University of Missouri-Columbia Student Population and Demographics

Mizzou Student Population

There are 31,543 students including 24,449 undergraduate and 7,094 graduate students at University of Missouri-Columbia for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 27,339 full-time and 4,204 part-time students with gender distribution of 13,804 male and 17,739 female students.

University of Missouri-Columbia is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,557 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Missouri-Columbia has a total enrollment of 31,543 with a gender distribution of 43.76% male (13,804 students) and 56.24% female (17,739 students). There are 11,046 male and 13,403 female students in undergraduate school and 2,758 male and 4,336 female students are attending graduate school at University of Missouri-Columbia.

Student Population By Gender
University of Missouri-Columbia
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,543	13,804	17,739
Undergraduate	24,449	11,046	13,403
Graduate	7,094	2,758	4,336
Full-time	27,339	12,074	15,265
Part-time	4,204	1,730	2,474

[Chart] University of Missouri-Columbia 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Missouri-Columbia has 27,339 full-time and 4,204 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 23,038 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,411 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 4,301 students are full-time and 2,793 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Missouri-Columbia
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	31,543	27,339	4,204
Undergraduate	24,449	23,038	1,411
Graduate	7,094	4,301	2,793
Men	13,804	12,074	1,730
Women	17,739	15,265	2,474

[Chart] University of Missouri-Columbia Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Missouri-Columbia, 3,557 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,572 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 31,543 students.

In undergraduate schools, 12,822 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,307 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Missouri-Columbia
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,543	24,449	7,094
Online Exclusively	3,557	1,186	2,371
In Some Online Classes	12,572	11,636	936
Not In Online Classes	15,414	11,627	3,787

[Chart] University of Missouri-Columbia Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Missouri-Columbia. There are 52 American Indian/Native American, 23,890 White, 1,602 Black/African American, 933 Asian, 1,843 Hispanic, 24 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 812 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Missouri-Columbia
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,543	13,804	17,739
American Indian/Native American	52	23	29
Asian	933	438	495
Black/African American	1,602	662	940
Hispanic	1,843	808	1,035
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	7	17
White	23,890	10,342	13,548
Two More	1,281	551	730
Race Un-Known	501	261	240

[Chart] University of Missouri-ColumbiaRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
University of Missouri-Columbia
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,543	24,449	7,094
Under 18	104	104	0
Age 18-19	10,700	10,699	1
Age 20-21	10,263	10,075	188
Age 22-24	4,982	2,807	2,175
Age 25-29	2,546	410	2,136
Age 30-34	1,173	137	1,036
Age 35-39	698	99	599
Age 40-49	753	78	675
Age 50-64	304	34	270
Over 64	20	6	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Missouri-Columbia 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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