Student Population at Jackson State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
6,906	4,927	1,979

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,906 students have enrolled in Jackson State University with 4,927 undergraduate and 1,979 graduate students.

By gender, 2,307 male and 4,599 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2,865 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,404 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

Jackson State University has a total of 6,906 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,927 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,979 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,307 male and 4,599 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,906	4,927	1,979
Men	2,307	1,800	507
Women	4,599	3,127	1,472

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 182 White, 6,402 Black, and 21 Asian students out of a total of 6,906 are attending at Jackson 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	6	13
Asian	21	9	12
Black	6,402	2,086	4,316
Hispanic	22	7	15
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	10	4	6
White	182	78	104
Two or more races	47	13	34
Race Unknown	-	-	-

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	15	6	9
Asian	9	3	6
Black	4,680	1,687	2,993
Hispanic	21	7	14
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	4	5
White	90	47	43
Two or more races	33	8	25
Race Unknown	-	-	-

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	0	4
Asian	12	6	6
Black	1,722	399	1,323
Hispanic	1	0	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	92	31	61
Two or more races	14	5	9
Race Unknown	-	-	-

Student Age Distribution

By age, Jackson State has 5 students under 18 years old and 35 students over 65 years old. There are 4,193 students under 25 years old, and 2,713 students over 25 years old out of 6,906 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 5 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. Jackson State has 3,952 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 975 students aged 25 and over.

It has 241 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,738 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	5	4	1
18-19	1,529	988	541
20-21	1,430	876	554
22-24	1,229	699	530
25-29	755	536	219
30-34	520	381	139
35-39	430	313	117
40-49	613	494	119
50-64	360	282	78
Over 65	35	26	9

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	5	4	1
18-19	1,529	988	541
20-21	1,424	871	553
22-24	994	537	457
25-29	348	235	113
30-34	184	142	42
35-39	147	112	35
40-49	185	150	35
50-64	101	82	19
Over 65	10	6	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 Jackson State University, 2,865 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,404 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,149 students lived in Mississippi or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 716 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	6,906	2,865	3,404
Undergraduate	4,927	1,486	3,153
Graduate	1,979	1,379	251

Online Student Population by Locality
	Mississippi Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,149	657	59
Undergraduate	973	509	4
Graduate	1,176	148	55

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,927 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 440 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.93%.393 students have transferred in as full-time status and 47 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,923
Transfer-in Full-time	393
Regular Part-time	564
Transfer-in Part-time	47

Student Population at Jackson State University

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