Student Population at Muhlenberg

Total Enrollment

1,788

Undergraduate

1,737

Graduate

Online Enrollment

Men Students

752

Women Students

1,036

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 1,788 students have enrolled at Muhlenberg College - 1,737 undergraduate and 51 graduate.

By gender, 752 male and 1,036 female students are attending Muhlenberg College. By attendance status, there are 1,751 full-time students and 37 part-time students.

The number of students at Muhlenberg College is small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Harvey Mudd College and Amherst College, its population is relatively small (average population is 2,237).

Muhlenberg College offers online degree/certificate programs and 52 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Muhlenberg's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania.

Muhlenberg has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,237 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania average (2,751 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Muhlenberg College	1,788	1,737	51
Similarly Ranked Schools	2,237	2,195	139
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania	2,751	2,277	1,010

The below chart compares the student population between Muhlenberg College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 752 male and 1,036 female students attending Muhlenberg. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.73 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Muhlenberg.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Muhlenberg
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,737	1,704	33
Men	730	709	21
Women	1,007	995	12

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Muhlenberg
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	51	47	4
Men	22	21	1
Women	29	26	3

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,216 White students (68.01%) and 227 Hispanic students (12.70%) at Muhlenberg College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Muhlenberg College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Muhlenberg College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	0
Asian	66	17	49
Black or African American	123	60	63
Hispanic	222	76	146
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,180	515	665
Two or More Races	69	30	39
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	56	25	31
Total	1,737	730	1,007

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Muhlenberg College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0	1
Asian	2	1	1
Black or African American	4	3	1
Hispanic	5	2	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	36	15	21
Two or More Races	1	0	1
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	2	1	1
Total	51	22	29

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,704 students whose age under twenty five and 59 students whose age is over thirty years old at Muhlenberg College.

Especially, 52 students are younger than eighteen and 1 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Muhlenberg College.

Population by Student Age at Muhlenberg College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,737	730	1,007
Under 18	52	17	35
18-19	789	345	444
20-21	742	287	455
22-24	102	59	43
25-29	17	7	10
30-34	5	4	1
35-39	8	5	3
40-49	13	4	9
50-64	9	2	7
Total	1,737	730	1,007

Population by Student Age at Muhlenberg College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	51	22	29
20-21	1	1	0
22-24	18	12	6
25-29	8	2	6
30-34	7	3	4
35-39	4	0	4
40-49	5	1	4
50-64	7	3	4
65 and over	1	0	1
Total	51	22	29

Online Student Population

At Muhlenberg College, 52 students (2.91% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 52 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 44 students live in Pennsylvania where Muhlenberg College is located in and 8 students have enrolled from other states.