Mississippi State University Student Population and Demographics

Mississippi State Student Population

There are 22,986 students including 18,803 undergraduate and 4,183 graduate students at Mississippi State University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 19,078 full-time and 3,908 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,317 male and 11,669 female students. Mississippi State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,762 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Mississippi State University has a total enrollment of 22,986 with a gender distribution of 49.23% male (11,317 students) and 50.77% female (11,669 students). There are 9,466 male and 9,337 female students in undergraduate school and 1,851 male and 2,332 female students are attending graduate school at Mississippi State University.

Student Population By Gender
Mississippi State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,986	11,317	11,669
Undergraduate	18,803	9,466	9,337
Graduate	4,183	1,851	2,332
Full-time	19,078	9,311	9,767
Part-time	3,908	2,006	1,902

[Chart] Mississippi State University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Mississippi State University has 19,078 full-time and 3,908 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 17,089 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,714 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,989 students are full-time and 2,194 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mississippi State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	22,986	19,078	3,908
Undergraduate	18,803	17,089	1,714
Graduate	4,183	1,989	2,194
Men	11,317	9,311	2,006
Women	11,669	9,767	1,902

[Chart] Mississippi State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Mississippi State University, 4,762 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15,544 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 22,986 students. In undergraduate schools, 17,571 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,735 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Mississippi State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,986	18,803	4,183
Online Exclusively	4,762	2,815	1,947
In Some Online Classes	15,544	14,756	788
Not In Online Classes	2,680	1,232	1,448

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Mississippi State University. There are 137 American Indian/Native American, 16,336 White, 3,955 Black/African American, 361 Asian, 785 Hispanic, 18 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 321 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Mississippi State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,986	11,317	11,669
American Indian/Native American	137	52	85
Asian	361	213	148
Black/African American	3,955	1,616	2,339
Hispanic	785	390	395
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	12	6
White	16,336	8,257	8,079
Two More	489	227	262
Race Un-Known	164	94	70

[Chart] Mississippi State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Mississippi State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,986	18,803	4,183
Under 18	60	60	0
Age 18-19	5,695	5,693	2
Age 20-21	7,737	7,686	51
Age 22-24	4,897	3,759	1,138
Age 25-29	1,913	712	1,201
Age 30-34	966	327	639
Age 35-39	639	222	417
Age 40-49	747	253	494
Age 50-64	305	80	225
Over 64	27	11	16
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Mississippi State University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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