Jackson State Student Population and Demographics

Jackson State Student Population

There are 6,921 students including 4,668 undergraduate and 2,253 graduate students at Jackson State University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 5,107 full-time and 1,814 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,125 male and 4,796 female students. Jackson State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,653 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Jackson State University has a total enrollment of 6,921 with a gender distribution of 30.70% male (2,125 students) and 69.30% female (4,796 students). There are 1,607 male and 3,061 female students in undergraduate school and 518 male and 1,735 female students are attending graduate school at Jackson State University.

Student Population By Gender
Jackson State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,921	2,125	4,796
Undergraduate	4,668	1,607	3,061
Graduate	2,253	518	1,735
Full-time	5,107	1,682	3,425
Part-time	1,814	443	1,371

[Chart] Jackson State University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Jackson State University has 5,107 full-time and 1,814 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,171 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 497 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 936 students are full-time and 1,317 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Jackson State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,921	5,107	1,814
Undergraduate	4,668	4,171	497
Graduate	2,253	936	1,317
Men	2,125	1,682	443
Women	4,796	3,425	1,371

[Chart] Jackson State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Jackson State University, 2,653 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,033 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,921 students. In undergraduate schools, 3,939 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,747 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Jackson State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,921	4,668	2,253
Online Exclusively	2,653	1,409	1,244
In Some Online Classes	3,033	2,530	503
Not In Online Classes	1,235	729	506

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Jackson State University. There are 28 American Indian/Native American, 298 White, 6,228 Black/African American, 25 Asian, 58 Hispanic, 1 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 23 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Jackson State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,921	2,125	4,796
American Indian/Native American	28	7	21
Asian	25	9	16
Black/African American	6,228	1,864	4,364
Hispanic	58	25	33
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	298	95	203
Two More	76	23	53

[Chart] Jackson State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Jackson State University.

Age Distribution
Jackson State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,921	4,668	2,253
Under 18	19	19	0
Age 18-19	1,289	1,289	0
Age 20-21	1,374	1,365	9
Age 22-24	1,255	941	314
Age 25-29	889	384	505
Age 30-34	551	226	325
Age 35-39	461	160	301
Age 40-49	659	191	468
Age 50-64	391	91	300
Over 64	33	2	31
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Jackson State University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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