2,593	1,013	1,580
2017-18	7,045	4,489	1,989	2,500	2,556	943	1,613
2018-19	7,359	4,545	1,997	2,548	2,814	996	1,818
2019-20	7,425	4,390	1,842	2,548	3,035	1,094	1,941
2020-21	7,706	4,413	1,838	2,575	3,293	1,178	2,115
2021-22	7,705	4,250	1,723	2,527	3,455	1,225	2,230
2022-23	7,559	4,260	1,764	2,496	3,299	1,138	2,161
2023-24	7,400	4,305	1,679	2,626	3,095	1,086	2,009
2024-25	7,094	4,301	1,712	2,589	2,793	1,046	1,747
Average	7,429	7,429	1,898	2,571	7,429	1,076	1,884

University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.74%. The percentage was 75.95% 10 years ago and Mizzou still has a high percentage of white students. 2.96% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.95% to 75.74%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.20% to 2.96%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.18% to 5.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.42% to 5.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4179 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4157 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 Missouri-Columbia 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	64	779	2,542	1,213	15	26,903	949
2016-17	67	714	2,300	1,184	14	25,182	928
2017-18	63	728	2,078	1,174	12	23,367	918
2018-19	69	718	2,067	1,262	14	22,486	978
2019-20	66	757	2,016	1,357	22	22,624	1,127
2020-21	72	817	2,061	1,542	27	23,603	1,216
2021-22	66	891	1,944	1,611	31	23,898	1,269
2022-23	58	897	1,708	1,651	32	23,919	1,269
2023-24	53	910	1,630	1,678	25	23,667	1,230
2024-25	52	933	1,602	1,843	24	23,890	1,281
Average	63	814	1,995	1,452	22	23,954	1,117

University of Missouri-Columbia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,557 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 38.30% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Missouri-Columbia from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	35,424	2,572	8,000	24,852
2016-17	33,239	2,251	6,325	24,663
2017-18	30,844	2,451	5,929	22,464
2018-19	29,843	2,915	6,407	20,521
2019-20	30,014	3,258	6,464	20,292
2020-21	31,089	6,763	20,375	3,951
2021-22	31,401	4,501	15,161	11,739
2022-23	31,304	4,088	12,931	14,285
2023-24	31,013	3,983	12,379	14,651
2024-25	31,543	3,557	12,572	15,414
Average	31,571	3,634	10,654	17,283

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Enrollment Trends at Mizzou

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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