Michigan State University Student Population and Demographics

MSU Student Population

There are 50,023 students including 39,201 undergraduate and 10,822 graduate students at Michigan State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 44,292 full-time and 5,731 part-time students with gender distribution of 23,541 male and 26,482 female students. Michigan State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,728 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Michigan State University has a total enrollment of 50,023 with a gender distribution of 47.06% male (23,541 students) and 52.94% female (26,482 students). There are 18,944 male and 20,257 female students in undergraduate school and 4,597 male and 6,225 female students are attending graduate school at Michigan State University.

Student Population By Gender
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	50,023	23,541	26,482
Undergraduate	39,201	18,944	20,257
Graduate	10,822	4,597	6,225
Full-time	44,292	20,954	23,338
Part-time	5,731	2,587	3,144

[Chart] Michigan State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Michigan State University has 44,292 full-time and 5,731 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 35,982 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,219 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 8,310 students are full-time and 2,512 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Michigan State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	50,023	44,292	5,731
Undergraduate	39,201	35,982	3,219
Graduate	10,822	8,310	2,512
Men	23,541	20,954	2,587
Women	26,482	23,338	3,144

[Chart] Michigan State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Michigan State University, 2,728 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 23,498 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 50,023 students. In undergraduate schools, 22,767 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,459 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Michigan State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	50,023	39,201	10,822
Online Exclusively	2,728	611	2,117
In Some Online Classes	23,498	22,156	1,342
Not In Online Classes	23,797	16,434	7,363

[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 130 American Indian/Native American, 32,451 White, 3,228 Black/African American, 3,781 Asian, 3,061 Hispanic, 30 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,346 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	50,023	23,541	26,482
American Indian/Native American	130	56	74
Asian	3,781	1,869	1,912
Black/African American	3,228	1,263	1,965
Hispanic	3,061	1,324	1,737
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	18	12
White	32,451	15,036	17,415
Two More	1,935	838	1,097
Race Un-Known	1,036	508	528

[Chart] Michigan State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Michigan State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	50,023	39,201	10,822
Under 18	925	925	0
Age 18-19	17,266	17,265	1
Age 20-21	16,332	16,125	207
Age 22-24	7,218	4,106	3,112
Age 25-29	4,719	528	4,191
Age 30-34	1,834	120	1,714
Age 35-39	732	55	677
Age 40-49	738	50	688
Age 50-64	250	26	224
Over 64	9	1	8
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Michigan State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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