Student Population at Ferris State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
10,072	9,000	1,072

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 10,072 students have enrolled in Ferris State University with 9,000 undergraduate and 1,072 graduate students.

By gender, 4,521 male and 5,551 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

1,748 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,285 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

Ferris State University has a total of 10,072 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,000 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,072 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,521 male and 5,551 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,072	9,000	1,072
Men	4,521	4,167	354
Women	5,551	4,833	718

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,444 White, 874 Black, and 178 Asian students out of a total of 10,072 are attending at Ferris 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	75	30	45
Asian	178	72	106
Black	874	339	535
Hispanic	647	274	373
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	6	3
White	7,444	3,448	3,996
Two or more races	312	122	190
Race Unknown	398	158	240

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	67	29	38
Asian	136	58	78
Black	808	322	486
Hispanic	601	255	346
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	5	3
White	6,788	3,233	3,555
Two or more races	287	110	177
Race Unknown	202	90	112

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	1	7
Asian	42	14	28
Black	66	17	49
Hispanic	46	19	27
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	656	215	441
Two or more races	25	12	13
Race Unknown	196	68	128

Student Age Distribution

By age, Ferris State has 492 students under 18 years old and 8 students over 65 years old. There are 7,957 students under 25 years old, and 2,115 students over 25 years old out of 10,072 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 492 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Ferris State has 7,522 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,478 students aged 25 and over.

It has 435 graduate students aged under 25 and 637 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	492	336	156
18-19	2,505	1,423	1,082
20-21	2,639	1,379	1,260
22-24	2,321	1,190	1,131
25-29	938	509	429
30-34	392	223	169
35-39	274	168	106
40-49	344	213	131
50-64	159	107	52
Over 65	8	3	5

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	492	336	156
18-19	2,505	1,423	1,082
20-21	2,578	1,335	1,243
22-24	1,947	946	1,001
25-29	648	324	324
30-34	304	162	142
35-39	192	108	84
40-49	234	136	98
50-64	93	60	33
Over 65	7	3	4

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 Ferris State University, 1,748 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,285 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,611 students lived in Michigan or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 137 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	10,072	1,748	3,285
Undergraduate	9,000	1,431	3,226
Graduate	1,072	317	59

Online Student Population by Locality
	Michigan Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,611	123	14
Undergraduate	1,312	106	13
Graduate	299	17	1

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,000 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 884 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.82%.592 students have transferred in as full-time status and 292 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,962
Transfer-in Full-time	592
Regular Part-time	2,154
Transfer-in Part-time	292

Student Population at Ferris State University

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