Student Population at Portland State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
21,609	16,862	4,747

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 21,609 students have enrolled in Portland State University with 16,862 undergraduate and 4,747 graduate students.

By gender, 8,975 male and 12,634 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)).

3,937 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,119 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

Portland State University has a total of 21,609 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 16,862 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,747 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,975 male and 12,634 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	21,609	16,862	4,747
Men	8,975	7,267	1,708
Women	12,634	9,595	3,039

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 10,694 White, 934 Black, and 2,029 Asian students out of a total of 21,609 are attending at Portland 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	285	101	184
Asian	2,029	943	1,086
Black	934	437	497
Hispanic	3,959	1,458	2,501
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	103	36	67
White	10,694	4,336	6,358
Two or more races	1,361	528	833
Race Unknown	1,021	470	551

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	219	84	135
Asian	1,742	856	886
Black	789	382	407
Hispanic	3,374	1,277	2,097
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	97	36	61
White	8,009	3,414	4,595
Two or more races	1,130	457	673
Race Unknown	943	438	505

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	66	17	49
Asian	287	87	200
Black	145	55	90
Hispanic	585	181	404
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	0	6
White	2,685	922	1,763
Two or more races	231	71	160
Race Unknown	78	32	46

Student Age Distribution

By age, Portland State has 1,251 students under 18 years old and 60 students over 65 years old. There are 12,015 students under 25 years old, and 9,594 students over 25 years old out of 21,609 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,251 students are younger than 18 and 28 students are older than 65. Portland State has 11,374 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 5,488 students aged 25 and over.

It has 641 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,106 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,251	722	529
18-19	3,068	1,796	1,272
20-21	3,394	2,055	1,339
22-24	4,302	2,413	1,889
25-29	3,979	2,278	1,701
30-34	2,384	1,367	1,017
35-39	1,370	805	565
40-49	1,316	830	486
50-64	485	338	147
Over 65	60	30	30

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,251	722	529
18-19	3,067	1,796	1,271
20-21	3,375	2,040	1,335
22-24	3,681	2,021	1,660
25-29	2,557	1,352	1,205
30-34	1,375	758	617
35-39	702	388	314
40-49	627	368	259
50-64	199	138	61
Over 65	28	12	16

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 Portland State University, 3,937 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,119 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,432 students lived in Oregon or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 505 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	21,609	3,937	8,119
Undergraduate	16,862	3,111	6,742
Graduate	4,747	826	1,377

Online Student Population by Locality
	Oregon Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	3,432	476	29
Undergraduate	2,791	308	12
Graduate	641	168	17

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 16,862 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,201 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.05%.1,778 students have transferred in as full-time status and 423 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	9,422
Transfer-in Full-time	1,778
Regular Part-time	5,239
Transfer-in Part-time	423

Student Population at Portland State University

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