Enrollment Trends at Monmouth

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,711 where 4,767 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 6,394 to 4,767 students, a loss of 1,627 (25.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Monmouth 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	6,394	4,693	1,963	2,730	1,701	402	1,299
2016-17	6,371 -23	4,707 14	2,035 72	2,672 -58	1,664 -37	397 -5	1,267 -32
2017-18	6,340 -31	4,706 -1	1,978 -57	2,728 56	1,634 -30	371 -26	1,263 -4
2018-19	6,167 -173	4,630 -76	1,962 -16	2,668 -60	1,537 -97	360 -11	1,177 -86
2019-20	5,953 -214	4,450 -180	1,817 -145	2,633 -35	1,503 -34	351 -9	1,152 -25
2020-21	5,674 -279	4,263 -187	1,672 -145	2,591 -42	1,411 -92	324 -27	1,087 -65
2021-22	5,436 -238	4,080 -183	1,563 -109	2,517 -74	1,356 -55	304 -20	1,052 -35
2022-23	5,027 -409	3,811 -269	1,406 -157	2,405 -112	1,216 -140	296 -8	920 -132
2023-24	4,981 -46	3,842 31	1,404 -2	2,438 33	1,139 -77	257 -39	882 -38
2024-25	4,767 -214	3,710 -132	1,362 -42	2,348 -90	1,057 -82	237 -20	820 -62
Average	5,711	4,289	1,716	2,573	1,422	330	1,092

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,289 where 3,710 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 Monmouth 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	4,693	4,450	1,862	2,588	243	101	142
2016-17	4,707	4,490	1,924	2,566	217	111	106
2017-18	4,706	4,502	1,888	2,614	204	90	114
2018-19	4,630	4,448	1,880	2,568	182	82	100
2019-20	4,450	4,301	1,756	2,545	149	61	88
2020-21	4,263	4,093	1,601	2,492	170	71	99
2021-22	4,080	3,908	1,486	2,422	172	77	95
2022-23	3,811	3,662	1,335	2,327	149	71	78
2023-24	3,842	3,709	1,344	2,365	133	60	73
2024-25	3,710	3,594	1,310	2,284	116	52	64
Average	4,289	4,289	1,639	2,477	4,289	78	96

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,422 where 1,057 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 Monmouth 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	1,701	737	171	566	964	231	733
2016-17	1,664	696	167	529	968	230	738
2017-18	1,634	654	137	517	980	234	746
2018-19	1,537	658	160	498	879	200	679
2019-20	1,503	611	153	458	892	198	694
2020-21	1,411	607	168	439	804	156	648
2021-22	1,356	720	171	549	636	133	503
2022-23	1,216	597	153	444	619	143	476
2023-24	1,139	578	141	437	561	116	445
2024-25	1,057	550	130	420	507	107	400
Average	1,422	1,422	155	486	1,422	175	606

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.88%. The percentage was 72.43% 10 years ago and Monmouth still has a high percentage of white students. 2.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.56% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.43% to 66.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.49% to 2.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.38% to 5.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.99% to 16.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5197 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4610 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Monmouth 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	9	223	344	639	6	4,631	113
2016-17	9	238	374	716	4	4,469	127
2017-18	6	209	356	768	2	4,455	139
2018-19	7	201	331	768	1	4,316	140
2019-20	5	188	348	750	1	4,133	134
2020-21	4	164	330	783	3	3,924	125
2021-22	2	152	332	809	3	3,720	127
2022-23	3	131	269	782	1	3,478	117
2023-24	3	130	273	803	3	3,414	118
2024-25	4	122	265	807	4	3,188	121
Average	5	176	322	763	3	3,973	126