Michigan State University Student Population and Demographics

MSU Student Population

There are 52,089 students including 41,234 undergraduate and 10,855 graduate students at Michigan State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 46,862 full-time and 5,227 part-time students with gender distribution of 24,439 male and 27,650 female students.

Michigan State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,681 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Michigan State University has a total enrollment of 52,089 with a gender distribution of 46.92% male (24,439 students) and 53.08% female (27,650 students). There are 19,921 male and 21,313 female students in undergraduate school and 4,518 male and 6,337 female students are attending graduate school at Michigan State University.

Student Population By Gender
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	52,089	24,439	27,650
Undergraduate	41,234	19,921	21,313
Graduate	10,855	4,518	6,337
Full-time	46,862	22,158	24,704
Part-time	5,227	2,281	2,946

[Chart] Michigan State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Michigan State University has 46,862 full-time and 5,227 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 38,546 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,688 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 8,316 students are full-time and 2,539 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Michigan State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	52,089	46,862	5,227
Undergraduate	41,234	38,546	2,688
Graduate	10,855	8,316	2,539
Men	24,439	22,158	2,281
Women	27,650	24,704	2,946

[Chart] Michigan State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Michigan State University, 2,681 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 24,643 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 52,089 students.

In undergraduate schools, 23,812 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,512 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Michigan State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	52,089	41,234	10,855
Online Exclusively	2,681	439	2,242
In Some Online Classes	24,643	23,373	1,270
Not In Online Classes	24,765	17,422	7,343

[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 144 American Indian/Native American, 33,416 White, 3,364 Black/African American, 4,087 Asian, 3,477 Hispanic, 32 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,505 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	52,089	24,439	27,650
American Indian/Native American	144	64	80
Asian	4,087	1,998	2,089
Black/African American	3,364	1,349	2,015
Hispanic	3,477	1,527	1,950
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	20	12
White	33,416	15,351	18,065
Two More	2,158	985	1,173
Race Un-Known	992	520	472

[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	52,089	41,234	10,855
Under 18	1,034	1,034	0
Age 18-19	17,864	17,859	5
Age 20-21	17,684	17,481	203
Age 22-24	7,193	4,074	3,119
Age 25-29	4,780	491	4,289
Age 30-34	1,746	149	1,597
Age 35-39	786	58	728
Age 40-49	758	59	699
Age 50-64	233	28	205
Over 64	11	1	10
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Michigan State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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