Student Population at Montclair State University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
21,78417,2904,494
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 21,784 students have enrolled in Montclair State University with 17,290 undergraduate and 4,494 graduate students.
By gender, 8,204 male and 13,580 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
2,223 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,588 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

Montclair State University has a total of 21,784 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 17,290 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,494 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 8,204 male and 13,580 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total21,78417,2904,494
Men8,2046,8821,322
Women13,58010,4083,172

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,438 White, 2,788 Black, and 1,417 Asian students out of a total of 21,784 are attending at Montclair State University. 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 American241311
Asian1,417580837
Black2,7889971,791
Hispanic7,1522,5394,613
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders25916
White8,4383,3105,128
Two or more races567209358
Race Unknown835321514
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American231310
Asian1,165497668
Black2,3168681,448
Hispanic6,2172,2883,929
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders21813
White6,3342,7183,616
Two or more races459174285
Race Unknown587250337
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American101
Asian25283169
Black472129343
Hispanic935251684
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders413
White2,1045921,512
Two or more races1083573
Race Unknown24871177

Student Age Distribution

By age, Montclair State has 281 students under 18 years old and 63 students over 65 years old. There are 17,013 students under 25 years old, and 4,771 students over 25 years old out of 21,784 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 281 students are younger than 18 and 22 students are older than 65. Montclair State has 15,812 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,478 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,201 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,293 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1828118695
18-196,1303,6952,435
20-215,9893,7912,198
22-244,6132,7701,843
25-292,3561,502854
30-34930609321
35-39516346170
40-49604431173
50-6430221884
Over 65633231
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1828118695
18-196,1303,6952,435
20-215,9633,7732,190
22-243,4381,8821,556
25-29888477411
30-3424414599
35-391087434
40-4915311340
50-64634716
Over 6522166
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 Montclair State University, 2,223 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,588 students are enrolled in some online courses.
2,080 students lived in New Jersey or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 143 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students21,7842,2239,588
Undergraduate17,2907318,311
Graduate4,4941,4921,277
Online Student Population by Locality
New Jersey ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,0801349
Undergraduate703262
Graduate1,3771087

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 17,290 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,313 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.59%.1,195 students have transferred in as full-time status and 118 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time14,233
Transfer-in Full-time1,195
Regular Part-time1,744
Transfer-in Part-time118
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