Appalachian State University Student Population and Demographics

Appalachian State Student Population

There are 21,570 students including 19,560 undergraduate and 2,010 graduate students at Appalachian State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 19,092 full-time and 2,478 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,329 male and 12,241 female students.

Appalachian State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,551 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Appalachian State University has a total enrollment of 21,570 with a gender distribution of 43.25% male (9,329 students) and 56.75% female (12,241 students). There are 8,742 male and 10,818 female students in undergraduate school and 587 male and 1,423 female students are attending graduate school at Appalachian State University.

Student Population By Gender
Appalachian State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,570	9,329	12,241
Undergraduate	19,560	8,742	10,818
Graduate	2,010	587	1,423
Full-time	19,092	8,455	10,637
Part-time	2,478	874	1,604

[Chart] Appalachian State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Appalachian State University has 19,092 full-time and 2,478 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 18,146 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,414 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 946 students are full-time and 1,064 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Appalachian State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	21,570	19,092	2,478
Undergraduate	19,560	18,146	1,414
Graduate	2,010	946	1,064
Men	9,329	8,455	874
Women	12,241	10,637	1,604

[Chart] Appalachian State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Appalachian State University, 2,551 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,977 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 21,570 students.

In undergraduate schools, 11,259 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,269 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Appalachian State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,570	19,560	2,010
Online Exclusively	2,551	1,534	1,017
In Some Online Classes	9,977	9,725	252
Not In Online Classes	9,042	8,301	741

[Chart] Appalachian State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Appalachian State University. There are 41 American Indian/Native American, 16,911 White, 760 Black/African American, 360 Asian, 1,963 Hispanic, 7 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 599 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Appalachian State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,570	9,329	12,241
American Indian/Native American	41	19	22
Asian	360	151	209
Black/African American	760	326	434
Hispanic	1,963	834	1,129
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	1	6
White	16,911	7,338	9,573
Two More	974	427	547
Race Un-Known	393	172	221

[Chart] Appalachian State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Appalachian State University.

Age Distribution
Appalachian State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,570	19,560	2,010
Under 18	266	266	0
Age 18-19	7,651	7,651	0
Age 20-21	7,905	7,779	126
Age 22-24	3,183	2,466	717
Age 25-29	1,001	643	358
Age 30-34	541	311	230
Age 35-39	360	173	187
Age 40-49	460	198	262
Age 50-64	195	68	127
Over 64	8	5	3
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Appalachian State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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