How many students at FHSU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 12,949 students have enrolled in Fort Hays State University with 10,427 undergraduate and 2,522 graduate students.

By gender, 4,860 male and 8,089 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)).

6,074 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,849 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Fort Hays State University has a total of 12,949 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 10,427 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,522 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,860 male and 8,089 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
Total12,94910,4272,522
Men4,8604,120740
Women8,0896,3071,782
Fort Hays State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartFort Hays State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartFort Hays State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,235 White, 381 Black, and 215 Asian students out of a total of 12,949 are attending at Fort Hays State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American431330
Asian215100115
Black381201180
Hispanic672258414
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders963
White7,2352,5204,715
Two or more races1808496
Race Unknown3,9731,5482,425
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American301020
Asian1798891
Black273149124
Hispanic561222339
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders743
White5,2561,9883,268
Two or more races1305971
Race Unknown3,8081,4942,314
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American13310
Asian361224
Black1085256
Hispanic1113675
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders220
White1,9795321,447
Two or more races502525
Race Unknown16554111
Fort Hays State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartFort Hays State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartFort Hays State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, FHSU has 112 students under 18 years old and 26 students over 65 years old. There are 8,610 students under 25 years old, and 5,486 students over 25 years old out of 14,102 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 112 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. FHSU has 8,275 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,126 students aged 25 and over.

It has 335 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,360 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181126547
18-191,6691,073596
20-213,7982,3611,437
22-243,0311,7051,326
25-291,5891,018571
30-341,140747393
35-39953627326
40-491,259862397
50-64519360159
Over 65261610
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181126547
18-191,6681,072596
20-213,7882,3541,434
22-242,7071,4771,230
25-29984591393
30-34674436238
35-39570364206
40-49651414237
50-6423416173
Over 651385
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19110
20-211073
22-2432422896
25-29605427178
30-34466311155
35-39383263120
40-49608448160
50-6428519986
Over 651385
Fort Hays State University 2022 Student Population by Age chartFort Hays State University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartFort Hays State University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartFort Hays State University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartFort Hays State University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartFort Hays State University 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

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 Fort Hays State University, 6,074 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,849 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,004 students lived in Kansas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,070 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students12,9496,0741,849
Undergraduate10,4273,7751,764
Graduate2,5222,29985
Online Student Population by Locality
Kansas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students4,0042,0700
Undergraduate2,3601,4150
Graduate1,6446550
Fort Hays State University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,427 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,009 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.68%.568 students have transferred in as full-time status and 441 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,312
Transfer-in Full-time568
Regular Part-time5,106
Transfer-in Part-time441

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