Student Population at Appalachian State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
20,436	18,558	1,878

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 20,436 students have enrolled in Appalachian State University with 18,558 undergraduate and 1,878 graduate students.

By gender, 8,650 male and 11,786 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,647 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,770 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

Appalachian State University has a total of 20,436 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,558 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,878 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,650 male and 11,786 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
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	20,436	18,558	1,878
Men	8,650	8,097	553
Women	11,786	10,461	1,325

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,536 White, 748 Black, and 334 Asian students out of a total of 20,436 are attending at Appalachian 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	47	12	35
Asian	334	137	197
Black	748	329	419
Hispanic	1,604	636	968
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	0	3
White	16,536	7,070	9,466
Two or more races	878	349	529
Race Unknown	130	58	72

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	37	11	26
Asian	307	130	177
Black	593	284	309
Hispanic	1,530	619	911
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	15,002	6,619	8,383
Two or more races	844	334	510
Race Unknown	112	54	58

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	10	1	9
Asian	27	7	20
Black	155	45	110
Hispanic	74	17	57
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	1,534	451	1,083
Two or more races	34	15	19
Race Unknown	18	4	14

Student Age Distribution

By age, Appalachian State has 201 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 18,323 students under 25 years old, and 2,113 students over 25 years old out of 20,436 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 201 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Appalachian State has 17,591 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 967 students aged 25 and over.

It has 732 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,146 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	201	140	61
18-19	7,719	4,524	3,195
20-21	7,469	4,357	3,112
22-24	2,934	1,417	1,517
25-29	898	506	392
30-34	424	279	145
35-39	242	167	75
40-49	392	286	106
50-64	154	109	45
Over 65	3	1	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	201	140	61
18-19	7,716	4,522	3,194
20-21	7,376	4,284	3,092
22-24	2,298	990	1,308
25-29	520	252	268
30-34	216	125	91
35-39	88	52	36
40-49	103	71	32
50-64	39	25	14
Over 65	1	0	1

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 Appalachian State University, 1,647 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,770 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,588 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 59 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	20,436	1,647	9,770
Undergraduate	18,558	776	9,534
Graduate	1,878	871	236

Online Student Population by Locality
	North Carolina Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,588	57	2
Undergraduate	744	30	2
Graduate	844	27	0

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,558 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,498 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.07%.1,316 students have transferred in as full-time status and 182 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	16,049
Transfer-in Full-time	1,316
Regular Part-time	1,011
Transfer-in Part-time	182

Student Population at Appalachian State University

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