How Student Population Changes at Delta State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,612 where 2,556 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 867 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,340 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.71 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Delta State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Delta State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,763	2,756	1,116	1,640	2,007	558	1,449
2013-14	4,785 22	2,638 -118	1,050 -66	1,588 -52	2,147 140	601 43	1,546 97
2014-15	3,610 -1,175	2,774 136	1,094 44	1,680 92	836 -1,311	274 -327	562 -984
2015-16	3,454 -156	2,653 -121	1,061 -33	1,592 -88	801 -35	242 -32	559 -3
2016-17	3,584 130	2,763 110	1,128 67	1,635 43	821 20	285 43	536 -23
2017-18	3,785 201	3,037 274	1,224 96	1,813 178	748 -73	246 -39	502 -34
2018-19	3,715 -70	3,075 38	1,276 52	1,799 -14	640 -108	190 -56	450 -52
2019-20	3,751 36	3,109 34	1,307 31	1,802 3	642 2	216 26	426 -24
2020-21	2,999 -752	2,331 -778	954 -353	1,377 -425	668 26	216 0	452 26
2021-22	2,727 -272	2,041 -290	814 -140	1,227 -150	686 18	220 4	466 14
2022-23	2,556 -171	1,889 -152	762 -52	1,127 -100	667 -19	180 -40	487 21
Average	3,612	2,642	1,071	1,571	969	293	676

Student Population Changes of Delta State University

Delta State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,642 where 1,889 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Delta State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,756	2,253	921	1,332	503	195	308
2013-14	2,638	2,166	864	1,302	472	186	286
2014-15	2,774	2,307	937	1,370	467	157	310
2015-16	2,653	2,262	936	1,326	391	125	266
2016-17	2,763	2,259	929	1,330	504	199	305
2017-18	3,037	2,198	933	1,265	839	291	548
2018-19	3,075	1,989	873	1,116	1,086	403	683
2019-20	3,109	1,981	882	1,099	1,128	425	703
2020-21	2,331	1,667	690	977	664	264	400
2021-22	2,041	1,486	603	883	555	211	344
2022-23	1,889	1,418	596	822	471	166	305
Average	2,642	2,642	833	1,166	2,642	238	405

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Delta State University

Delta State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 969 where 667 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Delta State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,007	1,451	429	1,022	556	129	427
2013-14	2,147	1,510	436	1,074	637	165	472
2014-15	836	327	135	192	509	139	370
2015-16	801	319	116	203	482	126	356
2016-17	821	360	133	227	461	152	309
2017-18	748	364	123	241	384	123	261
2018-19	640	271	92	179	369	98	271
2019-20	642	257	88	169	385	128	257
2020-21	668	254	93	161	414	123	291
2021-22	686	278	101	177	408	119	289
2022-23	667	247	75	172	420	105	315
Average	969	969	166	347	969	128	329

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Delta State University

Delta State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.21%. The percentage was 59.19% 10 years ago and Delta State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 36.11% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Delta State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	19	81	1,558	155	0	2,819	19
2013-14	13	63	1,540	190	2	2,796	21
2014-15	4	26	1,329	46	5	2,038	23
2015-16	5	26	1,233	56	3	1,945	26
2016-17	5	32	1,202	59	3	2,046	30
2017-18	2	35	1,212	75	2	2,231	40
2018-19	7	36	1,106	102	2	2,197	49
2019-20	8	27	1,089	103	3	2,197	58
2020-21	6	17	979	90	2	1,650	44
2021-22	6	17	967	62	2	1,459	37
2022-23	5	11	923	62	1	1,360	36
Average	7	34	1,194	91	2	2,067	35

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Delta State University

Delta State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

776 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 13.95% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Delta State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,610	681	1,169	1,760
2015-16	3,454	706	1,180	1,568
2016-17	3,584	715	1,221	1,648
2017-18	3,785	669	1,076	2,040
2018-19	3,715	614	1,118	1,983
2019-20	3,751	646	1,207	1,898
2020-21	2,999	823	1,450	726
2021-22	2,727	762	1,100	865
2022-23	2,556	776	943	837
Average	3,353	710	1,163	1,481

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Delta State University

Enrollment Trends at Delta State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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