Student Population at Murray State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
9,479	7,679	1,800

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,479 students have enrolled in Murray State University with 7,679 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students.

By gender, 3,516 male and 5,963 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,944 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,684 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Murray State University has a total of 9,479 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,679 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,800 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,516 male and 5,963 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,479	7,679	1,800
Men	3,516	2,849	667
Women	5,963	4,830	1,133

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,327 White, 575 Black, and 97 Asian students out of a total of 9,479 are attending at Murray State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	19	7	12
Asian	97	36	61
Black	575	249	326
Hispanic	269	97	172
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	7,327	2,654	4,673
Two or more races	280	99	181
Race Unknown	347	120	227

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	13	3	10
Asian	72	31	41
Black	426	194	232
Hispanic	232	82	150
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	5,987	2,190	3,797
Two or more races	228	79	149
Race Unknown	302	98	204

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	4	2
Asian	25	5	20
Black	149	55	94
Hispanic	37	15	22
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	1,340	464	876
Two or more races	52	20	32
Race Unknown	45	22	23

Student Age Distribution

By age, Murray State has 940 students under 18 years old and 22 students over 65 years old. There are 7,476 students under 25 years old, and 2,003 students over 25 years old out of 9,479 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 940 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. Murray State has 6,995 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 684 students aged 25 and over.

It has 481 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,319 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	940	693	247
18-19	2,471	1,553	918
20-21	2,611	1,624	987
22-24	1,454	848	606
25-29	713	431	282
30-34	434	267	167
35-39	280	175	105
40-49	385	245	140
50-64	169	116	53
Over 65	22	11	11

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	940	693	247
18-19	2,469	1,551	918
20-21	2,581	1,601	980
22-24	1,005	551	454
25-29	270	162	108
30-34	154	101	53
35-39	101	66	35
40-49	105	68	37
50-64	44	29	15
Over 65	10	8	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Murray State University, 1,944 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,684 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,021 students lived in Kentucky or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 923 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	9,479	1,944	2,684
Undergraduate	7,679	1,048	2,387
Graduate	1,800	896	297

Online Student Population by Locality
	Kentucky Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,021	602	321
Undergraduate	634	128	286
Graduate	387	474	35

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,679 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 510 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.64%.416 students have transferred in as full-time status and 94 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,417
Transfer-in Full-time	416
Regular Part-time	1,752
Transfer-in Part-time	94

Student Population at Murray State University

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