Student Population at University of Mississippi

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
22,30017,3024,998
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 22,300 students have enrolled in University of Mississippi with 17,302 undergraduate and 4,998 graduate students.
By gender, 9,326 male and 12,974 female students are attending the school.
It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
1,808 students are enrolled exclusively, and 11,460 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

University of Mississippi has a total of 22,300 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 17,302 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,998 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 9,326 male and 12,974 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total22,30017,3024,998
Men9,3267,4301,896
Women12,9749,8723,102

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,706 White, 2,621 Black, and 547 Asian students out of a total of 22,300 are attending at University of Mississippi. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American712843
Asian547228319
Black2,6219181,703
Hispanic1,015436579
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1569
White16,7067,0659,641
Two or more races524219305
Race Unknown512922
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American582335
Asian348148200
Black1,8587191,139
Hispanic846362484
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1349
White13,4725,8527,620
Two or more races429175254
Race Unknown16133
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1358
Asian19980119
Black763199564
Hispanic1697495
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders220
White3,2341,2132,021
Two or more races954451
Race Unknown351619

Student Age Distribution

By age, Ole Miss has 46 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 18,591 students under 25 years old, and 3,709 students over 25 years old out of 22,300 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 46 students are younger than 18 and 21 students are older than 65. Ole Miss has 16,473 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 829 students aged 25 and over.
It has 2,118 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,880 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18463412
18-196,9354,1052,830
20-216,7713,9402,831
22-244,8392,6532,186
25-291,8571,029828
30-34682403279
35-39428273155
40-49530382148
50-6418313746
Over 65291811
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18463412
18-196,9354,1052,830
20-216,7233,9022,821
22-242,7691,3221,447
25-29391221170
30-341488662
35-39986236
40-491289731
50-64433013
Over 6521138
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

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 University of Mississippi, 1,808 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,460 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,330 students lived in Mississippi or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 478 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students22,3001,80811,460
Undergraduate17,3021,04810,621
Graduate4,998760839
Online Student Population by Locality
Mississippi ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,3304699
Undergraduate8222233
Graduate5082466

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 17,302 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,315 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.60%.1,195 students have transferred in as full-time status and 120 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time15,045
Transfer-in Full-time1,195
Regular Part-time942
Transfer-in Part-time120
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