Enrollment Trends at Milligan

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,214 where 1,240 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

69.76% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.24% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 26 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 73 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Milligan than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,193	891	334	557	302	127	175
2016-17	1,195 2	880 -11	350 16	530 -27	315 13	132 5	183 8
2017-18	1,171 -24	859 -21	368 18	491 -39	312 -3	124 -8	188 5
2018-19	1,225 54	829 -30	358 -10	471 -20	396 84	164 40	232 44
2019-20	1,310 85	882 53	416 58	466 -5	428 32	176 12	252 20
2020-21	1,338 28	941 59	456 40	485 19	397 -31	147 -29	250 -2
2021-22	1,162 -176	789 -152	390 -66	399 -86	373 -24	140 -7	233 -17
2022-23	1,105 -57	755 -34	379 -11	376 -23	350 -23	136 -4	214 -19
2023-24	1,200 95	834 79	431 52	403 27	366 16	144 8	222 8
2024-25	1,240 40	865 31	430 -1	435 32	375 9	148 4	227 5
Average	1,214	853	391	461	361	144	218

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 853 where 865 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 Milligan University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	891	785	295	490	106	39	67
2016-17	880	762	307	455	118	43	75
2017-18	859	764	330	434	95	38	57
2018-19	829	734	320	414	95	38	57
2019-20	882	767	354	413	115	62	53
2020-21	941	786	388	398	155	68	87
2021-22	789	741	369	372	48	21	27
2022-23	755	708	357	351	47	22	25
2023-24	834	766	400	366	68	31	37
2024-25	865	813	413	400	52	17	35
Average	853	853	353	409	853	38	52

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 361 where 375 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 Milligan University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	302	230	81	149	72	46	26
2016-17	315	246	94	152	69	38	31
2017-18	312	225	73	152	87	51	36
2018-19	396	312	118	194	84	46	38
2019-20	428	302	117	185	126	59	67
2020-21	397	278	97	181	119	50	69
2021-22	373	239	79	160	134	61	73
2022-23	350	254	97	157	96	39	57
2023-24	366	257	92	165	109	52	57
2024-25	375	259	101	158	116	47	69
Average	361	361	95	165	361	49	52

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.81%. The percentage was 84.33% 10 years ago and Milligan still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.33% to 75.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.59% to 1.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.60% to 4.35%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.27% to 3.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4202 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2852 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Milligan University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	5	19	43	51	1	1,006	22
2016-17	1	16	35	55	0	1,015	30
2017-18	0	19	40	45	1	986	26
2018-19	1	17	42	50	3	1,031	26
2019-20	4	13	42	47	2	1,075	18
2020-21	3	14	54	55	7	1,096	22
2021-22	6	11	54	56	5	934	19
2022-23	5	13	53	62	2	880	20
2023-24	3	20	48	60	2	928	32
2024-25	6	20	54	46	1	940	50
Average	3	16	47	53	2	989	27