MUM students are from 83 different countries, including Nepal, Ethiopia, China, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Mongolia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Eritrea, Jordan, Pakistan, and Cambodia, but the majority of the students are from the USA.

Record entry of computer students pushes MUM enrollment to record high
by Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, The Review
23 March 2015

A record 126 students arrived for the Computer Professionals February entry, helping to boost enrollment at Maharishi University of Management (MUM) to 1,429 students, which is itself a record.

The total number of students on the Fairfield campus as of mid-February was 825. In addition, 511 students are taking courses via distance education.

The large number of distance education students is due to the Computer Professionals program, whose students spend six months on campus before beginning the practicum phase of their studies during which they work at companies around the U.S. while finishing their degrees.

The total enrollment also includes 87 students in South Africa. Students at Maharishi Invincibility Institute (MII) in Johannesburg do their lower-division work through MII and then enroll in the MUM business major for their final two years, taking their courses via distance education.

And finally, the total also includes 24 non-degree-seeking students—those who aren't in a program but are taking a stand-alone course, typically in the areas of Maharishi Vedic Science, business, and Maharishi AyurVeda.

Graduate students are by far the largest segment of the student body, numbering 1,078. Of those, 783 are enrolled in the MS in computer science.

Of the degree-seeking students, 406 are from the U.S. and 1,002 are from over 80 countries around the world. The recent group of newly arrived computer students included 47 from Nepal.

Currently there are 353 undergraduate students, with Media and Communications being the largest major, followed by Physiology and Health.

The Computer Professionals students hail from 47 countries, with 148 being from Nepal, 125 from Ethiopia, 75 from China, 72 from Bangladesh, 49 from Egypt, 35 from Mongolia, 32 from Vietnam, and 32 from India.

While most of the Computer Professional students come from other countries, currently 44 are U.S. students, including three U.S. citizens and the rest being U.S. permanent residents.

Altogether in all programs, MUM has students from 83 countries, including 329 from the U.S., 161 from Nepal, 145 from Ethiopia, 104 from China, 73 from Bangladesh, 50 from Egypt, 49 from India, 45 from Mongolia, 34 from Vietnam, 31 from the Philippines, 24 from Eritrea, 23 from Jordan, 23 from Pakistan, and 19 from Cambodia.

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