University of Memphis Student Population and Demographics

Memphis Student Population

There are 20,276 students including 15,770 undergraduate and 4,506 graduate students at University of Memphis for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 12,788 full-time and 7,488 part-time students with gender distribution of 8,223 male and 12,053 female students.

University of Memphis is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 5,051 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Memphis has a total enrollment of 20,276 with a gender distribution of 40.56% male (8,223 students) and 59.44% female (12,053 students). There are 6,454 male and 9,316 female students in undergraduate school and 1,769 male and 2,737 female students are attending graduate school at University of Memphis.

Student Population By Gender
University of Memphis
	Total	Men	Women
Total	20,276	8,223	12,053
Undergraduate	15,770	6,454	9,316
Graduate	4,506	1,769	2,737
Full-time	12,788	5,259	7,529
Part-time	7,488	2,964	4,524

[Chart] University of Memphis 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Memphis has 12,788 full-time and 7,488 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,544 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,226 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,244 students are full-time and 2,262 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Memphis
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	20,276	12,788	7,488
Undergraduate	15,770	10,544	5,226
Graduate	4,506	2,244	2,262
Men	8,223	5,259	2,964
Women	12,053	7,529	4,524

[Chart] University of Memphis Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Memphis, 5,051 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,430 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 20,276 students.

In undergraduate schools, 9,829 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,652 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Memphis
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	20,276	15,770	4,506
Online Exclusively	5,051	3,381	1,670
In Some Online Classes	7,430	6,448	982
Not In Online Classes	7,795	5,941	1,854

[Chart] University of Memphis Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Memphis. There are 30 American Indian/Native American, 7,556 White, 7,083 Black/African American, 1,045 Asian, 2,129 Hispanic, 20 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 364 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Memphis
	Total	Men	Women
Total	20,276	8,223	12,053
American Indian/Native American	30	13	17
Asian	1,045	501	544
Black/African American	7,083	2,263	4,820
Hispanic	2,129	852	1,277
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	8	12
White	7,556	3,361	4,195
Two More	806	310	496
Race Un-Known	97	54	43

[Chart] University of MemphisRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of Memphis.

Age Distribution
University of Memphis
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	20,276	15,770	4,506
Under 18	2,241	2,241	0
Age 18-19	3,921	3,920	1
Age 20-21	3,953	3,907	46
Age 22-24	3,942	2,775	1,167
Age 25-29	2,572	1,275	1,297
Age 30-34	1,275	582	693
Age 35-39	829	370	459
Age 40-49	986	452	534
Age 50-64	496	224	272
Over 64	61	24	37
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Memphis 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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