Metropolitan State University of Denver Student Population and Demographics

Metropolitan State University of Denver Student Population

There are 18,453 students including 17,274 undergraduate and 1,179 graduate students at Metropolitan State University of Denver for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 9,538 full-time and 8,915 part-time students with gender distribution of 8,180 male and 10,273 female students.

Metropolitan State University of Denver is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,515 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Metropolitan State University of Denver has a total enrollment of 18,453 with a gender distribution of 44.33% male (8,180 students) and 55.67% female (10,273 students). There are 7,887 male and 9,387 female students in undergraduate school and 293 male and 886 female students are attending graduate school at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Student Population By Gender
Metropolitan State University of Denver
	Total	Men	Women
Total	18,453	8,180	10,273
Undergraduate	17,274	7,887	9,387
Graduate	1,179	293	886
Full-time	9,538	4,283	5,255
Part-time	8,915	3,897	5,018

[Chart] Metropolitan State University of Denver 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Metropolitan State University of Denver has 9,538 full-time and 8,915 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,854 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 8,420 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 684 students are full-time and 495 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Metropolitan State University of Denver
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	18,453	9,538	8,915
Undergraduate	17,274	8,854	8,420
Graduate	1,179	684	495
Men	8,180	4,283	3,897
Women	10,273	5,255	5,018

[Chart] Metropolitan State University of Denver Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Metropolitan State University of Denver, 4,515 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,384 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 18,453 students.

In undergraduate schools, 11,054 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 845 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Metropolitan State University of Denver
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	18,453	17,274	1,179
Online Exclusively	4,515	4,049	466
In Some Online Classes	7,384	7,005	379
Not In Online Classes	6,554	6,220	334

[Chart] Metropolitan State University of Denver Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Metropolitan State University of Denver. There are 171 American Indian/Native American, 7,982 White, 1,453 Black/African American, 788 Asian, 6,637 Hispanic, 40 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 570 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Metropolitan State University of Denver
	Total	Men	Women
Total	18,453	8,180	10,273
American Indian/Native American	171	68	103
Asian	788	382	406
Black/African American	1,453	689	764
Hispanic	6,637	2,637	4,000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	24	16
White	7,982	3,742	4,240
Two More	988	436	552
Race Un-Known	246	134	112

[Chart] Metropolitan State University of DenverRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Metropolitan State University of Denver
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	18,453	17,274	1,179
Under 18	1,699	1,699	0
Age 18-19	3,508	3,508	0
Age 20-21	3,240	3,235	5
Age 22-24	3,510	3,322	188
Age 25-29	2,911	2,546	365
Age 30-34	1,511	1,272	239
Age 35-39	891	729	162
Age 40-49	837	677	160
Age 50-64	314	256	58
Over 64	31	29	2
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

[Chart] Metropolitan State University of Denver 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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