University of Mississippi Student Population and Demographics

Ole Miss Student Population

There are 26,449 students including 21,585 undergraduate and 4,864 graduate students at University of Mississippi for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 24,153 full-time and 2,296 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,025 male and 15,424 female students.

University of Mississippi is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,904 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Mississippi has a total enrollment of 26,449 with a gender distribution of 41.68% male (11,025 students) and 58.32% female (15,424 students). There are 9,234 male and 12,351 female students in undergraduate school and 1,791 male and 3,073 female students are attending graduate school at University of Mississippi.

Student Population By Gender
University of Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	26,449	11,025	15,424
Undergraduate	21,585	9,234	12,351
Graduate	4,864	1,791	3,073
Full-time	24,153	10,169	13,984
Part-time	2,296	856	1,440

[Chart] University of Mississippi 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Mississippi has 24,153 full-time and 2,296 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 20,534 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,051 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,619 students are full-time and 1,245 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Mississippi
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	26,449	24,153	2,296
Undergraduate	21,585	20,534	1,051
Graduate	4,864	3,619	1,245
Men	11,025	10,169	856
Women	15,424	13,984	1,440

[Chart] University of Mississippi Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Mississippi, 1,904 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,512 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 26,449 students.

In undergraduate schools, 14,828 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,588 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Mississippi
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	26,449	21,585	4,864
Online Exclusively	1,904	1,195	709
In Some Online Classes	14,512	13,633	879
Not In Online Classes	10,033	6,757	3,276

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Mississippi. There are 66 American Indian/Native American, 19,737 White, 2,818 Black/African American, 601 Asian, 1,410 Hispanic, 20 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 401 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	26,449	11,025	15,424
American Indian/Native American	66	21	45
Asian	601	263	338
Black/African American	2,818	946	1,872
Hispanic	1,410	600	810
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	9	11
White	19,737	8,341	11,396
Two More	713	287	426
Race Un-Known	247	114	133

[Chart] University of MississippiRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
University of Mississippi
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	26,449	21,585	4,864
Under 18	59	59	0
Age 18-19	9,404	9,404	0
Age 20-21	8,657	8,576	81
Age 22-24	4,775	2,734	2,041
Age 25-29	1,855	410	1,445
Age 30-34	614	139	475
Age 35-39	404	88	316
Age 40-49	461	94	367
Age 50-64	184	53	131
Over 64	36	28	8
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Mississippi 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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