MSU Student Population and Demographics

MSU Student Population

There are 49,695 students including 38,491 undergraduate and 11,204 graduate students at Michigan State University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 43,005 full-time and 6,690 part-time students with gender distribution of 23,550 male and 26,145 female students. Michigan State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 40,974 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Michigan State University has a total enrollment of 49,695 with a gender distribution of 47.39% male (23,550 students) and 52.61% female (26,145 students). There are 18,731 male and 19,760 female students in undergraduate school and 4,819 male and 6,385 female students are attending graduate school at Michigan State University.

Student Population By Gender
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	49,695	23,550	26,145
Undergraduate	38,491	18,731	19,760
Graduate	11,204	4,819	6,385
Full-time	43,005	20,503	22,502
Part-time	6,690	3,047	3,643

[Chart] Michigan State University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Michigan State University has 43,005 full-time and 6,690 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 34,588 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,903 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 8,417 students are full-time and 2,787 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Michigan State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	49,695	43,005	6,690
Undergraduate	38,491	34,588	3,903
Graduate	11,204	8,417	2,787
Men	23,550	20,503	3,047
Women	26,145	22,502	3,643

[Chart] Michigan State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Michigan State University, 40,974 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,614 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 49,695 students. In undergraduate schools, 38,360 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 7,228 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Michigan State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	49,695	38,491	11,204
Online Exclusively	40,974	36,947	4,027
In Some Online Classes	4,614	1,413	3,201
Not In Online Classes	4,107	131	3,976

[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 125 American Indian/Native American, 33,051 White, 3,572 Black/African American, 3,244 Asian, 2,783 Hispanic, 28 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,083 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	49,695	23,550	26,145
American Indian/Native American	125	50	75
Asian	3,244	1,574	1,670
Black/African American	3,572	1,344	2,228
Hispanic	2,783	1,211	1,572
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	13	15
White	33,051	15,569	17,482
Two More	1,662	742	920
Race Un-Known	690	341	349

[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	49,695	38,491	11,204
Under 18	740	739	1
Age 18-19	15,847	15,845	2
Age 20-21	16,676	16,503	173
Age 22-24	7,600	4,419	3,181
Age 25-29	5,046	673	4,373
Age 30-34	1,870	144	1,726
Age 35-39	880	75	805
Age 40-49	741	56	685
Age 50-64	278	33	245
Over 64	17	4	13
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Michigan State University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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