Thomas Edison State University Student Population and Demographics

TESU Student Population

There are 7,544 students including 6,775 undergraduate and 769 graduate students at Thomas Edison State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 178 full-time and 7,366 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,470 male and 3,074 female students.

Thomas Edison State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 7,378 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Thomas Edison State University has a total enrollment of 7,544 with a gender distribution of 59.25% male (4,470 students) and 40.75% female (3,074 students). There are 4,134 male and 2,641 female students in undergraduate school and 336 male and 433 female students are attending graduate school at Thomas Edison State University.

Student Population By Gender
Thomas Edison State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,544	4,470	3,074
Undergraduate	6,775	4,134	2,641
Graduate	769	336	433
Full-time	178	31	147
Part-time	7,366	4,439	2,927

[Chart] Thomas Edison State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Thomas Edison State University has 178 full-time and 7,366 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 166 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 6,609 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 12 students are full-time and 757 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Thomas Edison State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	7,544	178	7,366
Undergraduate	6,775	166	6,609
Graduate	769	12	757
Men	4,470	31	4,439
Women	3,074	147	2,927

[Chart] Thomas Edison State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Thomas Edison State University, 7,378 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 166 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 7,544 students.

In undergraduate schools, 6,775 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 769 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Thomas Edison State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,544	6,775	769
Online Exclusively	7,378	6,609	769
In Some Online Classes	166	166	0
Not In Online Classes	0	0	0

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Thomas Edison State University. There are 29 American Indian/Native American, 3,265 White, 1,262 Black/African American, 332 Asian, 1,202 Hispanic, 29 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 780 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Thomas Edison State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,544	4,470	3,074
American Indian/Native American	29	18	11
Asian	332	194	138
Black/African American	1,262	573	689
Hispanic	1,202	689	513
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	18	11
White	3,265	2,139	1,126
Two More	300	180	120
Race Un-Known	1,028	600	428

[Chart] Thomas Edison State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Thomas Edison State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,544	6,775	769
Under 18	4	4	0
Age 18-19	31	31	0
Age 20-21	182	181	1
Age 22-24	585	570	15
Age 25-29	1,443	1,361	82
Age 30-34	1,495	1,379	116
Age 35-39	1,304	1,169	135
Age 40-49	1,596	1,350	246
Age 50-64	855	691	164
Over 64	49	39	10
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Thomas Edison State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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