Enrollment Trends at Mizzou - St Louis

The student population at University of Missouri-St Louis is 14,736 (12,317 undergraduate and 2,419 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,002 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mizzou - St Louis is 83.58% which is decreased by 1,228 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 774 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,564 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 109.48% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,665 where 14,736 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

83.58% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.42% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,228 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 774 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Mizzou - St Louis than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,738	13,545	5,641	7,904	3,193	1,102	2,091
2016-17	16,989 251	13,898 353	5,916 275	7,982 78	3,091 -102	1,042 -60	2,049 -42
2017-18	16,715 -274	13,787 -111	5,896 -20	7,891 -91	2,928 -163	958 -84	1,970 -79
2018-19	16,441 -274	13,460 -327	5,856 -40	7,604 -287	2,981 53	960 2	2,021 51
2019-20	15,988 -453	13,026 -434	5,635 -221	7,391 -213	2,962 -19	964 4	1,998 -23
2020-21	13,874 -2,114	10,973 -2,053	4,710 -925	6,263 -1,128	2,901 -61	941 -23	1,960 -38
2021-22	15,189 1,315	12,347 1,374	5,236 526	7,111 848	2,842 -59	903 -38	1,939 -21
2022-23	15,181 -8	12,415 68	5,234 -2	7,181 70	2,766 -76	908 5	1,858 -81
2023-24	14,800 -381	12,137 -278	5,242 8	6,895 -286	2,663 -103	819 -89	1,844 -14
2024-25	14,736 -64	12,317 180	5,248 6	7,069 174	2,419 -244	743 -76	1,676 -168
Average	15,665	12,791	5,461	7,329	2,875	934	1,941

University of Missouri-St Louis Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,791 where 12,317 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-St Louis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,545	5,711	2,474	3,237	7,834	3,167	4,667
2016-17	13,898	5,434	2,366	3,068	8,464	3,550	4,914
2017-18	13,787	5,492	2,456	3,036	8,295	3,440	4,855
2018-19	13,460	5,383	2,407	2,976	8,077	3,449	4,628
2019-20	13,026	5,098	2,250	2,848	7,928	3,385	4,543
2020-21	10,973	4,889	2,057	2,832	6,084	2,653	3,431
2021-22	12,347	4,415	1,919	2,496	7,932	3,317	4,615
2022-23	12,415	4,195	1,807	2,388	8,220	3,427	4,793
2023-24	12,137	4,198	1,882	2,316	7,939	3,360	4,579
2024-25	12,317	4,222	1,884	2,338	8,095	3,364	4,731
Average	12,791	12,791	2,150	2,754	12,791	3,311	4,576

University of Missouri-St Louis Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,875 where 2,419 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-St Louis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,193	1,001	367	634	2,192	735	1,457
2016-17	3,091	1,053	382	671	2,038	660	1,378
2017-18	2,928	1,015	349	666	1,913	609	1,304
2018-19	2,981	1,018	370	648	1,963	590	1,373
2019-20	2,962	1,003	350	653	1,959	614	1,345
2020-21	2,901	915	328	587	1,986	613	1,373
2021-22	2,842	875	311	564	1,967	592	1,375
2022-23	2,766	945	337	608	1,821	571	1,250
2023-24	2,663	889	329	560	1,774	490	1,284
2024-25	2,419	805	288	517	1,614	455	1,159
Average	2,875	2,875	341	611	2,875	593	1,330

University of Missouri-St Louis Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.31%. The percentage was 69.67% 10 years ago and Mizzou - St Louis still has a high percentage of white students. 5.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.93% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.67% to 66.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.21% to 5.04%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.74% to 13.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.49% to 4.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5360 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4930 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-St Louis 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	60	705	2,300	417	19	11,662	274
2016-17	56	813	2,447	483	24	11,612	282
2017-18	55	792	2,316	512	14	11,510	300
2018-19	58	772	2,249	509	9	11,434	333
2019-20	47	730	2,149	517	4	10,850	316
2020-21	40	618	1,905	447	5	9,462	300
2021-22	43	781	2,013	491	4	10,434	296
2022-23	46	737	2,090	565	2	10,361	309
2023-24	48	757	2,044	574	4	9,971	279
2024-25	58	742	2,052	642	4	9,772	282
Average	51	745	2,157	516	9	10,707	297

University of Missouri-St Louis Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,564 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 109.48% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Missouri-St Louis from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	16,738	1,224	3,905	11,609
2016-17	16,989	826	3,469	12,694
2017-18	16,715	986	3,361	12,368
2018-19	16,441	968	3,758	11,715
2019-20	15,988	1,154	3,883	10,951
2020-21	13,874	4,464	4,154	5,256
2021-22	15,189	3,472	4,183	7,534
2022-23	15,181	2,744	3,590	8,847
2023-24	14,800	2,600	3,551	8,649
2024-25	14,736	2,564	3,499	8,673
Average	15,665	2,100	3,735	9,830

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Enrollment Trends at Mizzou - St Louis

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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