Mississippi State University Student Population and Demographics

Mississippi State Student Population

There are 23,150 students including 18,567 undergraduate and 4,583 graduate students at Mississippi State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 19,347 full-time and 3,803 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,153 male and 11,997 female students.

Mississippi State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,877 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Mississippi State University has a total enrollment of 23,150 with a gender distribution of 48.18% male (11,153 students) and 51.82% female (11,997 students). There are 9,137 male and 9,430 female students in undergraduate school and 2,016 male and 2,567 female students are attending graduate school at Mississippi State University.

Student Population By Gender
Mississippi State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,150	11,153	11,997
Undergraduate	18,567	9,137	9,430
Graduate	4,583	2,016	2,567
Full-time	19,347	9,191	10,156
Part-time	3,803	1,962	1,841

[Chart] Mississippi State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Mississippi State University has 19,347 full-time and 3,803 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,913 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,654 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,434 students are full-time and 2,149 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mississippi State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,150	19,347	3,803
Undergraduate	18,567	16,913	1,654
Graduate	4,583	2,434	2,149
Men	11,153	9,191	1,962
Women	11,997	10,156	1,841

[Chart] Mississippi State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Mississippi State University, 3,877 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,082 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,150 students.

In undergraduate schools, 7,639 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,320 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Mississippi State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,150	18,567	4,583
Online Exclusively	3,877	1,942	1,935
In Some Online Classes	6,082	5,697	385
Not In Online Classes	13,191	10,928	2,263

[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 111 American Indian/Native American, 16,265 White, 3,610 Black/African American, 398 Asian, 1,025 Hispanic, 13 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 389 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Mississippi State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,150	11,153	11,997
American Indian/Native American	111	49	62
Asian	398	226	172
Black/African American	3,610	1,571	2,039
Hispanic	1,025	482	543
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	8	5
White	16,265	7,854	8,411
Two More	599	284	315
Race Un-Known	195	105	90

[Chart] Mississippi State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Mississippi State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,150	18,567	4,583
Under 18	273	273	0
Age 18-19	6,745	6,745	0
Age 20-21	7,625	7,525	100
Age 22-24	4,155	2,690	1,465
Age 25-29	1,812	588	1,224
Age 30-34	870	263	607
Age 35-39	596	197	399
Age 40-49	709	201	508
Age 50-64	331	76	255
Over 64	34	9	25
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Mississippi State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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