Enrollment Trends at Missouri State University-Springfield

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 23,340 where 24,360 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

84.50% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.50% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,604 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 483 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Missouri State University-Springfield than male students.

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,273	18,980	7,911	11,069	3,293	1,225	2,068
2016-17	23,538 1,265	20,316 1,336	8,538 627	11,778 709	3,222 -71	1,185 -40	2,037 -31
2017-18	23,697 159	20,364 48	8,533 -5	11,831 53	3,333 111	1,238 53	2,095 58
2018-19	23,697	20,138 -226	8,396 -137	11,742 -89	3,559 226	1,337 99	2,222 127
2019-20	23,453 -244	19,801 -337	8,211 -185	11,590 -152	3,652 93	1,368 31	2,284 62
2020-21	23,505 52	19,621 -180	7,950 -261	11,671 81	3,884 232	1,411 43	2,473 189
2021-22	22,925 -580	18,837 -784	7,677 -273	11,160 -511	4,088 204	1,498 87	2,590 117
2022-23	22,535 -390	18,419 -418	7,386 -291	11,033 -127	4,116 28	1,533 35	2,583 -7
2023-24	23,418 883	19,259 840	7,716 330	11,543 510	4,159 43	1,520 -13	2,639 56
2024-25	24,360 942	20,584 1,325	8,236 520	12,348 805	3,776 -383	1,396 -124	2,380 -259
Average	23,340	19,632	8,055	11,577	3,708	1,371	2,337

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 19,632 where 20,584 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 Missouri State University-Springfield 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	18,980	14,540	6,050	8,490	4,440	1,861	2,579
2016-17	20,316	15,131	6,311	8,820	5,185	2,227	2,958
2017-18	20,364	15,363	6,407	8,956	5,001	2,126	2,875
2018-19	20,138	14,924	6,199	8,725	5,214	2,197	3,017
2019-20	19,801	14,005	5,781	8,224	5,796	2,430	3,366
2020-21	19,621	13,128	5,220	7,908	6,493	2,730	3,763
2021-22	18,837	12,049	4,720	7,329	6,788	2,957	3,831
2022-23	18,419	11,341	4,389	6,952	7,078	2,997	4,081
2023-24	19,259	11,613	4,450	7,163	7,646	3,266	4,380
2024-25	20,584	11,682	4,420	7,262	8,902	3,816	5,086
Average	19,632	19,632	5,395	7,983	19,632	2,661	3,594

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,708 where 3,776 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 Missouri State University-Springfield 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	3,293	1,608	631	977	1,685	594	1,091
2016-17	3,222	1,581	585	996	1,641	600	1,041
2017-18	3,333	1,504	543	961	1,829	695	1,134
2018-19	3,559	1,585	577	1,008	1,974	760	1,214
2019-20	3,652	1,652	630	1,022	2,000	738	1,262
2020-21	3,884	1,702	594	1,108	2,182	817	1,365
2021-22	4,088	1,740	641	1,099	2,348	857	1,491
2022-23	4,116	1,794	695	1,099	2,322	838	1,484
2023-24	4,159	1,874	719	1,155	2,285	801	1,484
2024-25	3,776	1,705	615	1,090	2,071	781	1,290
Average	3,708	3,708	623	1,052	3,708	748	1,286

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.18%. The percentage was 79.74% 10 years ago and Missouri State University-Springfield still has a high percentage of white students. 2.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.74% to 76.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.44% to 2.21%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.02% to 3.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.24% to 5.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4128 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3604 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	113	321	895	722	29	17,760	675
2016-17	114	343	918	771	18	18,850	775
2017-18	97	353	959	857	20	19,014	824
2018-19	118	376	908	765	18	19,080	848
2019-20	96	396	827	841	21	18,700	846
2020-21	92	461	824	995	26	18,722	844
2021-22	78	466	785	1,024	25	18,044	842
2022-23	72	499	729	1,087	27	17,415	821
2023-24	84	483	789	1,255	29	17,948	956
2024-25	93	538	843	1,363	21	18,558	1,084
Average	96	424	848	968	23	18,409	852