Student Population at Messiah University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
3,231	2,495	736

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 3,231 students have enrolled in Messiah University with 2,495 undergraduate and 736 graduate students.

By gender, 1,198 male and 2,033 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

559 students are enrolled exclusively, and 597 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

Messiah University has a total of 3,231 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,495 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 736 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,198 male and 2,033 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,231	2,495	736
Men	1,198	978	220
Women	2,033	1,517	516

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,519 White, 134 Black, and 107 Asian students out of a total of 3,231 are attending at Messiah 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	4	3	1
Asian	107	29	78
Black	134	36	98
Hispanic	230	77	153
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	2,519	951	1,568
Two or more races	122	47	75
Race Unknown	32	15	17

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	2	1
Asian	85	23	62
Black	85	22	63
Hispanic	189	67	122
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,941	778	1,163
Two or more races	97	39	58
Race Unknown	28	13	15

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	22	6	16
Black	49	14	35
Hispanic	41	10	31
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	578	173	405
Two or more races	25	8	17
Race Unknown	4	2	2

Student Age Distribution

By age, Messiah has 163 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 2,649 students under 25 years old, and 582 students over 25 years old out of 3,231 total students.

Messiah has 2,441 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 54 students aged 25 and over.

It has 208 graduate students aged under 25 and 528 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	163	114	49
18-19	1,045	649	396
20-21	1,077	654	423
22-24	364	216	148
25-29	244	157	87
30-34	105	78	27
35-39	81	48	33
40-49	99	80	19
50-64	49	34	15
Over 65	4	3	1

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	163	114	49
18-19	1,045	649	396
20-21	1,069	646	423
22-24	164	73	91
25-29	22	11	11
30-34	10	8	2
35-39	6	4	2
40-49	8	7	1
50-64	8	5	3

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 Messiah University, 559 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 597 students are enrolled in some online courses.

366 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 193 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	3,231	559	597
Undergraduate	2,495	127	527
Graduate	736	432	70

Online Student Population by Locality
	Pennsylvania Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	366	185	8
Undergraduate	89	38	0
Graduate	277	147	8

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,495 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 81 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.25%.74 students have transferred in as full-time status and 7 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	2,203
Transfer-in Full-time	74
Regular Part-time	211
Transfer-in Part-time	7

Student Population at Messiah University

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