Tennessee State University Student Population and Demographics

Tennessee State Student Population

There are 6,310 students including 5,057 undergraduate and 1,253 graduate students at Tennessee State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 5,072 full-time and 1,238 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,183 male and 4,127 female students.

Tennessee State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 490 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Tennessee State University has a total enrollment of 6,310 with a gender distribution of 34.60% male (2,183 students) and 65.40% female (4,127 students). There are 1,755 male and 3,302 female students in undergraduate school and 428 male and 825 female students are attending graduate school at Tennessee State University.

Student Population By Gender
Tennessee State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,310	2,183	4,127
Undergraduate	5,057	1,755	3,302
Graduate	1,253	428	825
Full-time	5,072	1,727	3,345
Part-time	1,238	456	782

[Chart] Tennessee State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Tennessee State University has 5,072 full-time and 1,238 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,476 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 581 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 596 students are full-time and 657 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Tennessee State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,310	5,072	1,238
Undergraduate	5,057	4,476	581
Graduate	1,253	596	657
Men	2,183	1,727	456
Women	4,127	3,345	782

[Chart] Tennessee State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Tennessee State University, 490 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,714 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,310 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,766 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 438 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Tennessee State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,310	5,057	1,253
Online Exclusively	490	224	266
In Some Online Classes	2,714	2,542	172
Not In Online Classes	3,106	2,291	815

[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 6 American Indian/Native American, 606 White, 4,758 Black/African American, 58 Asian, 227 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 138 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Tennessee State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,310	2,183	4,127
American Indian/Native American	6	2	4
Asian	58	27	31
Black/African American	4,758	1,561	3,197
Hispanic	227	90	137
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	606	232	374
Two More	170	55	115
Race Un-Known	219	83	136

[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	6,310	5,057	1,253
Under 18	288	288	0
Age 18-19	1,641	1,641	0
Age 20-21	2,272	2,255	17
Age 22-24	745	479	266
Age 25-29	477	143	334
Age 30-34	244	87	157
Age 35-39	170	49	121
Age 40-49	258	63	195
Age 50-64	181	45	136
Over 64	33	6	27
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

[Chart] Tennessee State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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