Murray State University Student Population and Demographics

Murray State Student Population

There are 10,020 students including 7,851 undergraduate and 2,169 graduate students at Murray State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 6,724 full-time and 3,296 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,698 male and 6,322 female students.

Murray State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,796 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Murray State University has a total enrollment of 10,020 with a gender distribution of 36.91% male (3,698 students) and 63.09% female (6,322 students). There are 3,001 male and 4,850 female students in undergraduate school and 697 male and 1,472 female students are attending graduate school at Murray State University.

Student Population By Gender
Murray State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,020	3,698	6,322
Undergraduate	7,851	3,001	4,850
Graduate	2,169	697	1,472
Full-time	6,724	2,537	4,187
Part-time	3,296	1,161	2,135

[Chart] Murray State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Murray State University has 6,724 full-time and 3,296 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 6,121 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,730 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 603 students are full-time and 1,566 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Murray State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	10,020	6,724	3,296
Undergraduate	7,851	6,121	1,730
Graduate	2,169	603	1,566
Men	3,698	2,537	1,161
Women	6,322	4,187	2,135

[Chart] Murray State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Murray State University, 1,796 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,286 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 10,020 students.

In undergraduate schools, 3,815 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,267 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Murray State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,020	7,851	2,169
Online Exclusively	1,796	876	920
In Some Online Classes	3,286	2,939	347
Not In Online Classes	4,938	4,036	902

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Murray State University. There are 12 American Indian/Native American, 7,468 White, 574 Black/African American, 83 Asian, 342 Hispanic, 2 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 265 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Murray State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,020	3,698	6,322
American Indian/Native American	12	5	7
Asian	83	28	55
Black/African American	574	242	332
Hispanic	342	140	202
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	7,468	2,690	4,778
Two More	329	118	211
Race Un-Known	357	147	210

[Chart] Murray State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Murray State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,020	7,851	2,169
Under 18	1,008	1,007	1
Age 18-19	2,849	2,676	173
Age 20-21	2,693	2,477	216
Age 22-24	1,515	1,011	504
Age 25-29	662	247	415
Age 30-34	393	151	242
Age 35-39	312	107	205
Age 40-49	394	103	291
Age 50-64	162	53	109
Over 64	32	19	13
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Murray State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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