Michigan State University Student Population and Demographics

MSU Student Population

There are 49,659 students including 38,574 undergraduate and 11,085 graduate students at Michigan State University for academic year 2021-2022. By attending status, there are 43,142 full-time and 6,517 part-time students with gender distribution of 23,366 male and 26,293 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 49,659 with a gender distribution of 47.05% male (23,366 students) and 52.95% female (26,293 students). There are 18,668 male and 19,906 female students in undergraduate school and 4,698 male and 6,387 female students are attending graduate school at Michigan State University.

Student Population By Gender
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	49,659	23,366	26,293
Undergraduate	38,574	18,668	19,906
Graduate	11,085	4,698	6,387
Full-time	43,142	20,361	22,781
Part-time	6,517	3,005	3,512

[Chart] Michigan State University 2022 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Michigan State University has 43,142 full-time and 6,517 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 35,062 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,512 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 8,080 students are full-time and 3,005 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Michigan State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	49,659	43,142	6,517
Undergraduate	38,574	35,062	3,512
Graduate	11,085	8,080	3,005
Men	23,366	20,361	3,005
Women	26,293	22,781	3,512

[Chart] Michigan State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Michigan State University, 3,988 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 33,526 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 49,659 students. In undergraduate schools, 33,374 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,140 students are attending some online courses.

2022 Distance Learning Enrollment
Michigan State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	49,659	38,574	11,085
Online Exclusively	3,988	1,643	2,345
In Some Online Classes	33,526	31,731	1,795
Not In Online Classes	12,145	5,200	6,945

[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 113 American Indian/Native American, 32,759 White, 3,438 Black/African American, 3,538 Asian, 2,985 Hispanic, 28 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,201 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Michigan State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	49,659	23,366	26,293
American Indian/Native American	113	43	70
Asian	3,538	1,731	1,807
Black/African American	3,438	1,308	2,130
Hispanic	2,985	1,294	1,691
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	16	12
White	32,759	15,259	17,500
Two More	1,682	724	958
Race Un-Known	1,010	477	533

[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	49,659	38,574	11,085
Under 18	767	767	0
Age 18-19	16,449	16,448	1
Age 20-21	16,587	16,390	197
Age 22-24	7,327	4,126	3,201
Age 25-29	4,862	570	4,292
Age 30-34	1,880	128	1,752
Age 35-39	806	66	740
Age 40-49	714	57	657
Age 50-64	255	19	236
Over 64	12	3	9
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Michigan State University 2022 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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