Enrollment Statistics at Mississippi Colleges

Student Population at Mississippi Colleges

At Mississippi colleges, there are 168,288 students including 146,013 undergraduate and 22,275 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 121,234 full-time and 47,054 part-time students.By gender, 39.45% male and 60.55% female students enrolled in Mississippi colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Mississippi Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	168,288	66,392	101,896
Undergraduate	146,013	58,223	87,790
Graduate	22,275	8,169	14,106
By Attending Status
Full-time	121,234	49,203	72,031
Part-time	47,054	17,189	29,865

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Mississippi Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Mississippi colleges have a total of 121,234 full-time students and 47,054 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 109,398 students are attending classes with full-time status and 36,615 are part-time students. In graduate school, 11,836 students are full-time and 10,439 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Mississippi Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	168,288	121,234	47,054
Undergraduate	146,013	109,398	36,615
Graduate	22,275	11,836	10,439

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Mississippi Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Mississippi colleges, 39,475 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 62,599 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 168,288 students. In undergraduate schools, 89,497 students enrolled in online courses and 12,577 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Mississippi Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	168,288	146,013	22,275
Online Exclusively	39,475	29,475	10,000
In Some Online Classes	62,599	60,022	2,577
Not In Online Classes	66,214	56,516	9,698

[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 87,718 Caucasian, 57,965 Black/African American, 2,509 Asian, and 6,702 Hispanic students in Mississippi colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Mississippi Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	168,288	66,392	101,896
American Indian/Native American	862	339	523
Asian	2,509	1,111	1,398
Black/African American	57,965	19,932	38,033
Hispanic	6,702	2,829	3,873
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	108	46	62
White	87,718	36,190	51,528
Two More	3,995	1,566	2,429
Un-Known	3,916	1,810	2,106

[Chart] Mississippi Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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