Enrollment Statistics at Missouri Colleges

Student Population at Missouri Colleges

At Missouri colleges, there are 329,806 students including 256,772 undergraduate and 73,034 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2023-2024. By attending status, there are 198,395 full-time and 131,411 part-time students.By gender, 41.14% male and 58.86% female students enrolled in Missouri colleges in the academic year 2023-2024.

Student Population By Gender
Missouri Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	329,806	135,683	194,123
Undergraduate	256,772	104,815	151,957
Graduate	73,034	30,868	42,166
By Attending Status
Full-time	198,395	84,880	113,515
Part-time	131,411	50,803	80,608

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Missouri Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Missouri colleges have a total of 198,395 full-time students and 131,411 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 158,893 students are attending classes with full-time status and 97,879 are part-time students. In graduate school, 39,502 students are full-time and 33,532 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Missouri Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	329,806	198,395	131,411
Undergraduate	256,772	158,893	97,879
Graduate	73,034	39,502	33,532

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Missouri Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Missouri colleges, 71,781 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 91,596 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 329,806 students. In undergraduate schools, 124,717 students enrolled in online courses and 38,660 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2023-2024)
Missouri Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	329,806	256,772	73,034
Online Exclusively	71,781	46,348	25,433
In Some Online Classes	91,596	78,369	13,227
Not In Online Classes	166,429	132,055	34,374

[Chart] Missouri Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Missouri colleges. There are 213,476 Caucasian, 32,529 Black/African American, 12,476 Asian, and 21,622 Hispanic students in Missouri colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Missouri Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	329,806	135,683	194,123
American Indian/Native American	1,482	596	886
Asian	12,476	5,374	7,102
Black/African American	32,529	11,680	20,849
Hispanic	21,622	8,830	12,792
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	556	252	304
White	213,476	85,703	127,773
Two More	12,768	5,107	7,661
Un-Known	14,535	6,279	8,256

[Chart] Missouri Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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