MSU Student Population and Demographics

MSU Student Population

There are 50,351 students including 39,423 undergraduate and 10,928 graduate students at Michigan State University for academic year 2018-2019. By attending status, there are 43,863 full-time and 6,488 part-time students with gender distribution of 24,237 male and 26,114 female students. Michigan State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,196 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Michigan State University has a total enrollment of 50,351 with a gender distribution of 48.14% male (24,237 students) and 51.86% female (26,114 students). There are 19,438 male and 19,985 female students in undergraduate school and 4,799 male and 6,129 female students are attending graduate school at Michigan State University.

Student Population By Gender
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	50,351	24,237	26,114
Undergraduate	39,423	19,438	19,985
Graduate	10,928	4,799	6,129
Full-time	43,863	21,223	22,640
Part-time	6,488	3,014	3,474

[Chart] Michigan State University 2019 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Michigan State University has 43,863 full-time and 6,488 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 35,744 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,679 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 8,119 students are full-time and 2,809 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Michigan State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	50,351	43,863	6,488
Undergraduate	39,423	35,744	3,679
Graduate	10,928	8,119	2,809
Men	24,237	21,223	3,014
Women	26,114	22,640	3,474

[Chart] Michigan State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Michigan State University, 2,196 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,273 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 50,351 students. In undergraduate schools, 8,923 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,546 students are attending some online courses.

2019 Distance Learning Enrollment
Michigan State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	50,351	39,423	10,928
Online Exclusively	2,196	318	1,878
In Some Online Classes	9,273	8,605	668
Not In Online Classes	38,882	30,500	8,382

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Michigan State University. There are 104 American Indian/Native American, 33,210 White, 3,505 Black/African American, 2,826 Asian, 2,388 Hispanic, 52 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 931 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	50,351	24,237	26,114
American Indian/Native American	104	42	62
Asian	2,826	1,404	1,422
Black/African American	3,505	1,342	2,163
Hispanic	2,388	1,085	1,303
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	24	28
White	33,210	15,825	17,385
Two More	1,484	652	832
Race Un-Known	519	279	240

[Chart] Michigan State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Michigan State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	50,351	39,423	10,928
Under 18	820	820	0
Age 18-19	16,239	16,237	2
Age 20-21	16,533	16,385	148
Age 22-24	7,867	4,920	2,947
Age 25-29	4,994	719	4,275
Age 30-34	1,810	157	1,653
Age 35-39	920	78	842
Age 40-49	875	74	801
Age 50-64	271	30	241
Over 64	22	3	19
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Michigan State University 2019 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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