Missouri Western State University Student Population and Demographics

MWSU Student Population

There are 3,716 students including 3,491 undergraduate and 225 graduate students at Missouri Western State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,096 full-time and 1,620 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,428 male and 2,288 female students.

Missouri Western State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 328 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Missouri Western State University has a total enrollment of 3,716 with a gender distribution of 38.43% male (1,428 students) and 61.57% female (2,288 students). There are 1,361 male and 2,130 female students in undergraduate school and 67 male and 158 female students are attending graduate school at Missouri Western State University.

Student Population By Gender
Missouri Western State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,716	1,428	2,288
Undergraduate	3,491	1,361	2,130
Graduate	225	67	158
Full-time	2,096	852	1,244
Part-time	1,620	576	1,044

[Chart] Missouri Western State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Missouri Western State University has 2,096 full-time and 1,620 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 2,010 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,481 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 86 students are full-time and 139 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Missouri Western State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,716	2,096	1,620
Undergraduate	3,491	2,010	1,481
Graduate	225	86	139
Men	1,428	852	576
Women	2,288	1,244	1,044

[Chart] Missouri Western State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Missouri Western State University, 328 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,585 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 3,716 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,715 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 198 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Missouri Western State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,716	3,491	225
Online Exclusively	328	210	118
In Some Online Classes	1,585	1,505	80
Not In Online Classes	1,803	1,776	27

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Missouri Western State University. There are 65 American Indian/Native American, 2,493 White, 378 Black/African American, 66 Asian, 32 Hispanic, 7 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 241 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Missouri Western State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,716	1,428	2,288
American Indian/Native American	65	25	40
Asian	66	21	45
Black/African American	378	180	198
Hispanic	32	13	19
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	3	4
White	2,493	937	1,556
Two More	350	140	210
Race Un-Known	291	101	190

[Chart] Missouri Western State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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