Student Population at Tennessee State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
9,218	7,678	1,540

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,218 students have enrolled in Tennessee State University with 7,678 undergraduate and 1,540 graduate students.

By gender, 3,158 male and 6,060 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

918 students are enrolled exclusively, and 4,406 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

Tennessee State University has a total of 9,218 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,678 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,540 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,158 male and 6,060 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,218	7,678	1,540
Men	3,158	2,620	538
Women	6,060	5,058	1,002

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 946 White, 7,247 Black, and 91 Asian students out of a total of 9,218 are attending at Tennessee 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	12	2	10
Asian	91	36	55
Black	7,247	2,388	4,859
Hispanic	231	88	143
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	1	4
White	946	345	601
Two or more races	241	73	168
Race Unknown	48	23	25

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	10	2	8
Asian	54	18	36
Black	6,521	2,171	4,350
Hispanic	196	76	120
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	1	3
White	397	155	242
Two or more races	210	63	147
Race Unknown	42	22	20

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	2	0	2
Asian	37	18	19
Black	726	217	509
Hispanic	35	12	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	549	190	359
Two or more races	31	10	21
Race Unknown	6	1	5

Student Age Distribution

By age, Tennessee State has 513 students under 18 years old and 30 students over 65 years old. There are 7,358 students under 25 years old, and 1,860 students over 25 years old out of 9,218 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 513 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. Tennessee State has 7,044 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 634 students aged 25 and over.

It has 314 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,226 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	513	362	151
18-19	4,286	2,878	1,408
20-21	1,524	1,005	519
22-24	1,035	612	423
25-29	595	376	219
30-34	370	225	145
35-39	261	170	91
40-49	364	238	126
50-64	240	178	62
Over 65	30	16	14

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	513	362	151
18-19	4,286	2,878	1,408
20-21	1,510	994	516
22-24	735	415	320
25-29	248	153	95
30-34	138	79	59
35-39	74	46	28
40-49	103	75	28
50-64	62	51	11
Over 65	9	5	4

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 Tennessee State University, 918 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,406 students are enrolled in some online courses.

553 students lived in Tennessee or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 365 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	9,218	918	4,406
Undergraduate	7,678	541	4,036
Graduate	1,540	377	370

Online Student Population by Locality
	Tennessee Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	553	174	191
Undergraduate	274	116	151
Graduate	279	58	40

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,678 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 288 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.75%.219 students have transferred in as full-time status and 69 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	6,467
Transfer-in Full-time	219
Regular Part-time	923
Transfer-in Part-time	69

Student Population at Tennessee State University

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