Student Population at Montana State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
16,681	14,625	2,056

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 16,681 students have enrolled in Montana State University with 14,625 undergraduate and 2,056 graduate students.

By gender, 8,671 male and 8,010 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)).

1,074 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,248 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

Montana State University has a total of 16,681 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 14,625 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,056 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,671 male and 8,010 female students (the male-female ratio is 52:48) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,681	14,625	2,056
Men	8,671	7,790	881
Women	8,010	6,835	1,175

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 13,845 White, 71 Black, and 193 Asian students out of a total of 16,681 are attending at Montana 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	231	68	163
Asian	193	78	115
Black	71	46	25
Hispanic	923	453	470
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	14	6	8
White	13,845	7,281	6,564
Two or more races	868	432	436
Race Unknown	132	78	54

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	186	60	126
Asian	166	68	98
Black	58	39	19
Hispanic	821	403	418
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	12	6	6
White	12,305	6,648	5,657
Two or more races	778	393	385
Race Unknown	102	61	41

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	45	8	37
Asian	27	10	17
Black	13	7	6
Hispanic	102	50	52
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	1,540	633	907
Two or more races	90	39	51
Race Unknown	30	17	13

Student Age Distribution

By age, MSU has 236 students under 18 years old and 25 students over 65 years old. There are 13,924 students under 25 years old, and 2,757 students over 25 years old out of 16,681 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 235 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. MSU has 13,412 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,213 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at MSU, 1 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. It has 512 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,544 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	236	142	94
18-19	6,007	2,901	3,106
20-21	4,855	2,253	2,602
22-24	2,826	1,212	1,614
25-29	1,329	627	702
30-34	628	333	295
35-39	292	177	115
40-49	339	245	94
50-64	144	107	37
Over 65	25	13	12

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	235	141	94
18-19	6,007	2,901	3,106
20-21	4,843	2,242	2,601
22-24	2,327	943	1,384
25-29	678	305	373
30-34	264	123	141
35-39	113	71	42
40-49	111	78	33
50-64	39	26	13
Over 65	8	5	3

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1	1	0

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 Montana State University, 1,074 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,248 students are enrolled in some online courses.

632 students lived in Montana or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 442 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	16,681	1,074	2,248
Undergraduate	14,625	601	2,005
Graduate	2,056	473	243

Online Student Population by Locality
	Montana Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	632	419	23
Undergraduate	407	191	3
Graduate	225	228	20

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,625 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 473 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.23%.380 students have transferred in as full-time status and 93 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	12,155
Transfer-in Full-time	380
Regular Part-time	1,997
Transfer-in Part-time	93

Student Population at Montana State University

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