Tennessee State University Student Population and Demographics

Tennessee State Student Population

There are 9,218 students including 7,678 undergraduate and 1,540 graduate students at Tennessee State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 7,335 full-time and 1,883 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,158 male and 6,060 female students. Tennessee State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 918 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Tennessee State University has a total enrollment of 9,218 with a gender distribution of 34.26% male (3,158 students) and 65.74% female (6,060 students). There are 2,620 male and 5,058 female students in undergraduate school and 538 male and 1,002 female students are attending graduate school at Tennessee State University.

Student Population By Gender
Tennessee State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,218	3,158	6,060
Undergraduate	7,678	2,620	5,058
Graduate	1,540	538	1,002
Full-time	7,335	2,495	4,840
Part-time	1,883	663	1,220

[Chart] Tennessee State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Tennessee State University has 7,335 full-time and 1,883 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 6,686 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 992 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 649 students are full-time and 891 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Tennessee State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,218	7,335	1,883
Undergraduate	7,678	6,686	992
Graduate	1,540	649	891
Men	3,158	2,495	663
Women	6,060	4,840	1,220

[Chart] Tennessee State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Tennessee State University, 918 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,406 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,218 students. In undergraduate schools, 4,577 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 747 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Tennessee State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,218	7,678	1,540
Online Exclusively	918	541	377
In Some Online Classes	4,406	4,036	370
Not In Online Classes	3,894	3,101	793

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Tennessee State University. There are 12 American Indian/Native American, 946 White, 7,247 Black/African American, 91 Asian, 231 Hispanic, 5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 96 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Tennessee State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,218	3,158	6,060
American Indian/Native American	12	2	10
Asian	91	36	55
Black/African American	7,247	2,388	4,859
Hispanic	231	88	143
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	1	4
White	946	345	601
Two More	241	73	168
Race Un-Known	48	23	25

[Chart] Tennessee State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Tennessee State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,218	7,678	1,540
Under 18	513	513	0
Age 18-19	4,286	4,286	0
Age 20-21	1,524	1,510	14
Age 22-24	1,035	735	300
Age 25-29	595	248	347
Age 30-34	370	138	232
Age 35-39	261	74	187
Age 40-49	364	103	261
Age 50-64	240	62	178
Over 64	30	9	21
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Tennessee State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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