Enrollment Statistics at Mississippi Colleges

Student Population at Mississippi Colleges

At Mississippi colleges, there are 159,067 students including 136,508 undergraduate and 22,559 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2023-2024. By attending status, there are 113,678 full-time and 45,389 part-time students.By gender, 38.79% male and 61.21% female students enrolled in Mississippi colleges in the academic year 2023-2024.

Student Population By Gender
Mississippi Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	159,067	61,703	97,364
Undergraduate	136,508	53,909	82,599
Graduate	22,559	7,794	14,765
By Attending Status
Full-time	113,678	45,615	68,063
Part-time	45,389	16,088	29,301

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Mississippi Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Mississippi colleges have a total of 113,678 full-time students and 45,389 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 102,206 students are attending classes with full-time status and 34,302 are part-time students. In graduate school, 11,472 students are full-time and 11,087 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mississippi Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	159,067	113,678	45,389
Undergraduate	136,508	102,206	34,302
Graduate	22,559	11,472	11,087

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Mississippi Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Mississippi colleges, 33,597 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 55,683 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 159,067 students. In undergraduate schools, 76,351 students enrolled in online courses and 12,929 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2023-2024)
Mississippi Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	159,067	136,508	22,559
Online Exclusively	33,597	23,550	10,047
In Some Online Classes	55,683	52,801	2,882
Not In Online Classes	69,787	60,157	9,630

[Chart] Mississippi Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Mississippi colleges. There are 84,823 Caucasian, 54,822 Black/African American, 2,343 Asian, and 5,371 Hispanic students in Mississippi colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Mississippi Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	159,067	61,703	97,364
American Indian/Native American	755	277	478
Asian	2,343	1,015	1,328
Black/African American	54,822	18,181	36,641
Hispanic	5,371	2,274	3,097
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	108	36	72
White	84,823	34,836	49,987
Two More	3,400	1,342	2,058
Un-Known	4,499	2,057	2,442

[Chart] Mississippi Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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