Portland State University Student Population and Demographics

Portland State Student Population

There are 19,951 students including 15,414 undergraduate and 4,537 graduate students at Portland State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 12,384 full-time and 7,567 part-time students with gender distribution of 8,449 male and 11,502 female students.

Portland State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,460 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Portland State University has a total enrollment of 19,951 with a gender distribution of 42.35% male (8,449 students) and 57.65% female (11,502 students). There are 6,707 male and 8,707 female students in undergraduate school and 1,742 male and 2,795 female students are attending graduate school at Portland State University.

Student Population By Gender
Portland State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	19,951	8,449	11,502
Undergraduate	15,414	6,707	8,707
Graduate	4,537	1,742	2,795
Full-time	12,384	5,239	7,145
Part-time	7,567	3,210	4,357

[Chart] Portland State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Portland State University has 12,384 full-time and 7,567 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,139 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,275 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,245 students are full-time and 2,292 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Portland State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	19,951	12,384	7,567
Undergraduate	15,414	10,139	5,275
Graduate	4,537	2,245	2,292
Men	8,449	5,239	3,210
Women	11,502	7,145	4,357

[Chart] Portland State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Portland State University, 3,460 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,027 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 19,951 students.

In undergraduate schools, 8,737 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,750 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Portland State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	19,951	15,414	4,537
Online Exclusively	3,460	2,728	732
In Some Online Classes	7,027	6,009	1,018
Not In Online Classes	9,464	6,677	2,787

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Portland State University. There are 66 American Indian/Native American, 9,488 White, 1,042 Black/African American, 1,856 Asian, 3,933 Hispanic, 117 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 986 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Portland State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	19,951	8,449	11,502
American Indian/Native American	66	24	42
Asian	1,856	911	945
Black/African American	1,042	471	571
Hispanic	3,933	1,480	2,453
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	117	48	69
White	9,488	3,930	5,558
Two More	1,491	602	889
Race Un-Known	877	384	493

[Chart] Portland State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Portland State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	19,951	15,414	4,537
Under 18	1,105	1,105	0
Age 18-19	2,726	2,725	1
Age 20-21	3,092	3,080	12
Age 22-24	3,995	3,399	596
Age 25-29	3,631	2,265	1,366
Age 30-34	2,084	1,152	932
Age 35-39	1,333	733	600
Age 40-49	1,399	673	726
Age 50-64	522	247	275
Over 64	63	34	29
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

[Chart] Portland State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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