Messiah University Student Population and Demographics

Messiah Student Population

There are 3,373 students including 2,618 undergraduate and 755 graduate students at Messiah University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,486 full-time and 887 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,292 male and 2,081 female students.

Messiah University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 721 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Messiah University has a total enrollment of 3,373 with a gender distribution of 38.30% male (1,292 students) and 61.70% female (2,081 students). There are 1,095 male and 1,523 female students in undergraduate school and 197 male and 558 female students are attending graduate school at Messiah University.

Student Population By Gender
Messiah University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,373	1,292	2,081
Undergraduate	2,618	1,095	1,523
Graduate	755	197	558
Full-time	2,486	1,001	1,485
Part-time	887	291	596

[Chart] Messiah University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Messiah University has 2,486 full-time and 887 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 2,212 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 406 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 274 students are full-time and 481 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Messiah University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,373	2,486	887
Undergraduate	2,618	2,212	406
Graduate	755	274	481
Men	1,292	1,001	291
Women	2,081	1,485	596

[Chart] Messiah University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Messiah University, 721 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 653 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 3,373 students.

In undergraduate schools, 867 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 507 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Messiah University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,373	2,618	755
Online Exclusively	721	281	440
In Some Online Classes	653	586	67
Not In Online Classes	1,999	1,751	248

[Chart] Messiah University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Messiah University. There are 3 American Indian/Native American, 2,537 White, 159 Black/African American, 124 Asian, 287 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 66 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Messiah University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,373	1,292	2,081
American Indian/Native American	3	2	1
Asian	124	44	80
Black/African American	159	55	104
Hispanic	287	96	191
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0	3
White	2,537	1,001	1,536
Two More	135	48	87
Race Un-Known	50	18	32

[Chart] Messiah UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Messiah University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,373	2,618	755
Under 18	339	339	0
Age 18-19	1,079	1,079	0
Age 20-21	993	981	12
Age 22-24	398	167	231
Age 25-29	201	23	178
Age 30-34	83	7	76
Age 35-39	87	8	79
Age 40-49	115	6	109
Age 50-64	73	6	67
Over 64	5	2	3
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Messiah University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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