Student Population at Mississippi State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
22,649	18,305	4,344

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 22,649 students have enrolled in Mississippi State University with 18,305 undergraduate and 4,344 graduate students.

By gender, 10,985 male and 11,664 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)).

3,686 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,394 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

Mississippi State University has a total of 22,649 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,305 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,344 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,985 male and 11,664 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,649	18,305	4,344
Men	10,985	9,066	1,919
Women	11,664	9,239	2,425

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,303 White, 3,451 Black, and 373 Asian students out of a total of 22,649 are attending at Mississippi 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	119	54	65
Asian	373	211	162
Black	3,451	1,438	2,013
Hispanic	855	428	427
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	11	9	2
White	16,303	7,989	8,314
Two or more races	539	260	279
Race Unknown	190	91	99

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	96	45	51
Asian	296	169	127
Black	2,812	1,262	1,550
Hispanic	704	352	352
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	7	2
White	13,582	6,799	6,783
Two or more races	469	235	234
Race Unknown	132	68	64

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	23	9	14
Asian	77	42	35
Black	639	176	463
Hispanic	151	76	75
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	2,721	1,190	1,531
Two or more races	70	25	45
Race Unknown	58	23	35

Student Age Distribution

By age, Mississippi State has 240 students under 18 years old and 26 students over 65 years old. There are 18,276 students under 25 years old, and 4,373 students over 25 years old out of 22,649 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 240 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Mississippi State has 16,882 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,423 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,394 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,950 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	240	143	97
18-19	6,183	3,325	2,858
20-21	7,659	3,979	3,680
22-24	4,194	1,885	2,309
25-29	1,777	902	875
30-34	944	498	446
35-39	607	334	273
40-49	695	424	271
50-64	324	165	159
Over 65	26	9	17

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	240	143	97
18-19	6,181	3,323	2,858
20-21	7,564	3,907	3,657
22-24	2,897	1,079	1,818
25-29	604	267	337
30-34	290	179	111
35-39	205	132	73
40-49	237	158	79
50-64	80	48	32
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 Mississippi State University, 3,686 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,394 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,357 students lived in Mississippi or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,329 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	22,649	3,686	6,394
Undergraduate	18,305	1,826	6,027
Graduate	4,344	1,860	367

Online Student Population by Locality
	Mississippi Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,357	1,272	57
Undergraduate	1,343	471	12
Graduate	1,014	801	45

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,305 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,829 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.99%.1,649 students have transferred in as full-time status and 180 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	14,972
Transfer-in Full-time	1,649
Regular Part-time	1,504
Transfer-in Part-time	180

Student Population at Mississippi State University

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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