Enrollment Trends at UMU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,245 where 2,461 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,461 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,130 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,191 to 2,461 students, a net gain of 270 (12.3%).

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,191	2,094	1,047	1,047	97	31	66
2016-17	2,281 90	2,140 46	1,116 69	1,024 -23	141 44	49 18	92 26
2017-18	2,257 -24	2,095 -45	1,084 -32	1,011 -13	162 21	54 5	108 16
2018-19	2,403 146	2,209 114	1,212 128	997 -14	194 32	66 12	128 20
2019-20	2,243 -160	2,035 -174	1,048 -164	987 -10	208 14	70 4	138 10
2020-21	2,178 -65	1,958 -77	1,026 -22	932 -55	220 12	83 13	137 -1
2021-22	2,133 -45	1,891 -67	964 -62	927 -5	242 22	105 22	137
2022-23	2,130 -3	1,891	1,002 38	889 -38	239 -3	94 -11	145 8
2023-24	2,169 39	1,927 36	988 -14	939 50	242 3	93 -1	149 4
2024-25	2,461 292	2,207 280	1,093 105	1,114 175	254 12	99 6	155 6
Average	2,245	2,045	1,058	987	200	74	126

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,045 where 2,207 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 University of Mount Union 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	2,094	2,058	1,032	1,026	36	15	21
2016-17	2,140	2,113	1,102	1,011	27	14	13
2017-18	2,095	2,046	1,063	983	49	21	28
2018-19	2,209	2,168	1,196	972	41	16	25
2019-20	2,035	1,994	1,035	959	41	13	28
2020-21	1,958	1,925	1,013	912	33	13	20
2021-22	1,891	1,866	956	910	25	8	17
2022-23	1,891	1,855	982	873	36	20	16
2023-24	1,927	1,779	925	854	148	63	85
2024-25	2,207	1,986	1,008	978	221	85	136
Average	2,045	2,045	1,031	948	2,045	27	39

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 200 where 254 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 University of Mount Union 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	97	97	31	66	0	0	0
2016-17	141	141	49	92	0	0	0
2017-18	162	161	54	107	1	0	1
2018-19	194	194	66	128	0	0	0
2019-20	208	166	55	111	42	15	27
2020-21	220	165	55	110	55	28	27
2021-22	242	170	61	109	72	44	28
2022-23	239	166	53	113	73	41	32
2023-24	242	166	54	112	76	39	37
2024-25	254	178	62	116	76	37	39
Average	200	200	54	106	200	20	19

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.79%. The percentage was 80.01% 10 years ago and UMU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.94% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.01% to 78.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.59% to 1.50%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.34% to 8.94%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.10% to 3.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3690 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3554 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Mount Union 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	12	13	117	46	0	1,753	73
2016-17	15	20	151	61	2	1,803	70
2017-18	14	19	138	55	1	1,814	75
2018-19	11	21	181	86	2	1,816	88
2019-20	7	21	156	80	2	1,764	88
2020-21	5	22	164	70	1	1,731	78
2021-22	2	22	130	64	1	1,683	65
2022-23	3	29	142	65	0	1,660	36
2023-24	9	42	153	62	0	1,748	31
2024-25	13	37	220	98	0	1,939	51
Average	9	25	155	69	1	1,771	66