Enrollment Trends at UMO

The student population at University of Mount Olive is 2,109 (1,944 undergraduate and 165 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,262 (37.44%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UMO is 92.18% which is decreased by 1,307 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 45 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 50 in 2015.
1,176 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 236.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,757 where 2,109 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 3,451 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,109 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,371 to 2,109 students, a net loss of 1,262 (37.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,371	3,251	1,088	2,163	120	34	86
2016-17	3,430 59	3,250 -1	1,066 -22	2,184 21	180 60	58 24	122 36
2017-18	3,451 21	3,207 -43	1,105 39	2,102 -82	244 64	78 20	166 44
2018-19	3,208 -243	2,991 -216	1,067 -38	1,924 -178	217 -27	65 -13	152 -14
2019-20	2,805 -403	2,612 -379	897 -170	1,715 -209	193 -24	52 -13	141 -11
2020-21	2,536 -269	2,350 -262	793 -104	1,557 -158	186 -7	50 -2	136 -5
2021-22	2,288 -248	2,085 -265	711 -82	1,374 -183	203 17	40 -10	163 27
2022-23	2,239 -49	2,019 -66	678 -33	1,341 -33	220 17	39 -1	181 18
2023-24	2,128 -111	1,937 -82	623 -55	1,314 -27	191 -29	42 3	149 -32
2024-25	2,109 -19	1,944 7	632 9	1,312 -2	165 -26	30 -12	135 -14
Average	2,757	2,565	866	1,699	192	49	143

University of Mount Olive Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,565 where 1,944 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 Mount Olive since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,251	1,393	575	818	1,858	513	1,345
2016-17	3,250	1,447	577	870	1,803	489	1,314
2017-18	3,207	1,472	613	859	1,735	492	1,243
2018-19	2,991	1,367	578	789	1,624	489	1,135
2019-20	2,612	1,494	579	915	1,118	318	800
2020-21	2,350	1,348	537	811	1,002	256	746
2021-22	2,085	1,236	499	737	849	212	637
2022-23	2,019	1,186	496	690	833	182	651
2023-24	1,937	1,244	479	765	693	144	549
2024-25	1,944	1,270	500	770	674	132	542
Average	2,565	2,565	543	802	2,565	323	896

University of Mount Olive Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 192 where 165 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 Mount Olive since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	120	11	0	11	109	34	75
2016-17	180	48	13	35	132	45	87
2017-18	244	69	12	57	175	66	109
2018-19	217	43	13	30	174	52	122
2019-20	193	39	12	27	154	40	114
2020-21	186	55	16	39	131	34	97
2021-22	203	107	20	87	96	20	76
2022-23	220	118	17	101	102	22	80
2023-24	191	112	28	84	79	14	65
2024-25	165	106	19	87	59	11	48
Average	192	192	15	56	192	34	87

University of Mount Olive Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.97%. The percentage was 50.37% 10 years ago and UMO still has a high percentage of white students. 0.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 27.17% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.72% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 50.37% to 50.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.53% to 0.57%. Black student enrollment decreased from 29.37% to 27.17%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.20% to 9.72%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6545 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6550 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Mount Olive 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	21	18	990	108	5	1,698	211
2016-17	29	14	990	105	6	1,750	236
2017-18	21	26	983	97	5	1,792	242
2018-19	26	27	923	216	2	1,677	117
2019-20	11	26	785	198	3	1,510	100
2020-21	6	22	690	218	4	1,388	88
2021-22	11	10	594	157	5	1,248	137
2022-23	13	12	587	212	3	1,196	111
2023-24	12	12	554	213	2	1,122	117
2024-25	16	12	573	205	1	1,075	102
Average	17	18	767	173	4	1,446	146

University of Mount Olive Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,176 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 56% of total students. The number of online students has increased 236.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Mount Olive from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,371	350	1,189	1,832
2016-17	3,430	455	1,473	1,502
2017-18	3,451	499	1,393	1,559
2018-19	3,208	497	1,502	1,209
2019-20	2,805	1,605	401	799
2020-21	2,536	1,457	741	338
2021-22	2,288	1,298	476	514
2022-23	2,239	1,247	387	605
2023-24	2,128	1,146	413	569
2024-25	2,109	1,176	708	225
Average	2,757	973	868	915

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Enrollment Trends at UMO

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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