How many students at Mizzou? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 31,304 students have enrolled in University of Missouri-Columbia with 23,745 undergraduate and 7,559 graduate students.

By gender, 13,746 male and 17,558 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

4,088 students are enrolled exclusively, and 12,931 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

University of Missouri-Columbia has a total of 31,304 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 23,745 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,559 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 13,746 male and 17,558 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total31,30423,7457,559
Men13,74610,8442,902
Women17,55812,9014,657
University of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 23,919 White, 1,708 Black, and 897 Asian students out of a total of 31,304 are attending at University of Missouri-Columbia. 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 American582335
Asian897418479
Black1,7086731,035
Hispanic1,651721930
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders321517
White23,91910,44113,478
Two or more races1,269528741
Race Unknown393207186
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American331419
Asian665323342
Black1,292525767
Hispanic1,310581729
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders301416
White18,8228,67910,143
Two or more races1,079463616
Race Unknown238126112
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American25916
Asian23295137
Black416148268
Hispanic341140201
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White5,0971,7623,335
Two or more races19065125
Race Unknown1558174
University of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Mizzou has 90 students under 18 years old and 31 students over 65 years old. There are 25,074 students under 25 years old, and 6,230 students over 25 years old out of 31,304 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 90 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Mizzou has 22,871 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 874 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,203 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,356 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18905931
18-199,1745,2803,894
20-2110,7555,9324,823
22-245,0552,6062,449
25-292,7501,5671,183
30-341,402757645
35-39846529317
40-49873588285
50-64328222106
Over 65311813
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18905931
18-199,1725,2793,893
20-2110,6035,8134,790
22-243,0061,3051,701
25-29446198248
30-3419790107
35-39926230
40-49875829
50-64453213
Over 65752
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19211
20-2115211933
22-242,0491,301748
25-292,3041,369935
30-341,205667538
35-39754467287
40-49786530256
50-6428319093
Over 65241311
University of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Student Population by Age chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Missouri-Columbia 2023 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 University of Missouri-Columbia, 4,088 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,931 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,591 students lived in Missouri or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,497 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students31,3044,08812,931
Undergraduate23,7451,33211,860
Graduate7,5592,7561,071
Online Student Population by Locality
Missouri ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,5911,40691
Undergraduate1,06126110
Graduate1,5301,14581
University of Missouri-Columbia 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 23,745 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,261 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.31%.1,127 students have transferred in as full-time status and 134 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time20,872
Transfer-in Full-time1,127
Regular Part-time1,612
Transfer-in Part-time134

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