Morehead State University Student Population and Demographics

Morehead State Student Population

There are 8,791 students including 8,258 undergraduate and 533 graduate students at Morehead State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,678 full-time and 4,113 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,428 male and 5,363 female students.

Morehead State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,107 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Morehead State University has a total enrollment of 8,791 with a gender distribution of 38.99% male (3,428 students) and 61.01% female (5,363 students). There are 3,239 male and 5,019 female students in undergraduate school and 189 male and 344 female students are attending graduate school at Morehead State University.

Student Population By Gender
Morehead State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,791	3,428	5,363
Undergraduate	8,258	3,239	5,019
Graduate	533	189	344
Full-time	4,678	1,870	2,808
Part-time	4,113	1,558	2,555

[Chart] Morehead State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Morehead State University has 4,678 full-time and 4,113 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,507 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,751 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 171 students are full-time and 362 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Morehead State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	8,791	4,678	4,113
Undergraduate	8,258	4,507	3,751
Graduate	533	171	362
Men	3,428	1,870	1,558
Women	5,363	2,808	2,555

[Chart] Morehead State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Morehead State University, 1,107 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,391 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 8,791 students.

In undergraduate schools, 3,988 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 510 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Morehead State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,791	8,258	533
Online Exclusively	1,107	639	468
In Some Online Classes	3,391	3,349	42
Not In Online Classes	4,293	4,270	23

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Morehead State University. There are 18 American Indian/Native American, 7,009 White, 275 Black/African American, 81 Asian, 324 Hispanic, 8 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 388 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Morehead State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,791	3,428	5,363
American Indian/Native American	18	11	7
Asian	81	39	42
Black/African American	275	121	154
Hispanic	324	126	198
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	4	4
White	7,009	2,671	4,338
Two More	328	127	201
Race Un-Known	613	261	352

[Chart] Morehead State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Morehead State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,791	8,258	533
Under 18	2,717	2,717	0
Age 18-19	2,519	2,519	0
Age 20-21	1,656	1,652	4
Age 22-24	902	787	115
Age 25-29	320	213	107
Age 30-34	188	120	68
Age 35-39	162	93	69
Age 40-49	195	87	108
Age 50-64	104	47	57
Over 64	28	23	5
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Morehead State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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