Morningside University Student Population

How many students at Morningside?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Morningside University has a total enrollment of 2,056 students, including 1,172 undergraduate and 884 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 727 male students (35.4%) and 1,329 female students (64.6%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 1,426 White students (69.4%) and 151 Hispanic students (7.3%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 1,172 undergraduate students (57%) and 884 graduate students (43%).
• Class Delivery: 926 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 0 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs) - which average 6,772 - Morningside's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 727 male (35.36%) and 1,329 female (64.64%) students are attending Morningside University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 54.70.

By class level, 1,172 (57.00%) are undergraduate students and 884 (43.00%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 48.72% are male and 51.28% are female, while among graduate students, 17.65% are male and 82.35% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,426 White, 60 Black, and 19 Asian students out of a total of 2,056 are attending at Morningside University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Morningside University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 49.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Morningside has 3 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 1,172 students under 25 years old, and 884 students over 25 years old out of 2,056 total students.

Morningside has 1,109 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 63 students aged 25 and over.

It has 63 graduate students aged under 25 and 821 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Morningside University, 926 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

820 students who live in Iowa or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 106 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,172 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 74 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.31%.55 students have transferred in as full-time status and 19 students transferred in as part-time status.